Serdar Çam | |
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Born |
Ankara, Turkey |
March 30, 1966
Nationality | Turkish |
Known for | President of Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency |
Serdar Çam is a Turkish bureaucrat who is currently the President of Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency since his appointment in 2011.
Çam was born in Ankara, Turkey. His father was a diplomat for the Ministry of Foreign Affair of Turkey, so he moved to Libya and then to France where he completed his primary education. He moved to Nicosia as his father was assigned to the Embassy of Turkey to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Çam completed his secondary education at the Türk Maarif Koleji. He received his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the Middle East Technical University. He earned a master's degree in management from the Boston University, followed up by a PhD in international marketing from the Marmara University.
Upon the completion of his education, Çam worked as a high level executive for numerous companies and lectured at the Fatih University
He was appointed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, then-Prime Minister of Turkey, to be the Chief of Cabinet of his Office in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in September 2002. He became the Chief of Cabinet for the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly in August 2009, during the tenure of Mehmet Ali Şahin.
He was appointed by Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, to be the President of Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency on June 5, 2011.