Nihat Ergün

Nihat Ergün
Nihat Ergün
Minister of Science, Industry and Technology
In office 1 May 2009 – 25 December 2013
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Zafer Çağlayan
Succeeded by	Fikri Işık
Personal details
Born	(1962-09-14) 14 September 1962 (age 61) İzmit, Turkey
Citizenship	Turkish
Political party	Justice and Development Party (2002-2020) Democracy and Progress Party (2020–present)
Education	Business administration
Alma mater	Marmara University

Nihat Ergün (born 14 September 1962, in İzmit) is a Turkish politician and the former Minister of Science, Industry and Technology.

Ergün completed primary, middle, and high school in Izmit. He graduated from the Marmara University's Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in 1984.

During his high school and university education, he participated in several political and social activities. After finishing the university, Ergün worked in the fields of free trade, accounting, consultancy and management advisory services.

In 1994, Ergün was elected as the mayor of Derince district in Kocaeli Province. On 3 November 2002, he was elected as the deputy from Kocaeli Province for the Justice and Development Party (AKP). He was re-elected to the parliament in the elections held on 22 July 2007.

During the first Grand Ordinary Congress of the AKP held on 12 October 2003, he became a member of the Central Board for Management and Decision Taking of the party. He was re-elected to that position during the second Grand Ordinary Congress, held on 11 November 2006.

On 12 April 2005, Ergün was appointed as the deputy chairman responsible for local authorities of the Justice and Development Party. On 8 August 2007, he was elected as the acting chairman of his party's parliamentary group.

On 1 May 2009, Ergün became the Minister of Science, Industry and Technology in the second cabinet of Erdoğan. He was removed from office in a cabinet reshuffle on 25 December 2013.

Ergün is one of the founding members of Ali Babacan's newly formed Democracy and Progress Party.^[1]

Ergün is married and has four children.

References

External links

• (in Turkish) Biography of Nihat Ergün at the website of Justice and Development Party
• Biography of Nihat Ergün at milanomediterraneo.org

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Prime Minister

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2003–2014)

Deputy Prime Ministers

• Cemil Çiçek (2007–2011)
• Hayati Yazıcı (2007–2009)
• Bülent Arınç (2009–2011)
• Nazım Ekren (2007–2009)
• Ali Babacan (2009–2011)

Minister of State

• Mehmet Aydın (2007–2011)
• Kürşad Tüzmen (2007-2009)
• Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (2009–2011)
• Nimet Çubukçu (2007–2009)
• Selma Aliye Kavaf (2009–2011)
• Cevdet Yılmaz (2009–2011)
• Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu (2007–2009)
• Faruk Çelik (2009–2011)
• Murat Başesgioğlu (2007–2009)
• Faruk Nafız Özak (2009–2011)
• Egemen Bağış (2009–2011)
• Hayati Yazıcı (2009–2011)

Minister of Justice

• Mehmet Ali Şahin (2007–2009)
• Sadullah Ergin (2009–2011)

Minister of National Defense

• Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2007–2011)

Minister of the Interior

• Beşir Atalay (2007–2011)

Minister of Foreign Affairs

• Ali Babacan (2007–2009)
• Ahmet Davutoğlu (since 2009–2011)

Minister of Finance

• Kemal Unakıtan (2007–2009)
• Mehmet Şimşek (2009–2011)

Minister of National Education

• Hüseyin Çelik (2007–2009)
• Nimet Çubukçu (2009–2011)

Minister of Public Works and Settlement

• Faruk Nafız Özak (2007-2009)
• Mustafa Demir (2009–2011)

Minister of Health

• Recep Akdağ (2007–2011)

Minister of Transport and Communication

• Binali Yıldırım (2007–2011)

Minister of Agriculture

• Mehmet Mehdi Eker (2007–2011)

Minister of Labour and Social Security

• Faruk Çelik (2007–2009)
• Ömer Dinçer (2009–2011)

Minister of Industry and Commerce

• Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (2007–2009)
• Nihat Ergün (2009–2011)

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources

• Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2007–2009)
• Taner Yıldız (2009–2011)

Minister of Culture and Tourism

• Ertuğrul Günay (2007–2011)

Minister of Environment and Forestry

• Veysel Eroğlu (2007–2011)