Sadullah Ergin

Sadullah Ergin
Minister of Justice of Turkey
In office 6 July 2011 – 25 December 2013
Preceded by	Ahmet Kahraman
Succeeded by	Bekir Bozdağ
In office 1 May 2009 – 8 March 2011
Preceded by	Mehmet Ali Şahin
Succeeded by	Ahmet Kahraman
Personal details
Born	(1964-07-06) 6 July 1964 (age 59) Antakya, Hatay, Turkey
Political party	Justice and Development Party (2001–2020) Democracy and Progress Party (2020–present)

Sadullah Ergin (born 6 July 1964) is a Turkish politician.

Born to Mehmet İsmet Ergin and Hatice Ergin in Antakya.^[1] He completed his primary and secondary education there and then studied at the Uludağ University Economics and Social Sciences Faculty in Bursa for one year. He continued his studies at the Ankara University Faculty of Law, graduating in 1987. Following the completion of his military service, he served as a lawyer for the Regional Directorate for Foundations of Hatay for five years. He resigned in 1995 and began to work as a self-employed lawyer. He has been at the management position of several association and societies.

Ergin is a founding member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). Beginning 3 November 2002, he was member of the Turkish parliament for three terms from Hatay Province representing the Justice and Development Party. On 1 May 2009, Ergin became the Minister of Justice in the second cabinet of Erdoğan.

On 25 December 2013, amidst the 2013 corruption scandal in Turkey, Prime Minister Erdogan replaced him as Minister of Justice in a government reshuffle. The reason given for his departure was that he had decided to stand as a candidate in Hatay Province in the March 2014 local elections.^[2]

He was elected in the 2023 Turkish parliamentary election.

Ergin is one of the founding members of Ali Babacan's Democracy and Progress Party.^[3]

Ergin is married, has four children, and speaks English.^[4][5]

References

External links

• (in Turkish) Biography of Sadullah Ergin at the website of AK Party

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2003–2014)

Deputy Prime Ministers

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• 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)
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• Mustafa Demir (2009–2011)

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• 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)
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• Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (2007–2009)
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Minister of Energy and Natural Resources

• Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2007–2009)
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• Ertuğrul Günay (2007–2011)

Minister of Environment and Forestry

• Veysel Eroğlu (2007–2011)