Nihat Zeybekci

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Nihat Zeybekci
MP
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Minister of the Economy
Assumed office
24 May 2016
Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım
Preceded by Mustafa Elitaş
In office
25 December 2013 – 17 November 2015
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Ahmet Davutoğlu
Preceded by Zafer Çağlayan
Succeeded by Mustafa Elitaş
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Assumed office
12 June 2011
Constituency Denizli (2011, June 2015, Nov 2015)
Mayor of Denizli
In office
28 March 2004 – 16 March 2011
Preceded by Ali Aygören
Succeeded by Osman Zolan
Personal details
Born (1961-01-01) 1 January 1961 (age 63)
Pınarlar, Tavas, Denizli, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Political party Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Children 4
Alma mater
Profession Politician, economist
Cabinet 61st, 62nd, 63rd, 65th
Religion Islam

Nihat Zeybekci (born 1 January 1961) is a Turkish economist, politician, a member of parliament for Denizli Province of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the current Minister of the Economy.

Early life

Nihat Zeybekci was born to Şükrü and Fatma Zeybekci as the youngest of five children in the village of Pınarlar in Tavas district of Denizli Province on 1 January 1961.[1][2] The family earned their living from tobacco farming, and Nihat helped his parents in his youth.[3]

After studying Business Administration at Marmara University, he received his master's degree in International Relations from Istanbul University. He also claimed to have conducted further studies in economics at South London College in the United Kingdom, but he removed this information from his official resume after it turned out to be false.[4]

He is married and has four children.[2][3]

Career

Profession

Zeybekci served as executive for companies in Istanbul and Denizli.[1] In 1994, he founded a textile company. He was elected into the Denizli Chamber of Industry and chaired two terms Denizli Textile and Apparel Exporters' Association.[2]

Politics

Zeybekci entered politics at regional level. In the 2004 local elections, he was elected Mayor of Denizli from the Justice and Development Party. He was re-elected to the post in the 2009 local elections.[1] In 2011, he resigned to run for a seat in the parliament. During this time, he represented his city and country in some organizations for regional administrations at national and international level.[2]

He was elected into the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in the 2011 general election as an MP from Denizli Province. On 26 December 2013, Nihat Zeybekci assumed office as the Minister of Economic Affairs,[3][5] succeeding Zafer Çağlayan during Prime Minister Erdoğan's cabinet reshuffle with ten new names that was announced the day before, on 25 December, following the 2013 corruption scandal in Turkey.[1][6][7][8][9]

He is considered as a close friend of Erdoğan, who spends his summer holidays together with Zeybekci.[7]

References

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Economic Affairs
26 December 2013 – present		 Incumbent
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