Bekir Bozdağ

Bekir Bozdağ MP


Minister of Justice
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 November 2015
Prime Minister	Ahmet Davutoğlu
Preceded by	Kenan İpek
In office 26 December 2013 – 7 March 2015
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu
Preceded by	Sadullah Ergin
Succeeded by	Kenan İpek
President of the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 November 2015
Preceded by	Kenan İpek
In office 26 December 2013 – 7 March 2015
Preceded by	Sadullah Ergin
Succeeded by	Kenan İpek
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
In office 6 July 2011 – 25 December 2013
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Serving with	Bülent Arınç Ali Babacan Beşir Atalay
Preceded by	Hayati Yazıcı
Succeeded by	Emrullah İşler
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 November 2015
Constituency	Yozgat (Nov 2015)
In office 3 November 2002 – 7 June 2015
Constituency	Yozgat (2002, 2007, 2011)
Personal details
Born	(1965-04-01) 1 April 1965 Akdağmadeni, Yozgat, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Political party	Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Children	3
Education	Theology,
Alma mater	Uludağ University, Selçuk University
Occupation	Politician, theologian, Lawyer
Religion	Sunni Islam

Bekir Bozdağ (born 1 April 1965 in Akdağmadeni, Yozgat) is a Turkish lawyer and politician. On 6 July 2011 he was appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.^[1] On 26 December 2013, he was appointed as the Minister of Justice after the cabinet revision amidst the 2013 corruption scandal.

He was born on 1 April 1965 in Akdağmadeni in Yozgat Province, Turkey. After completing his higher education in Christian theology at the Uludağ University in Bursa, he gained a master's degree in Christian history of theology at the same university. Later, Bekir Bozdağ attended Selçuk University in Konya and graduated with a Law degree. Before he entered politics, he worked as a lawyer.^[1]

He has been elected to parliament four times, in 2002, 2007, 2011 and 2015.^[1]

He is married and has three children.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 "Bekir Bozdağ" (in Turkish). TBMM. Retrieved 12 July 2011.

Political offices
Preceded by Cemil Çiçek Bülent Arınç Ali Babacan	Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey 6 July 2011 – 25 December 2013 With: Beşir Atalay Ali Babacan Bülent Arınç	Succeeded by Emrullah İşler Bülent Arınç Ali Babacan
Preceded by Sadullah Ergin	Minister of Justice 26 December 2013 – present	Incumbent

Third Davutoğlu Cabinet (2015 – present)

Prime Minister	Ahmet Davutoğlu

Deputy Prime Ministers	Yalçın Akdoğan Numan Kurtulmuş Mehmet Şimşek Lütfi Elvan Tuğrul Türkeş

Ministers	Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Foreign Affairs) Binali Yıldırım (Transport and Communication) Cevdet Yılmaz (Development) Volkan Bozkır (EU Affairs) Fatma Güldemet Sarı (Environment and Urban Planning) Mahir Ünal (Culture and Tourism) Süleyman Soylu (Labour and Social Security) Sema Ramazanoğlu (Family and Social Policy) Bülent Tüfenkci (Customs and Trade) Efkan Ala (Interior) İsmet Yılmaz (National Defence) Naci Ağbal (Finance) Faruk Çelik (Food, Agriculture and Livestock) Mustafa Elitaş (Economy) Fikri Işık (Science, Industry and Technology) Nabi Avcı (National Education) Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (Health) Bekir Bozdağ (Justice) Akif Çağatay Kılıç (Youth and Sports) Berat Albayrak (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)

Italic: not in office

First Davutoğlu Cabinet (2014 – 2015)

Prime Minister	Ahmet Davutoğlu

Deputy Prime Ministers	Bülent Arınç Numan Kurtulmuş Ali Babacan Yalçın Akdoğan

Ministers	Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Foreign Affairs) Lütfi Elvan → Feridun Bilgin (Transport and Communication) Cevdet Yılmaz (Development) Volkan Bozkır (European Union) İdris Güllüce (Environment and Urban Planning) Ömer Çelik (Culture and Tourism) Faruk Çelik (Labour and Social Security) Ayşenur İslam (Family and Social Policy) Nurettin Canikli (Customs and Commerce) Efkan Ala → Sebahattin Öztürk (Interior) İsmet Yılmaz → Vecdi Gönül (National Defence) Mehmet Şimşek (Finance) Mehmet Mehdi Eker (Food, Agriculture and Animal husbandry) Nihat Zeybekci (Economy) Fikri Işık (Science, Industry and Technology) Nabi Avcı (National Education) Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (Health) Bekir Bozdağ → Kenan İpek (Justice) Akif Çağatay Kılıç (Youth and Sports) Taner Yıldız (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)

Italic: not in office

Erdoğan Cabinet III (2011–2014)

Prime Minister

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Deputy Prime Ministers

current	Bülent Arınç Ali Babacan Beşir Atalay Emrullah İşler

former	Bekir Bozdağ (now Justice minister)

Ministers

current	Ahmet Davutoğlu (Foreign Affairs) Lütfi Elvan (Transport and Communication) Cevdet Yılmaz (Development) Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (European Union) İdris Güllüce (Environment and Urban Planning) Ömer Çelik (Culture and Tourism) Faruk Çelik (Labour and Social Security) Ayşenur İslam (Family and Social Policy) Hayati Yazıcı (Customs and Commerce) Efkan Ala (Interior) İsmet Yılmaz (National Defence) Mehmet Şimşek (Finance) Mehmet Mehdi Eker (Food, Agriculture and Animal husbandry) Nihat Zeybekci (Economy) Fikri Işık (Science, Industry and Technology) Nabi Avcı (National Education) Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (Health) Bekir Bozdağ (Justice) Akif Çağatay Kılıç (Youth and Sports) Taner Yıldız (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)

former	Binali Yıldırım (Transport and Communication) Egemen Bağış (European Union) Erdoğan Bayraktar (Environment and Urban Planning) Ertuğrul Günay (Culture and Tourism) Fatma Şahin (Family and Social Policy) İdris Naim Şahin (Interior) Muammer Güler (Interior) Zafer Çağlayan (Economy) Nihat Ergün (Science, Industry and Technology) Ömer Dinçer (National Education) Recep Akdağ (Health) Sadullah Ergin (Justice) Suat Kılıç (Youth and Sports)

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