Mustafa Varank
Mustafa Varank | |
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| Minister of Industry and Technology | |
| In office 10 July 2018 – 4 June 2023 | |
| President | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Faruk Özlü |
| Succeeded by | Mehmet Fatih Kacır |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1976 Of, Trabzon, Turkey |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party |
| Education | Middle East Technical University University of Florida Indiana University |
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Mustafa Varank (pronounced [mustafäh väränk]; 1 January 1976) is a Turkish politician, bureaucrat and academic who previously served as the Minister of Industry and Technology.
In the 2023 Turkish parliamentary election he was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey from Bursa 2nd district.[1]
Background
[edit]He was born in 1976 in the Of District of the Black Sea city of Trabzon. He attended primary school in Yedikule Ilkokulu and continued to secondary school at Istanbul's Imam-Hatip High School. In 1999, he completed his higher education in Middle East Technical University (Ankara), where he earned degrees in Political Science and Public Administration, after which he began his tenure in the United States.[2]
There, he proceeded to Florida State University and Florida Atlantic University College of Engineering and Computer Science where he worked as a researcher and systems engineer. He left Florida to then earn his master's degree at Indiana University's Pervasive Technology Institute.[3]
Varank is married and the father of two children. He is the recipient of many awards and honors, including the honorary title of "Ambassador", awarded to him by the President in 2016.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bursa'da konuşan Bakan Varank: Doğru netice sandıktan da çıkacak - Bursa Hakimiyet". www.bursahakimiyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ^ "Mustafa VARANK". sanayi.gov.tr. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Turkish President Erdogan unveils 16-minister cabinet". Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ Haber, Super (2018-04-07). "Mustafa Varank kimdir? Bakan olacak mı?". Super Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Imam Hatip school alumni
- Florida Atlantic University alumni
- Florida State University alumni
- Ministers of science industry and technology of Turkey
- Indiana University alumni
- Middle East Technical University alumni
- People from Of, Turkey
- Members of the 66th government of Turkey
- Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians
- Members of the 28th Parliament of Turkey
- Deputies of Bursa