Bekir Bozdağ

Bekir Bozdağ
MP
Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 June 2023
SpeakerNuman Kurtulmuş
Serving withGülizar Biçer Karaca
Celal Adan
Sırrı Süreyya Önder
Preceded bySüreyya Sadi Bilgiç
Minister of Justice
In office
29 January 2022 – 4 June 2023
PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded byAbdulhamit Gül
Succeeded byYılmaz Tunç
In office
24 November 2015 – 19 July 2017
Prime MinisterAhmet Davutoğlu
Binali Yıldırım
DeputyBilal Uçar
Preceded byKenan İpek
Succeeded byAbdulhamit Gül
In office
26 December 2013 – 7 March 2015
Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Ahmet Davutoğlu
DeputyVeysi Kaynak
Preceded bySadullah Ergin
Succeeded byKenan İpek
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
In office
19 July 2017 – 9 July 2018
Prime MinisterBinali Yıldırım
Serving withRecep Akdağ
Mehmet Şimşek
Hakan Çavuşoğlu
Fikri Işık
Preceded byNuman Kurtulmuş
Succeeded byOffice abolished
In office
6 July 2011 – 25 December 2013
Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Serving withBülent Arınç
Ali Babacan
Beşir Atalay
Preceded byHayati Yazıcı
Succeeded byEmrullah İşler
President of the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 November 2015
Preceded byKenan İpek
In office
26 December 2013 – 7 March 2015
Preceded bySadullah Ergin
Succeeded byKenan İpek
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 November 2015
ConstituencyYozgat (Nov 2015)
In office
3 November 2002 – 7 June 2015
ConstituencyYozgat (2002, 2007, 2011)
Personal details
Born (1965-04-01) 1 April 1965 (age 59)
Akdağmadeni, Yozgat, Turkey
Political partyJustice and Development Party (AKP)
Children3
EducationTheology,
Alma materUludağ University, Selçuk University
OccupationPolitician, theologian, Lawyer

Bekir Bozdağ (born 1 April 1965) is a Turkish lawyer and politician of Kurdish origin[1] and former Minister of Justice.[2][3] On 6 July 2011 he was appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[4] On 26 December 2013, he was appointed as the Minister of Justice after the cabinet revision amidst the 2013 corruption scandal. On 19 July, he became Deputy Prime Minister again in the Cabinet of Yıldırım II.

He was born on 1 April 1965 in Akdağmadeni in Yozgat Province, Turkey. After completing his higher education in Islamic theology at the Uludağ University in Bursa, he obtained 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.[4]

He has been elected to parliament four times, in 2002, 2007, 2011 and 2015.[4]

He is married with three children.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Cumhurbaşkanı: Yozgatlı olduğuna bakmayın Bekir Bey Kürt'tür". gazeteduvar (in Turkish). 8 May 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Turkey's Erdogan appoints Bekir Bozdag as Justice Minister". Reuters. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Erdoğan'dan Diyanet'e FETÖ Eleştirisi: Bu Konuda Çok Geç Kaldılar". 5 August 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d "Bekir Bozdağ" (in Turkish). TBMM. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
Political offices
Preceded by Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
6 July 2011 – 25 December 2013
With: Beşir Atalay
Ali Babacan
Bülent Arınç 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Justice
26 December 2013 – 19 July 2017 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
19 July 2017 – 9 July 2018
With: Mehmet Şimşek
Fikri Işık
Recep Akdağ
Hakan Çavuşoğlu 		Succeeded by
Office abolished
Preceded by Minister of Justice
29 January 2022 – 4 June 2023 		Succeeded by


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