Murat Kurum
Minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change
In office
10 July 2018 – 4 June 2023
PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded byMehmet Özhaseki
Succeeded byMehmet Özhaseki
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Assumed office
2 June 2023
ConstituencyIstanbul (I) (2023)
Personal details
Born (1976-05-07) 7 May 1976
Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey
Political partyJustice and Development Party
Spouse
Şengül Kurum
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(m. 2000)​
Children3
EducationSelçuk University
OccupationPolitician, engineer

Murat Kurum (born 7 May 1976) is a Turkish engineer, technocrat,[1] a member of parliament for the electoral district of Istanbul and former minister of Environment and Urbanization from July 2018 to June 2023.

After completing coursework at the Ankara Mimar Kemal High School, he graduated from Selçuk University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Civil Engineering in 1999. Between 1999 and 2005, he worked as an engineer, site manager and coordinator in various private organizations operating in the field of construction.

Between 2005 and 2006, he worked as an expert at the Mass Housing Development Administration Ankara Implementation Department. Between 2006 and 2009, he worked as the European Side Implementation Branch Manager of TOKİ Istanbul Implementation Department Emlak Konut GYO A.Ş., a subsidiary of TR Prime Ministry Mass Housing Administration, since 2009. He served as General Manager and member of the board of directors. He was appointed as the Minister of Environment and Urbanization on July 10, 2018.

On January 7, 2023 it was announced that Kurum would be running for the position of Mayor of Istanbul.[1][2]

Kurum is married and has three children.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 YetkinReport (January 7, 2024). "AK Parti İstanbul adayı Murat Kurum". Yetkin Report (in Turkish). Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  2. ↑ "AK Parti'nin İstanbul adayı Murat Kurum". NTV (in Turkish). Archived from the original on January 7, 2024. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Murat KURUM - T.C. Çevre ve Şehircilik Bakanlığı". csb.gov.tr.


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