Muammer Güler

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Muammer Güler (born 1949 in Mardin, Turkey) is a Turkish civil servant and currently the governor of Istanbul province.

He completed his primary education in Ankara and graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Ankara in 1972. Güler began his career as candidate District Governor on March 14, 1973 in Balıkesir. After taking post as Deputy District Governor of Çal-Denizli and District Governor of Pehlivanköy and Horasan, he was assigned to the Directorate of Personnel Branch at the Ministry of Interior, where he served as Branch Director and later as Director General.

On September 27, 1993 he was assigned as Governor of Niğde. From January 29, 1992 on he was Governor of Kayseri. After serving as Governor of Gaziantep between July 6, 1994 and July 28, 2000 Güler moved to Samsun as Governor. Since February 17, 2003 he is the Governor of Istanbul.

He married Neval, a former mathematics teacher, in 1977. Gülers have a son and a daughter.