Veysel Eroğlu

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Veysel Eroğlu (born 1948) is currently Minister of Environment and Forests of Turkey and a Member of Parliament for Afyonkarahisar of the ruling AKP.

Born in Şuhut, Afyonkarahisar in 1948 he graduated in civil engineering from Istanbul Technical University, going on to an academic career at the same university until becoming general director of the Istanbul water board in 1994. Here he is remembered for successfully modernizing and cleaning up the city's water supply, which had previously been a victim of corruption and neglect.

He became head of the State Hydraulic Works (DSİ) in 2003, where again he supervised a program of investment for renewal. In the past, Eroğlu campaigned for the position of the mayor of Istanbul from AKP.

He was elected to the parliament in 2007, becoming minister of environment and forests, where as part of his duties he will be responsible for Turkey's strategy and approach to global warming.

He is married with four children.