Kürşad Tüzmen

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Kürşad Tüzmen (b Ankara 1958) is a former Minister of State of Turkey responsible for foreign trade. He has been in this position between 2002 and 2009.

Education and career

He is a graduate in management science from Middle East Technical University. Tüzmen holds a Master's degree in international relations from the University of Illinois, USA. He was formerly a high-ranking civil servant in the Ministry of Foreign Trade.^[1]

Personal life

He is married and has two children. He is a diver and a former champion swimmer, winning a race across the Bosphorus in 2004, in the 46-50 year-old category, and even now is occasionally photographed in swimwear.

References

↑ "Kürşad Tüzmen" (in Turkish). Personal website. Retrieved 2010-05-29.

v t e Cabinet of Prime Minister Abdullah Gül (2002–2003)

Cabinet

Deputy Prime Ministers	Mehmet Ali Şahin Abdüllatif Şener Ertuğrul Yalçınbayır

Minister of State	Mehmet Aydın Beşir Atalay Ali Babacan Kürşad Tüzmen

Minister of Justice	Cemil Çiçek

Minister of National Defense	Mehmet Vecdi Gönül

Minister of the Interior	Abdülkadir Aksu

Minister of Foreign Affairs	Yaşar Yakış

Minister of Finance	Kemal Unakıtan

Minister of National Education	Erkan Mumcu

Minister of Public Works and Settlement	Zeki Ergezen

Minister of Health	Recep Akdağ

Minister of Transport and Communication	Binali Yıldırım

Minister of Agriculture	Sami Güçlü

Minister of Labour and Social Security	Murat Başesgioğlu

Minister of Industry and Commerce	Ali Coşkun

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources	Mehmet Hilmi Güler

Minister of Culture	Hüseyin Çelik

Minister of Tourism	Güldal Akşit

Minister of Environment	İmdat Sütlüoğlu

Minister of Forestry	Osman Pepe

v t e Erdoğan Cabinet I (2003–2007)

Abdullah Gül^D Mehmet Ali Şahin^D Abdüllatif Şener^D Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ali Babacan^S Güldal Akşit^S Nimet Çubukçu^SE Mehmet Aydın^S Kürşad Tüzmen^S Beşir Atalay^S Cemil Çiçek Fahri Kasırga^E Mehmet Vecdi Gönül Abdülkadir Aksu Osman Güneş^E Kemal Unakıtan Hüseyin Çelik Zeki Ergezen Faruk Nafız Özak^C Recep Akdağ Binali Yıldırım İsmet Yılmaz^E Sami Güçlü Mehmet Mehdi Eker^C Murat Başesgioğlu Ali Coşkun Mehmet Hilmi Güler Erkan Mumcu Atilla Koç^C Osman Pepe

D: Deputy Prime Minister; Bold: Prime Minister of Turkey; S: State Minister; C: served from 2005; E: served from 2007

v t e Erdoğan Cabinet II (2007–2011)

Cemil Çiçek^D Hayati Yazıcı^D Bülent Arınç^DC Nazım Ekren^D Ali Babacan^DC Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Mehmet Aydın^S Kürşad Tüzmen^S Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan^SC Nimet Çubukçu^S Selma Aliye Kavaf^SC Cevdet Yılmaz^S Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu^S Faruk Çelik^SC Murat Başesgioğlu^S Faruk Nafız Özak^SC Egemen Bağış^SC Hayati Yazıcı^S Mehmet Ali Şahin Sadullah Ergin^C Sadullah Ergin Mehmet Vecdi Gönül Beşir Atalay Ali Babacan Ahmet Davutoğlu^C Kemal Unakıtan Mehmet Şimşek^C Hüseyin Çelik Nimet Çubukçu^C Faruk Nafız Özak Mustafa Demir^C Recep Akdağ Binali Yıldırım Mehmet Mehdi Eker Faruk Çelik Ömer Dinçer^C Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan Nihat Ergün^C Mehmet Hilmi Güler Taner Yıldız^C Ertuğrul Günay Veysel Eroğlu

D: Deputy Prime Minister; Bold: Prime Minister of Turkey; S: State Minister; C: served from 2009

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 100819902 LCCN: no2009151080 GND: 1020821485

Persondata
Name	Tuzmen, Kursad
Alternative names
Short description	Turkish politician
Date of birth	1958
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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