Taner Yıldız

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Taner Yıldız

Taner Yildiz at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia in 2012.
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 2009
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu
Preceded by	Mehmet Hilmi Güler
Personal details
Born	(1962-04-03) April 3, 1962 Devecipınar, Boğazlıyan, Yozgat Province, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Political party	Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Children	4
Alma mater	Istanbul Technical University
Profession	Politician, electrical engineer

Taner Yıldız (born 3 April 1962, Devecipınar, Boğazlıyan, Yozgat Province) is a Turkish politician. He is a member of the Justice and Development Party and currently the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources.^[1]

Taner Yıldız graduated from the Istanbul Technical University as an electrical engineer and worked for the Kayseri Electricity Generation Company. He was elected to the Parliament in 2002. Yıldız served as an energy adviser to the prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. On 1 May 2009, after a reshuffle of the cabinet, he took the post of Minister of Energy and Natural Resources.^[1]

Yıldız is married and has four children.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi 23. Dönem Milletvekili. Taner Yıldız (Members of the 23 Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Taner Yıldız)" (in Turkish). Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Retrieved 2010-01-08.

Citations

Turkish Energy Minister to visit Azerbaijan, Trend (English), 01/20/2011, retrieved 01/20/2011.
Iran eyes Europe gas market through Turkey, Trend, (English), 01/09/2011, retrieved 01/20/2011.
Turkish energy minister due to Iran, Trend (English), 01/07/2011, retrieved 01/20/2011.
Turkey in talks with France over nuclear plant, Trend (English), 01/07/2011, retrieved 01/20/2011.
Turkey and Japan sign Memorandum of Understanding on construction of nuclear power plant, Trend (English), 12/25/2010, retrieved 01/20/2011.
Minister: Turkey paid about $1 billion for Azerbaijani gas from Shah Deniz, Trend (English), 12/24/2010, retrieved 01/20/2011.
Energy minister of Georgia and Turkey to discuss electricity transmission line, Trend (English), 12/12/2010, retrieved 01/20/2011.
Minister: Turkey determined to continue oil, gas trade with Iran, Trend (English), 10/02/2010, retrieved 01/20/2011.

Political offices
Preceded by Mehmet Hilmi Güler	Minister of Energy and Natural Resources 1 May 2009 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent

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

Erdoğan Cabinet III (2011–2014)

Prime Minister

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Deputy Prime Ministers

current	Bülent Arınç Ali Babacan Beşir Atalay Emrullah İşler

former	Bekir Bozdağ (now Justice minister)

Ministers

current	Ahmet Davutoğlu (Foreign Affairs) Lütfi Elvan (Transport and Communication) Cevdet Yılmaz (Development) Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (European Union) İdris Güllüce (Environment and Urban Planning) Ömer Çelik (Culture and Tourism) Faruk Çelik (Labour and Social Security) Ayşenur İslam (Family and Social Policy) Hayati Yazıcı (Customs and Commerce) Efkan Ala (Interior) İsmet Yılmaz (National Defence) Mehmet Şimşek (Finance) Mehmet Mehdi Eker (Food, Agriculture and Animal husbandry) Nihat Zeybekci (Economy) Fikri Işık (Science, Industry and Technology) Nabi Avcı (National Education) Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (Health) Bekir Bozdağ (Justice) Akif Çağatay Kılıç (Youth and Sports) Taner Yıldız (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)

former	Binali Yıldırım (Transport and Communication) Egemen Bağış (European Union) Erdoğan Bayraktar (Environment and Urban Planning) Ertuğrul Günay (Culture and Tourism) Fatma Şahin (Family and Social Policy) İdris Naim Şahin (Interior) Muammer Güler (Interior) Zafer Çağlayan (Economy) Nihat Ergün (Science, Industry and Technology) Ömer Dinçer (National Education) Recep Akdağ (Health) Sadullah Ergin (Justice) Suat Kılıç (Youth and Sports)

Davutoğlu Cabinet (2014– )

Prime Minister	Ahmet Davutoğlu

Deputy Prime Ministers	Bülent Arınç Numan Kurtulmuş Ali Babacan Yalçın Akdoğan

Ministers	Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Foreign Affairs) Lütfi Elvan (Transport and Communication) Cevdet Yılmaz (Development) Volkan Bozkır (European Union) İdris Güllüce (Environment and Urban Planning) Ömer Çelik (Culture and Tourism) Faruk Çelik (Labour and Social Security) Ayşenur İslam (Family and Social Policy) Nurettin Canikli (Customs and Commerce) Efkan Ala (Interior) İsmet Yılmaz (National Defence) Mehmet Şimşek (Finance) Mehmet Mehdi Eker (Food, Agriculture and Animal husbandry) Nihat Zeybekci (Economy) Fikri Işık (Science, Industry and Technology) Nabi Avcı (National Education) Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (Health) Bekir Bozdağ (Justice) Akif Çağatay Kılıç (Youth and Sports) Taner Yıldız (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)

Italic: not in office