Engin Yılmaz

Engin Yılmaz
President of the Conservative Ascension Party
Assumed office
24 January 2013
Leader Ahmet Reyiz Yılmaz
Preceded by Position established
General Secretary of the Nationalist and Conservative Party
In office
3 March 2010  24 January 2013
Leader Ahmet Reyiz Yılmaz
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Position abolished
Personal details
Born 1977
Kumru, Ordu Province, Turkey
Political party Nationalist and Conservative Party (2010-2013)
Conservative Ascension Party (2013-present)
Alma mater Anadolu University

Engin Yılmaz (born: 1977) is a Turkish politician who currently serves as the President of the Conservative Ascension Party (MYP) of Turkey.

Born and educated in Kumru, Ordu Province, he studied economics at Anadolu University and graduated in 2003. He later worked at Turkcell and went on to work for an international company in 2009.

As a founding member of the Nationalist and Conservative Party (MMP) in March 2010, he served as the party's general secretary until it was dissolved in 2013. He stood as an Ordu MMP candidate in the 2011 general election, but was unsuccessful. Following the formation of the MYP, he became the party's president. He is married with one child and can speak English at a semi-fluent level.[1]

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