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Nihat Ergün
Nihat Ergün

Minister of Science, Industry and Technology
In office 1 May 2009 – 25 December 2013
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Zafer Çağlayan
Succeeded by	Fikri Işık

Personal details
Born	(1962-09-14) 14 September 1962 (age 61) İzmit, Turkey
Citizenship	Turkish
Political party	Justice and Development Party (2002-2020) Democracy and Progress Party (2020–present)
Education	Business administration
Alma mater	Marmara University

Nihat Ergün (born 14 September 1962, in İzmit) is a Turkish politician and the former Minister of Science, Industry and Technology.

Ergün completed primary, middle, and high school in Izmit. He graduated from the Marmara University's Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in 1984.

During his high school and university education, he participated in several political and social activities. After finishing the university, Ergün worked in the fields of free trade, accounting, consultancy and management advisory services.

In 1994, Ergün was elected as the mayor of Derince district in Kocaeli Province. On 3 November 2002, he was elected as the deputy from Kocaeli Province for the Justice and Development Party (AKP). He was re-elected to the parliament in the elections held on 22 July 2007.

During the first Grand Ordinary Congress of the AKP held on 12 October 2003, he became a member of the Central Board for Management and Decision Taking of the party. He was re-elected to that position during the second Grand Ordinary Congress, held on 11 November 2006.

On 12 April 2005, Ergün was appointed as the deputy chairman responsible for local authorities of the Justice and Development Party. On 8 August 2007, he was elected as the acting chairman of his party's parliamentary group.

On 1 May 2009, Ergün became the Minister of Science, Industry and Technology in the second cabinet of Erdoğan. He was removed from office in a cabinet reshuffle on 25 December 2013.

Ergün is one of the founding members of Ali Babacan's newly formed Democracy and Progress Party.^[1]

Ergün is married and has four children.

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^ "Kurucu Üyeler".

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Political offices
Preceded by Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan	Minister of Science, Industry and Technology 1 May 2009 – 25 December 2013	Succeeded by Fikri Işık

v t e Second Erdoğan Cabinet (2007–2011)
Cabinet
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2003–2014)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Cemil Çiçek (2007–2011) Hayati Yazıcı (2007–2009) Bülent Arınç (2009–2011) Nazım Ekren (2007–2009) Ali Babacan (2009–2011)
Minister of State	Mehmet Aydın (2007–2011) Kürşad Tüzmen (2007-2009) Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (2009–2011) Nimet Çubukçu (2007–2009) Selma Aliye Kavaf (2009–2011) Cevdet Yılmaz (2009–2011) Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu (2007–2009) Faruk Çelik (2009–2011) Murat Başesgioğlu (2007–2009) Faruk Nafız Özak (2009–2011) Egemen Bağış (2009–2011) Hayati Yazıcı (2009–2011)
Minister of Justice	Mehmet Ali Şahin (2007–2009) Sadullah Ergin (2009–2011)
Minister of National Defense	Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2007–2011)
Minister of the Interior	Beşir Atalay (2007–2011)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Ali Babacan (2007–2009) Ahmet Davutoğlu (since 2009–2011)
Minister of Finance	Kemal Unakıtan (2007–2009) Mehmet Şimşek (2009–2011)
Minister of National Education	Hüseyin Çelik (2007–2009) Nimet Çubukçu (2009–2011)
Minister of Public Works and Settlement	Faruk Nafız Özak (2007-2009) Mustafa Demir (2009–2011)
Minister of Health	Recep Akdağ (2007–2011)
Minister of Transport and Communication	Binali Yıldırım (2007–2011)
Minister of Agriculture	Mehmet Mehdi Eker (2007–2011)
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Faruk Çelik (2007–2009) Ömer Dinçer (2009–2011)
Minister of Industry and Commerce	Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (2007–2009) Nihat Ergün (2009–2011)
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources	Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2007–2009) Taner Yıldız (2009–2011)
Minister of Culture and Tourism	Ertuğrul Günay (2007–2011)
Minister of Environment and Forestry	Veysel Eroğlu (2007–2011)

v t e Third Erdoğan Cabinet (2011–2014)
Cabinet
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2003–2014)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Bülent Arınç (2011–2014) Ali Babacan (2011–2014) Beşir Atalay (2011–2014) Bekir Bozdağ (2011–2013) Emrullah İşler (2013–2014)
Minister of Culture and Tourism	Ertuğrul Günay (2011–2013) Ömer Çelik (2013–2014)
Minister of Customs and Trade	Hayati Yazıcı (2011–2014)
Minister of Development	Cevdet Yılmaz (2011–2014)
Minister of Economy	Zafer Çağlayan (2011–2013) Nihat Zeybekçi (2013–2014)
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources	Taner Yıldız (2011–2014)
Minister of Environment and Urban Planning	Erdoğan Bayraktar (2011–2013) İdris Güllüce (2013–2014)
Minister of European Union Affairs	Egemen Bağış (2011–2013) Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (2013–2014)
Minister of Family and Social Policy	Fatma Şahin (2011–2013) Ayşenur İslam (2013–2014)
Minister of Finance	Mehmet Şimşek (2011–2014)
Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock	Mehmet Mehdi Eker (2011–2014)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Ahmet Davutoğlu (2011–2014)
Minister of Forest and Water Management	Veysel Eroğlu (2011–2014)
Minister of Health	Recep Akdağ (2011–2013) Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (2013–2014)
Minister of the Interior	İdris Naim Şahin (2011–2013) Muammer Güler (2013–2013) Efkan Ala (2013–2014)
Minister of Justice	Sadullah Ergin (2011–2013) Bekir Bozdağ (2013–2014)
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Faruk Çelik (2011–2014)
Minister of National Defense	İsmet Yılmaz (2011–2014)
Minister of National Education	Ömer Dinçer (2011–2013) Nabi Avcı (2013–2014)
Minister of Science, Industry and Technology	Nihat Ergün (2011–2013) Fikri Işık (2013–2014)
Minister of Transport	Binali Yıldırım (2011–2013) Lütfi Elvan (2013–2014)
Minister of Youth and Sports	Suat Kılıç (2011–2013) Akif Çağatay Kılıç (2013–2014)

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	United States