Hilmi Güler

Hilmi Güler
Hilmi Güler at the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia in Istanbul
Mayor of Ordu
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 April 2019
Preceded by	Engin Tekintaş
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
In office 18 November 2002 – 1 May 2009
Prime Minister	Abdullah Gül Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Zeki Çakan
Succeeded by	Taner Yıldız
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office 3 November 2002 – 12 June 2011
Constituency	Ordu (2002, 2007)
Personal details
Born	(1946-07-15) 15 July 1946 (age 77) Ordu, Turkey
Political party	Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Alma mater	Middle East Technical University
Profession	Politician

Mehmet Hilmi Güler (born 15 July 1946) is a Turkish politician and metallurgical engineer. He was the Energy and Natural Resources Minister of Turkey in 2002–2009. He served as the general director of the Machines and Chemical Industries Board (MKEK) and Etibank. He was a founding member of the currently ruling AKP.

Education

Güler graduated from the Department of Metallurgy at the Middle East Technical University and worked as a project engineer and group chairman at TUSAŞ Aerospace Industries (TAİ). He went on to an academic career as deputy chairman of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK).

Political career

As energy minister as well as the day-to-day running of this important department dealing with Turkey's gas, electricity requirements he has had to deal with a number of issues including:

• Privatisation of Turkey's energy sector
• Enquiries into the corruption allegations against the previous (ANAP) government concerning the deal it made to purchase natural gas from Russia, the Blue Stream agreement.
• Negotiating other natural gas purchases with countries including Iran.
• Plans, sponsored by Güler, to build three nuclear power stations in Turkey.
• Continued oil exploration and investment in hydro-electric power.
• A strategy for the mining of boron, of which Turkey is the world's largest producer

Personal life

He is married and has two children.

References

• Biography of Mehmet Hilmi Güler at Who is who database (in Turkish)

External links

• Official website

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Murat Başesgioğlu (2002–2003)

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Ali Coşkun (2002–2003)

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Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2002–2003)

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Osman Pepe (2002–2003)

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