Mahmut Özer (born 5 May 1970) is a

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academic, former Bulent Ecevit University

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, former

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president and current Minister of National Education.

Life

Born in Tokat in 1970, Özer graduated from Tokat Imam Hatip High School in 1988. He graduated from

Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University ( tr, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as ITU or The Technical University) is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university ...

Electronics and Communication Engineering Department in 1992. After working as an Electronics Engineer at Dalaman Airport, General Directorate of State Airports Authority between 1992 and 1994, he worked as a lecturer at

Gaziosmanpaşa University Gaziosmanpaşa (; old name: ''Taşlıtarla'') is a developing working class municipality (belediye) and district of Istanbul, Turkey, on its European side. With a population of 400,000 plus, it is one of the most populous districts. In 2009 Gazios ...

Tokat Vocational School between 1994 and 2002. Having completed his doctorate at

Karadeniz Technical University Karadeniz Technical University ( tr, Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi or KTÜ) is a public research university in Trabzon, in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Established in 1955, it is the fourth oldest university in Turkey. Karadeniz Technical U ...

, Institute of Science, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2001, Özer started to work as an assistant professor at Zonguldak Karaelmas University (Bülent Ecevit University) Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2002. He received the title of associate professor in 2005 and professor in 2010 at the same university. While he has been working as the vice rector since 2009, he was appointed as the

of Zonguldak Karaelmas University after he came first in the rectorate elections held in 2010. Özer, who also won the rectorate elections in 2014, was re-elected. He was appointed as the rector of Bulent Ecevit University. Between 1 August 2015 and 1 August 2016 he served as the President of the Interuniversity Board. He continued his duty as the chief editor of the Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, which was published by

Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey The Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu, TÜBİTAK) is a national agency of Turkey whose stated goal is to develop "science, technology and innovation" (STI) policies ...

and scanned within the scope of Science Citation Index (SCI) since October 2014, and as the Deputy Chairman of the Vocational Qualifications Institution as the Council of Higher Education representative from 15 October 2015. He was appointed as the Deputy Minister of National Education on 8 August 2018. He was appointed as the Minister of National Education, replacing

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, with the appointment decision published in the

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on 6 August 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ozer, Mahmut Ministers of National Education of Turkey Members of the 66th government of Turkey 1970 births Turkish engineering academics Living people Turkish electrical engineers