Murat Kurum (born Ankara, 7 May 1976) is a Turkish engineer, technocrat, a

member of parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

for the electoral district of

Istanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_i ...

and former Ministry of Environment and Urbanization from July 2018 to June 2023. After completing coursework at the Ankara Mimar Kemal High School, he graduated from

Selçuk University Selçuk University ( tr, Selçuk Üniversitesi) is a state-owned higher educational institution which was founded 1975 in Konya, Turkey. It is one of the largest universities in Turkey with a student body of 63,000 of which 2,200 are foreign stu ...

, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Civil Engineering in 1999. Between 1999 and 2005, he worked as an engineer, site manager and coordinator in various private organizations operating in the field of construction. Between 2005 and 2006, he worked as an expert at the Mass Housing Development Administration Ankara Implementation Department. Between 2006 and 2009, he worked as the European Side Implementation Branch Manager of TOKİ Istanbul Implementation Department Emlak Konut GYO A.Ş., a subsidiary of TR Prime Ministry Mass Housing Administration, since 2009. He served as General Manager and member of the board of directors. He was appointed as the Minister of Environment and Urbanization on July 10, 2018. Murat Kurum is married and has three children.

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Members of the 66th government of Turkey Selçuk University alumni Turkish civil engineers Living people 1976 births Members of the 28th Parliament of Turkey 21st-century Turkish politicians Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians Politicians from Istanbul {{Turkey-politician-stub