Mustafa Varank (pronounced ustafäh väränk 1 January 1976) is a Turkish politician, bureaucrat and academician who previously served as the Minister of Industry and Technology. In the

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he was elected to the

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from Bursa 2nd district.

Background

He was born in 1976 in the Of District of the Black Sea city of

Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the Bl ...

. He attended primary school in Yedikule Ilkokulu and continued to secondary school at Istanbul's Imam-Hatip High School. In 1999, he completed his higher education in

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(Ankara), where he earned degrees in Political Science and Public Administration, after which he began his tenure in the United States. There, he proceeded to

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and

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College of Engineering and Computer Science where he worked as a researcher and systems engineer. He left the Sunshine State to then earn his master's degree at

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's Pervasive Technology Institute. Varank is married and the father of two children. He is the recipient of many awards and honors, including the honorary title of "Ambassador", awarded to him by the President in 2016.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Varank, Mustafa 1976 births Living people Imam Hatip school alumni Florida Atlantic University alumni Florida State University alumni Ministers of Science Industry and Technology of Turkey Indiana University alumni Middle East Technical University alumni People from Of, Turkey Members of the 66th government of Turkey Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians Members of the 28th Parliament of Turkey Deputies of Bursa