Vahit Kirişci (born 4 December 1960) is a

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. He has been serving as the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry since 4 March 2022.

Career

He graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture of

Çukurova University Çukurova University ( tr, Çukurova Üniversitesi) is a public university in Adana, Turkey. The university has sixteen faculties, three colleges, seven vocational colleges, three institutes and twenty six research and application centers. ...

. He completed his doctorate at the

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. He worked as part of the technical staff in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. He gave lectures as a lecturer at Çukurova University. He became associate professor in 1995 and professor in 2001. He published 55 articles, books, commission reports and papers,16 of which were in foreign languages. He worked as a manager in many

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. He is a 22nd and 23rd term Member of Parliament from

Adana Adana (; ; ) is a major city in southern Turkey. It is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the Mediterranean Sea. The administrative seat of Adana Province, Adana province, it has a population of 2.26 million. Adana lies in the heart ...

. In the 22nd term, he served as Deputy Chairman of the Turkey EU Joint Parliamentary Commission and as Chairman of the Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs Committee of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. He was re-elected as the Chairman of the same commission in the 23rd Term. He was appointed as the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry upon the resignation of

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on 4 March 2022.

Private life

He is married and has three children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirişçi, Vahit Living people Çukurova University alumni 1960 births People from Kahramanmaraş Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry of Turkey Members of the 66th government of Turkey