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Memduh Oğuz
'' (born 1948) is a Turkish retired bureaucrat who served as the 45th governor of Isparta between 2010 and 2013, the 36th governor of Kırklareli between 1999 and 2000, the 29th governor of Kocaeli between 1996 and 1999, the 37th governor of Tekirdağ between 1991 and 1992 and as the 36th governor of Burdur between 1988 and 1991. He is a former ''

Kaymakam Kaymakam, also known by many other romanizations, was a title used by various officials of the Ottoman Empire, including acting grand viziers, governors of provincial sanjaks, and administrators of district kazas. The title has been retained a ...

'' (district governor). He completed the Governors’ Liaison Program in the U.S. by the National Governors’ Association in 1989.

Suleyman Demirel University Suleyman Demirel University ( kk, Сулейман Демирел атындағы Университет, translit=Súleıman Demırel atyndaǵy Ýnıversıtet, russian: Университет имени Сулеймана Демиреля, abb ...

awarded him an

honorary doctorate degree An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or '' ad hon ...

in 2013.

Early life

Memduh Oğuz was born in 1948 in

Nevşehir Nevşehir (from the Persian compound ''Now-shahr'' meaning "new city"), formerly Neapolis (Ancient Greek: Νεάπολις) and Muşkara, is a largely modern city and the capital district of Nevşehir Province in the Central Anatolia Region of ...

Cappadocia Cappadocia or Capadocia (; tr, Kapadokya), is a historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It largely is in the provinces Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray, Kırşehir, Sivas and Niğde. According to Herodotus, in the time of the Ionian Re ...

. He has two brothers, Prof. Aytekin Oguz,MD and Gultekin Oguz. After high school education in Nevsehir High School, he graduated from Istanbul University School of Law. He began working in the civil service as a candidate to become a Kaymakam (district governor) in 1970. He married Canan Oguz in 1973. He has two sons
Fatih Oguz,Esq.
and Guven Oguz.

Career

Civil service

Oğuz served as the

of the districts of Avanos,

Çayeli Çayeli ( lzz, მაფავრი, ) is a town and district of Rize Province on the Black Sea coast of eastern Turkey, 18 km east of the city of Rize. ''Çay'' means ''tea'' in Turkish and a large percentage of Turkey's tea is indeed gr ...

, Afşin,

Derinkuyu Derinkuyu ("deep well") (Cappadocian Greek: Μαλακοπή; Latin: ''Malakopí'') is a town and district of Nevşehir Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to 2010 census, population of the district is 22,114 of which 10, ...

Dicle Dicle ( ku, Pîran, ota, پيران) is a town and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. The population was 8,436 in 2010. The Mayor is Felat Aygören from the Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey), HDP. Dicle is the Turkish language, Turkish n ...

and Hayrabolu before being appointed as the 36th Governor of Burdur in 1988. He served until 1991, after which he served as the 37th Governor of Tekirdağ between 1991 and 1992, the 29th Governor of Kocaeli between 1996 and 1999, the 36th Governor of Kırklareli between 1999 and 2000 and finally as the 45th Governor of Isparta between 2010 and 2013. He subsequently retired from the civil service.

Political career

Oğuz briefly served as the mayor of Hayrabolu for two years during 1980-1982.

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