Vasip Şahin (born 1964) is a Turkish civil servant. Currently, he serves as the
Governor of Ankara Province.
Life
He was born in
Bayburt
Bayburt () is a city in northeast Turkey lying on the Çoruh River and is the provincial capital of Bayburt Province. According to the 2021 census the population is determined as around 82,274.
Bayburt was once an important center on the ancient ...
in 1964. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education in
Erzincan
Erzincan (; ku, Erzîngan), historically Yerznka ( hy, Երզնկա), is the capital of Erzincan Province in Eastern Turkey. Nearby cities include Erzurum, Sivas, Tunceli, Bingöl, Elazığ, Malatya, Gümüşhane, Bayburt, and Giresun. The ...
. In 1985, Şahin graduated from Faculty of Law in
Istanbul University.
Vasip Şahin is married, and is father of three.
Career
He began his civil servant career as a district governor candidate in Erzincan in June 1986. He was sent to the United Kingdom for further studies for one year in 1987. Upon returning home, he served as district governor in
Küre, Kastamonu,
Pütürge, Malatya,
Mudurnu, Bolu,
Kızılcahamam, Ankara, and then as deputy province governor in
Muş
Muş (; hy, Մուշ; ku, Mûş) is a city and the provincial capital of Muş Province in Turkey. Its population is mostly Kurds.
Etymology
Various explanations of the origin of Muş's name exist. Its name is sometimes associated with the Arm ...
and
Düzce
Düzce is the capital city of Düzce Province, the eighty-first Province in Turkey. The population is 367,087 and in 2009 was 125,240, an increase from 61,878 in 1990.
Overview
Düzce is the eighty-first and the newest province of Turkey ...
.
In 2003, Şahin was appointed legal advisor at the
Ministry of the Interior
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Named "ministry"
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and department head at the General Directoriate of Civil Defence. He served as deputy general manager and later as general manager of the Provincial Administration between 2005 and 2010.
Vasip Şahin became province governor in Düzce in 2010 serving until 2012. His next post was governor of Malatya. On September 15, 2014, he was appointed governor of Istanbul Province. He took of on September 25.
References
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1964 births
People from Bayburt
Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni
Turkish civil servants
Governors of Istanbul
Living people