Ali İhsan Su (born 25 June 1959) is a Turkish bureaucrat who has served as the governor of Diyarbakır since May 2022, having been appointed by President

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister of Turkey, prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Jus ...

on the recommendation of the

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. He previously served as the

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governor of Düzce The Governor of Düzce ( Turkish: ''Düzce Valiliği'') is the bureaucratic state official responsible for both national government and state affairs in the Province of Düzce. Similar to the Governors of the 80 other Provinces of Turkey, the Go ...

from 2013 to 2015, having been appointed by former president

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. He is a former ''

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'' (sub-governor of a

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Early life

Born in 1959 in

Konya Konya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in En ...

, Su was educated at

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Faculty of Political Science and graduated in 1985. He began working at the Central Administration as a

candidate.

Bureaucratic career

Su served as the

for the district of

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Çermik Çermik (; ) is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Its area is 948 km2, and its population is 49,644 (2022). The mayor is Şehmus Karamehmetoğlu from the Justice and Development Party (Turkey), J ...

Diyarbakır Province Diyarbakır Province (; ; ) is a province and metropolitan municipality in southeastern Turkey. Its area is 15,101 km2, and its population is 1,804,880 (2022). The provincial capital is the city of Diyarbakır. The Kurdish majority province ...

, Çay, Afyonkarahisar in

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and

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. He also served as Deputy Governor of Hakkâri. In 2013, he was appointed as the

Governor of Düzce The Governor of Düzce ( Turkish: ''Düzce Valiliği'') is the bureaucratic state official responsible for both national government and state affairs in the Province of Düzce. Similar to the Governors of the 80 other Provinces of Turkey, the Go ...

after President

approved his nomination by the

. After serving for two years, he was re-assigned as the

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Governor of Şırnak The Governor of Şırnak (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Şırnak Valiliği'') is the Civil service, bureaucratic state official responsible for both national government and state affairs in the Şırnak Province, Province of Şırnak. Similar to t ...

References

External links

Website of the Governor of DüzceWebsite of the Governor of Şırnak
{{DEFAULTSORT:Su, Ali Ihsan Governors of Düzce Governors of Şırnak Living people People from Konya 1959 births Turkish civil servants

Early life

Bureaucratic career

See also

References

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