Vahit Kirişci (born 4 December 1960) is a Turkish

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. He served as the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry from 4 March 2022 to 4 June 2023. He was elected as Member of Parliament from

Kahramanmaraş Kahramanmaraş (), historically Marash (; ) and Germanicea (), is a city in the Mediterranean Region, Turkey, Mediterranean region of Turkey and the administrative centre of Kahramanmaraş Province, Kahramanmaraş province. After 1973, Maraş was ...

for the Justice and Development Party in the 2023 elections.

Career

He graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture of

Çukurova University Çukurova University () is a public research university located in Adana, Turkey. The university features sixteen faculties, three colleges, seven vocational colleges, three institutes, and twenty-six research and application centers. Its campus i ...

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

Adana Adana is a large city in southern Turkey. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the northeastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the administrative seat of the Adana Province, Adana province, and has a population of 1 81 ...

. 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 Bekir Pakdemirli on 4 March 2022. He was succeeded by İbrahim Yumaklı on 4 June 2023, after he was elected as Member of Parliament in the

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held on 14 May.

Private life

He is married and has three children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirişçi, Vahit 1960 births Living people Çukurova University alumni People from Kahramanmaraş Ministers of agriculture and forestry of Turkey Members of the 66th government of Turkey Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians Deputies of Kahramanmaraş Members of the 28th Parliament of Turkey