Bakan Mehmet Mehdi Eker

Dr. Mehmet Mehdi EKER

PERSONEL INFORMATION:

Birth date:01.01.1956

Birth place:Diyarbakır,Turkey

Marital status:Married,has 3 children

EDUCATION:

Ph.d.,Ankara University,1997.

-Ph.D Thesis:Prediction of the Expenditure of Bovine Mastitis of some agricultural enterprises in the Marmara and Thracian Region, and the implementation of Information System in the struggle

M.Sc.,The University of Aberdeen,England,1992.

M.Sc. Thesis: “ Use of information in the economics control of bovine Mastitis’’

B.Sc.,Ankara University, Faculty of  Veterinary Medicine,1982.

Ziya Gökalp High School, Diyarbakır,1976.

Ali Emiri Secondary School, Diyarbakır,1973.

Bismil-Tepe Primary School, Diyarbakır,1968.

POLITICAL  ACTIVITIES:

The current Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs-2005-…

Member in the Turkish Group of the MP Assembly of the european Council (October 2004-2005).

Member in the Turkish Group of the West European Union, Inter-Parliamentary European Security and Defence Assembly (October 2004-2005).

Member of AK Party (The Party of Justice and Development) Central Decision and Administration Board.

Chairperson of Turkish National Assembly, Turkey-Pakistan Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Member of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs Committee (Chairperson of the sub-committee)

EXPERIENCES:

Ministry Consultant, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 1998-2002.

Director General of Protection and Kontrol, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 1997.

Secretary General of the Board of High Steward, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 1997.

Assistant Director General, General Directorate of Agricultural Production and Development (TÜGEM), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 1996.

Assistant Director, Ankara-Lalahan Central Stockbreeding Research Institute, 1989-1994.

Veterinarian specialist, Direktorate of the Board of Research, Plan and Coordination, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 1982-1989.