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Hilmi Güler
Hilmi Güler at the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia in Istanbul

Mayor of Ordu
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 April 2019
Preceded by	Engin Tekintaş
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
In office 18 November 2002 – 1 May 2009
Prime Minister	Abdullah Gül Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Zeki Çakan
Succeeded by	Taner Yıldız
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office 3 November 2002 – 12 June 2011
Constituency	Ordu ( 2002, 2007)

Personal details
Born	(1946-07-15) 15 July 1946 (age 77) Ordu, Turkey
Political party	Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Alma mater	Middle East Technical University
Profession	Politician

Mehmet Hilmi Güler (born 15 July 1946) is a Turkish politician and metallurgical engineer. He was the Energy and Natural Resources Minister of Turkey in 2002–2009. He served as the general director of the Machines and Chemical Industries Board ( MKEK) and Etibank. He was a founding member of the currently ruling AKP.

Education

Güler graduated from the Department of Metallurgy at the Middle East Technical University and worked as a project engineer and group chairman at TUSAŞ Aerospace Industries ( TAİ). He went on to an academic career as deputy chairman of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK).

Political career

As energy minister as well as the day-to-day running of this important department dealing with Turkey's gas, electricity requirements he has had to deal with a number of issues including:

Privatisation of Turkey's energy sector
Enquiries into the corruption allegations against the previous ( ANAP) government concerning the deal it made to purchase natural gas from Russia, the Blue Stream agreement.
Negotiating other natural gas purchases with countries including Iran.
Plans, sponsored by Güler, to build three nuclear power stations in Turkey.
Continued oil exploration and investment in hydro-electric power.
A strategy for the mining of boron, of which Turkey is the world's largest producer

Personal life

He is married and has two children.

References

Biography of Mehmet Hilmi Güler at Who is who database (in Turkish)

External links

Official website

v t e Gül Cabinet (2002–2003)
Cabinet
Prime Minister	Abdullah Gül (2002–2003)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Mehmet Ali Şahin (2002–2003) Abdüllatif Şener (2002–2003) Ertuğrul Yalçınbayır (2002–2003)
Minister of State	Mehmet Aydın (2002–2003) Beşir Atalay (2002–2003) Ali Babacan (2002–2003) Kürşad Tüzmen (2002–2003)
Minister of Justice	Cemil Çiçek (2002–2003)
Minister of National Defense	Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2002–2003)
Minister of Interior	Abdülkadir Aksu (2002–2003)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Yaşar Yakış (2002–2003)
Minister of Finance	Kemal Unakıtan (2002–2003)
Minister of National Education	Erkan Mumcu (2002–2003)
Minister of Public Works and Settlement	Zeki Ergezen (2002–2003)
Minister of Health	Recep Akdağ (2002–2003)
Minister of Transport and Communication	Binali Yıldırım (2002–2003)
Minister of Agriculture	Sami Güçlü (2002–2003)
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Murat Başesgioğlu (2002–2003)
Minister of Industry and Commerce	Ali Coşkun (2002–2003)
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources	Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2002–2003)
Minister of Culture	Hüseyin Çelik (2002–2003)
Minister of Tourism	Güldal Akşit (2002–2003)
Minister of Environment	İmdat Sütlüoğlu (2002–2003)
Minister of Forestry	Osman Pepe (2002–2003)

v t e First Erdoğan Cabinet (2003–2007)
Cabinet
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2003–2014)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Abdullah Gül (2003–2007) Mehmet Ali Şahin (2003–2007) Abdüllatif Şener (2003–2007)
Minister of State	Ali Babacan (2003–2007) Güldal Akşit (2003-2005) Nimet Çubukçu (2005–2007) Mehmet Aydın (2003–2007) Kürşad Tüzmen (2003–2007) Beşir Atalay (2003–2007)
Minister of Justice	Cemil Çiçek (2003–2007) Fahri Kasırga (2007)
Minister of National Defense	Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2003–2007)
Minister of the Interior	Abdülkadir Aksu (2003–2007) Osman Güneş (2007)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Abdullah Gül (2003–2007)
Minister of Finance	Kemal Unakıtan (2003–2007)
Minister of National Education	Hüseyin Çelik (2003–2007)
Minister of Public Works and Settlement	Zeki Ergezen (2003-2007) Faruk Nafız Özak (2005–2007)
Minister of Health	Recep Akdağ (2003–2007)
Minister of Transport and Communication	Binali Yıldırım (2003–2007) İsmet Yılmaz (2007)
Minister of Agriculture	Sami Güçlü (2003–2005) Mehmet Mehdi Eker (2005–2007)
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Murat Başesgioğlu (2003–2007)
Minister of Industry and Commerce	Ali Coşkun (2003–2007)
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources	Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2003–2007)
Minister of Culture and Tourism	Erkan Mumcu (2003–2005) Atilla Koç (2005–2007)
Minister of Environment and Forestry	Osman Pepe (2003–2007)

v t e Second Erdoğan Cabinet (2007–2011)
Cabinet
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2003–2014)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Cemil Çiçek (2007–2011) Hayati Yazıcı (2007–2009) Bülent Arınç (2009–2011) Nazım Ekren (2007–2009) Ali Babacan (2009–2011)
Minister of State	Mehmet Aydın (2007–2011) Kürşad Tüzmen (2007-2009) Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (2009–2011) Nimet Çubukçu (2007–2009) Selma Aliye Kavaf (2009–2011) Cevdet Yılmaz (2009–2011) Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu (2007–2009) Faruk Çelik (2009–2011) Murat Başesgioğlu (2007–2009) Faruk Nafız Özak (2009–2011) Egemen Bağış (2009–2011) Hayati Yazıcı (2009–2011)
Minister of Justice	Mehmet Ali Şahin (2007–2009) Sadullah Ergin (2009–2011)
Minister of National Defense	Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2007–2011)
Minister of the Interior	Beşir Atalay (2007–2011)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Ali Babacan (2007–2009) Ahmet Davutoğlu (since 2009–2011)
Minister of Finance	Kemal Unakıtan (2007–2009) Mehmet Şimşek (2009–2011)
Minister of National Education	Hüseyin Çelik (2007–2009) Nimet Çubukçu (2009–2011)
Minister of Public Works and Settlement	Faruk Nafız Özak (2007-2009) Mustafa Demir (2009–2011)
Minister of Health	Recep Akdağ (2007–2011)
Minister of Transport and Communication	Binali Yıldırım (2007–2011)
Minister of Agriculture	Mehmet Mehdi Eker (2007–2011)
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Faruk Çelik (2007–2009) Ömer Dinçer (2009–2011)
Minister of Industry and Commerce	Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (2007–2009) Nihat Ergün (2009–2011)
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources	Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2007–2009) Taner Yıldız (2009–2011)
Minister of Culture and Tourism	Ertuğrul Günay (2007–2011)
Minister of Environment and Forestry	Veysel Eroğlu (2007–2011)

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