Fikri Işık | |
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 Işık in April 2017 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | |
| In office 19 July 2017 – 9 July 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Binali Yıldırım |
| Serving with | Mehmet Şimşek Bekir Bozdağ Hakan Çavuşoğlu Recep Akdağ |
| Preceded by | Veysi Kaynak |
| Succeeded by | office abolished |
| Minister of National Defense | |
| In office 24 May 2016 – 19 July 2017 | |
| President | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Prime Minister | Binali Yıldırım |
| Preceded by | İsmet Yılmaz |
| Succeeded by | Nurettin Canikli |
| Minister of Science, Industry and Technology | |
| In office 25 December 2013 – 24 May 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Preceded by | Nihat Ergün |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 22 July 2007 – 7 April 2023 | |
| Constituency | Kocaeli (2007,2011,June 2015,Nov 2015,2018) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1965-09-13)13 September 1965 (age 60) |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party (AKP) |
| Spouse | Nigar Işık |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Middle East Technical University |
| Profession | Politician, educator |
| Cabinet | 61st,62nd,63rd,64th,65th |
Fikri IşıkMP (born 13 September 1965) is a Turkish politician who served as the lastDeputy Prime Minister of Turkey from 2017 to 2018. Previously, he served asMinister of Science, Industry and Technology from 2013 to 2016 andMinister of National Defense from 2016 to 2017. He is aMember of Parliament representing theKocaeli Province on behalf of the rulingJustice and Development Party (AKP), from 2007 to 2023. Before politics, Işık was an educator.
Fikri Işık was born on 13 September 1965 to Tevfik and Mecbure Işık in the village of Babacan inŞiran district ofGümüşhane Province, Turkey.[1] He studied Mathematics Education at theMiddle East Technical University inAnkara.[1][2]
Işık worked as a mathematics and English language teacher in private schools atİzmit andIstanbul. He served also as manager in the food industry.[1][2]
Fikri Işık entered politics on 20 October 2001 through his founding membership of the Justice and Development Party'sKocaeli Province organization. He was elected its chairman on 22 June 2003, serving four years at this post.[1]
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In 2007, he left his chair at the regional level to run for a seat in the parliament. Işık was elected into theGrand National Assembly of Turkey in the2007 general election as an MP from Kocaeli Province. He was re-elected a second time into the parliament in the2011 general election. Between 2007 and 2013, he was responsible in the party headquarters for the coordination of the part's regional organizations in 47 provinces across the country. On 31 January 2013, Işık became chairman of the parliamentary National Education, Youth and Sports Commission.[1][3]
On 26 December 2013, Fikri Işık assumed office as the Minister of Science, Industry and Technology, succeedingNihat Ergün duringErdoğan's cabinet reshuffle with ten new names that was announced the day before, on 25 December, following the2013 corruption scandal in Turkey.[2][4][5][6][7]
Fikri Işık is married and has four children.[1]
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| Preceded by | Minister of Science, Industry and Technology 26 December 2013 – 24 May 2016 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of National Defence 24 May 2016 – 19 July 2017 | Succeeded by |
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