- Erkan Mumcu
Erkan Mumcu (b. 1963
Isparta ,Turkey ) is a Turkish politician and the current leader of the Motherland Party (Anavatan Partisi, ANAP).Biography
Mumcu was born in the western
Anatolia n town ofYalvaç inIsparta Province . His father was Süleyman and his mother Cemile. He graduated from theIstanbul University 's Faculty of Law.He entered politics in 1995 as deputy of Isparta from the Motherland Party. In 1997-1998, Erkan Mumcu served as secretary general and in 1998-1999, he was vice president of the party. He became a member in the coalition government of
Bülent Ecevit as Minister for Tourism serving fromMay 28 ,1999 toAugust 8 ,2001 .He joined the Justice and Development Party and was reelected from
Isparta in the 2002 elections into the parliament. In the cabinet of Prime MinisterAbdullah Gül , he was first the Minister of National Education and then the Minister of Culture and Tourism.After a dispute with
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , he resigned onFebruary 15 ,2005 , and joined the Motherland Party again. Erkan Mumcu was elected 6th president of ANAP at the extraordinary party congress onApril 2 ,2005 .He is married with two children.
External links
* [http://www.tbmm.gov.tr/develop/owa/milletvekili_sd.bilgi?p_donem=22&p_sicil=5452 Turkish Grand National Assembly official website] tr icon
* [http://www.anap.org.tr/sub.asp?id=15 Motherland party official website] tr icon
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