Nurettin Canikli

Nurettin Canikli MP


Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 May 2016
Prime Minister	Binali Yıldırım
Serving with	Mehmet Şimşek Numan Kurtulmuş Tuğrul Türkeş Veysi Kaynak
Preceded by	Yalçın Akdoğan
Minister of Customs and Trade
In office 29 August 2014 – 28 August 2015
Prime Minister	Ahmet Davutoğlu
Preceded by	Hayati Yazıcı
Succeeded by	Cenap Aşçı
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 November 2015
Constituency	Giresun (Nov 2015)
In office 3 November 2002 – 7 June 2015
Constituency	Giresun (2002, 2007, 2011)
Personal details
Born	(1960-05-15) May 15, 1960 Alucra, Giresun Province, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Alma mater	Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University University of Sheffield
Occupation	Politician, civil servant
Cabinet	62nd, 65th

Nurettin Canikli (born May 15, 1960 in Alucra, Giresun Province) is a Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, in office since 24 May 2016. He formerly served as the Minister of Customs and Trade of Turkey from 2014 to 2015. He is a Member of Parliament for Giresun of the ruling Justice and Development Party.^[1]^[2]

After finishing the İmam Hatip school in Giresun, he studied Economics at the Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University graduating with a Bachelors's degree. Canikli obtained a Master's degree in Finance from University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom.^[1]^[2]

He worked in various positions in the Ministry of Finance.^[2] He was a columnist at the daily Yeni Şafak.^[1]

Canikli became one of the co-founders of the Justice and Development Party. In the 2002 general election, he was elected Deputy of Giresun. In the 2007 and 2011 elections, he secured his seat in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM).^[1] On August 29, 2014, he was appointed Minister of Customs and Trade in the Cabinet of Ahmet Davutoğlu.^[2]

Canikli is married and father of four children.^[1]^[2]

References

Political offices
Preceded by Hayati Yazıcı	Minister of Customs and Trade August 29, 2014 – August 28, 2015	Succeeded by Cenap Aşçı

Yıldırım Cabinet (2016 – present)

Prime Minister	Binali Yıldırım

Deputy Prime Ministers	Nurettin Canikli Numan Kurtulmuş Mehmet Şimşek Veysi Kaynak Tuğrul Türkeş

Ministers	Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Foreign Affairs) Ahmet Arslan (Transport and Communication) Lütfi Elvan (Development) Ömer Çelik (EU Affairs) Mehmet Özhaseki (Environment and Urban Planning) Nabi Avcı (Culture and Tourism) Süleyman Soylu → Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (Labour and Social Security) Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya (Family and Social Policy) Bülent Tüfenkci (Customs and Trade) Efkan Ala → Süleyman Soylu (Interior) Fikri Işık (National Defence) Naci Ağbal (Finance) Faruk Çelik (Food, Agriculture and Livestock) Nihat Zeybekci (Economy) Faruk Özlü (Science, Industry and Technology) İsmet Yılmaz (National Education) Recep Akdağ (Health) Bekir Bozdağ (Justice) Akif Çağatay Kılıç (Youth and Sports) Berat Albayrak (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)

Italic: not in office

First Davutoğlu Cabinet (2014 – 2015)

Prime Minister	Ahmet Davutoğlu

Deputy Prime Ministers	Bülent Arınç Numan Kurtulmuş Ali Babacan Yalçın Akdoğan

Ministers	Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Foreign Affairs) Lütfi Elvan → Feridun Bilgin (Transport and Communication) Cevdet Yılmaz (Development) Volkan Bozkır (European Union) İdris Güllüce (Environment and Urban Planning) Ömer Çelik (Culture and Tourism) Faruk Çelik (Labour and Social Security) Ayşenur İslam (Family and Social Policy) Nurettin Canikli (Customs and Commerce) Efkan Ala → Sebahattin Öztürk (Interior) İsmet Yılmaz → Vecdi Gönül (National Defence) Mehmet Şimşek (Finance) Mehmet Mehdi Eker (Food, Agriculture and Animal husbandry) Nihat Zeybekci (Economy) Fikri Işık (Science, Industry and Technology) Nabi Avcı (National Education) Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (Health) Bekir Bozdağ → Kenan İpek (Justice) Akif Çağatay Kılıç (Youth and Sports) Taner Yıldız (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)

Italic: not in office

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