Hilmi Güler | |
Nationality: | Turkish |
Office: | Mayor of Ordu |
Term Start: | 1 April 2019 |
Predecessor: | Engin Tekintaş |
Primeminister1: | Abdullah Gül Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
Term Start1: | 18 November 2002 |
Term End1: | 1 May 2009 |
Predecessor1: | Zeki Çakan |
Successor1: | Taner Yıldız |
Office2: | Member of the Grand National Assembly |
Term Start2: | 3 November 2002 |
Term End2: | 12 June 2011 |
Constituency2: | Ordu (2002, 2007) |
Birth Date: | 15 July 1946 |
Birth Place: | Ordu, Turkey |
Alma Mater: | Middle East Technical University |
Profession: | Politician |
Party: | Justice and Development Party (AKP) |
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.
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).
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:
He is married and has two children.