Mehmet Tahmazoğlu

Mehmet Tahmazoğlu was born in 1959 in Şahinbey, Gaziantep. Mr. Tahmazoğlu studied in Şehreküstü Ahmet Çelebi Primary School and Atatürk High School in Gaziantep. He graduated from Erzurum Atatürk University Faculty of Management in 1982 and acquired two master’s in Management at Gaziantep University Faculty of Social Sciences and in Political Science and International Relations at Hasan Kalyoncu University Faculty of Social Sciences. Mr. Tahmazoğlu who completed his military service as reserve officer between 1983 and 1984 started his professional career as certified accountant in 1984. After having involved in trade, he continued working as certified accountant. Mr. Tahmazoğlu who have taken place in various civil society organizations in different roles between 1984 and 2009. He started his political career as Member of Justice and Development Party’s (JDP) Founding Executive Board in Gaziantep. After having worked as Deputy Head of JDP’s Gaziantep Office and Head of Political and Legal Affairs, in 2007, Mr. Tahmazoğu became a candidate for parliament from JDP at the 8^th place. He was elected as the Mayor of Şahinbey Municipality in 2009 and re-elected in 2014 and 2019 consecutively. Mr. Tahmazoğlu has also been Member of Executive Committee of Union of Turkish World Municipalities since 2014. He is married and father of seven children.