Ahmet Demircan | |
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Minister of Health | |
In office 19 July 2017 –9 July 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Binali Yıldırım |
Preceded by | Recep Akdağ |
Succeeded by | Fahrettin Koca |
Personal details | |
Born | Samsun,Turkey | 13 July 1954
Political party | Welfare Party (1995–1998) Virtue Party (1998–2002) People's Voice Party (2010–2012) Justice and Development Party (2012–present) |
Education | Medicine |
Alma mater | Atatürk University |
Ahmet Demircan (born 13 July 1954) is a Turkish physician and politician. He served as the Minister of Health between 2017 and 2018. [1]
Demircan is a graduate from Atatürk University's Faculty of Medicine. He specialized in General Surgery at the same faculty. He worked as practitioner at the state hospitals of Samsun,Muş and Bafra. He was a deputy for Samsun in the 20th,21st,25th,26th and 27th Parliamentary period. He was a Ministry of State in the 54th government of Turkey. [2]
Demircan served as deputy chairmen of the People's Voice Party. [3] He was appointed to the Ministry of Health due to the changes made in the cabinet on 19 July 2017.
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