Mehmet Gümüşburun (born 1942) is a Turkish chemical engineer and bureaucrat.

Mehmet Gümüşburun
Born1942 (age 81–82)
NationalityTurkish
Alma materIstanbul Technical University
Occupation(s)Bureaucrat and chemical engineer

Biography edit

Mehmet Gümüşburun was born in Gaziantep in 1942.[1] He is a graduate of Istanbul Technical University and holds a degree in chemical engineering.[1]

He started his career in 1967 and began to work in Gaziantep Cement Factory.[2] He worked in different cement plants in various capacities. He was the director of Van Cement Factory from 1979 to 1982 and of Pınarhisar Cement Factory from 1982 to 1986.[2] In 1986 he was appointed deputy director general of ÇİTOSAN, a now-defunct state-owned enterprise of cement industry in Turkey.[2] He became director general of ÇİTOSAN in November 1987 and was in office until June 1992.[3] He also served as the president of the Turkish Cement Producers Association (TÇMB) from 1987 and 1992.[2]

After leaving office he worked at Yibitaş Lafarge as general coordinator from 1995 to 2000.[2][4] During the same period he was also deputy president of the TÇMB.[2] Then he worked at different companies in Turkey.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Türkischer Biographischer Index. Walter de Gruyter. 1 January 2004. p. 419. ISBN 978-3-11-096577-3. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Mehmet Gumusburun". CEIS. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Past Directors" (in Turkish). ECKA. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Yibitas Lafarge" (in Turkish). Insaat Yapi. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Karacabey'e Çimento Fabrikası Kurulmak İstenmesine Tepki". News.com (in Turkish). 22 March 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2014.