Mehmet Tüm is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who currently serves as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Balıkesir since 7 June 2015. He was first elected in the June 2015 general election and was re-elected in the November 2015 general election. He is also a member of the CHP party council.
Mehmet Tüm | |
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| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 7 June 2015 | |
| Constituency | Balıkesir (Jun 2015, Nov 2015) |
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| Born | 1 January 1957 Kayseri, Turkey |
| Political party | Republican People's Party |
| Website | Official site |
Early life and career edit
Mehmet Tüm was born on 1 January 1957 in Kayseri and was educated at the Department of Construction and Technics at Kayseri Technical High School. He began working at the Ministry of Public Works (now the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning) and was sent to Balıkesir for work reasons. While working at the ministry, he studied at the Necati Bey Evening Education Faculty. In 1990, Tüm founded Tüm Structures and Construction Limited, which began operations in the districts of Bandırma and Edremit.[1]
Political career edit
Early career edit
Between 1994 and 1999, Tüm served as a member of the Republican People's Party (CHP) district executive in Bandırma, having been elected to the Bandırma Municipal Council in the 1994 local elections. In 2000, he served as the Balıkesir representative of the Social Democracy Foundation (SODEV) and later served as the SODEV's national general secretary.[2]
Member of Parliament edit
For the June 2015 general election, Mehmet Tüm became the CHP's top candidate on the party's candidate lists for the electoral district of Balıkesir and was elected to Parliament.[3] He stood again as a candidate for the November 2015 general election and was re-elected, again as the top CHP candidate on the party's provincial list.[4] He is a member of the parliamentary Environment Commission.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Mehmet Tüm Kimdir? - Mehmet Tüm Hayatı ve Biyografisi".
- ^ "Özgeçmiş - Mehmet Tüm". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
- ^ "2015 Seçim Sonuçları - 7 Haziran 2015 Balıkesir Genel Seçim Sonuçları".
- ^ "2015 Seçim Sonuçları - 1 Kasım 2015 Balıkesir Genel Seçim Sonuçları".