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Kemal Memişoğlu
Kemal Memişoğlu
	Memişoğlu in 2024
Minister of Health
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 July 2024
President	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Fahrettin Koca
Provincial Health Director of Istanbul
	In office; 6 October 2016 – 2 July 2024
Personal details
Born	1966 (age 58–59); Trabzon, Turkey
Political party	Independent
Education	Medicine
Alma mater	Hacettepe University

Kemal Memişoğlu (b. 1966) is a Turkish physician, bureaucrat and politician, who is the current Minister of Health of the Republic of Turkey. Prior to his appointment, he was the Provincial Health Director of Istanbul from 2016 to 2024.

Early life and education

He was born in 1966 in Trabzon and his family is from Rize. In 1990, he graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine. In 1995, he completed his general surgery specialty training at Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital.^[1]

Career

Academic career

In 2008, he received the title of Associate Professor of General Surgery and in 2016 he received the title of Professor of General Surgery. He has many scientific articles published in national and international journals.^[1]

Political career

On July 2, 2024, he was appointed as the Minister of Health in the 67th Government by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.^[2] On the same day, he took over from Fahrettin Koca at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Health. At the ceremony, Memişoğlu stated that Turkey aims to become a world leader in health technology production.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Sağlık Müdürümüz". istanbulism.saglik.gov.tr. Archived from the original on 2024-07-01. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
^ "Murat Kurum ve Kemal Memişoğlu Kabine'de". birgun.net (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
^ "Kemal Memişoğlu: Yeni Sağlık Bakanı kimdir?". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). 1 July 2024. Archived from the original on 1 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.

Political offices
Preceded by Fahrettin Koca	Minister of Health 2 July 2024–present	Succeeded by incumbent

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[:0-1] "Sağlık Müdürümüz". istanbulism.saglik.gov.tr. Archived from the original on 2024-07-01. Retrieved 2024-07-13.

[2] "Murat Kurum ve Kemal Memişoğlu Kabine'de". birgun.net (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

[3] "Kemal Memişoğlu: Yeni Sağlık Bakanı kimdir?". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). 1 July 2024. Archived from the original on 1 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.

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