Fatma Şahin

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Fatma Şahin
File:Fatma Sahin - World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia 2012.jpg
Fatma Şahin at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa, and Eurasia in 2012
Mayor of Gaziantep
Assumed office
30 March 2014
Preceded by Asım Güzelbey
Minister of Family and Social Policy
In office
6 July 2011 – 25 December 2013
Preceded by Selma Aliye Kavaf
Succeeded by Ayşenur İslam
Personal details
Born (1966-06-20) 20 June 1966 (age 58)
Gaziantep, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Political party Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Spouse(s) İzzet Şahin
Children 2
Education Chemical engineering
Alma mater Istanbul Technical University
Occupation Politician, engineer
Religion Sunni Islam
Website www.fatmasahin.net

Fatma Şahin (born 20 June 1966 in Gaziantep) is a Turkish chemical engineer and politician. On 6 July 2011 she was appointed as the Minister of Family and Social Policies in the third cabinet of Erdoğan

She was born on 20 June 1966 in Gaziantep to Mustafa and Perihan Şahin. She was educated in chemical engineering at the Istanbul Technical University. Fatma Şahin worked as an engineer and manager in the textile industry.[1]

She entered politics together with her husband İzzet Şahin and co-founded the Justice and Development Party. Taking active part in the provincial organization, she was elected three times deputy from her hometown. She is the first female member of the Turkish parliament elected from Gaziantep and from the Southeastern Anatolia Region. Fatma Şahin served as the chairperson of women's branch of her party.[1][2][3][4]

Following the 2011 general elections, she became the only female minister in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[4] She was replaced by Ayşenur İslam on 25 December 2013 in a cabinet reshuffle.[5]

As a result of the 2014 local elections, Şahin was elected mayor of Gaziantep.[6]

She has two children, a son and a daughter.[4]

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Family and Social Policy
6 July 2011 – 25 December 2013
Succeeded by
Ayşenur İslam


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