Abdulkadir Uraloğlu

Turkish politician (born 1966)

Abdulkadir Uraloğlu


Minister of Transport and Infrastructure
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2023
President	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Adil Karaismailoğlu
Director General of the General Directorate of Highways
In office 23 July 2018 – 4 June 2023
Preceded by	İsmail Kartal

Personal details
Born	1966 (1966) Trabzon, Turkey
Political party	Justice and Development Party
Alma mater	Karadeniz Technical University
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Construction engineer

Abdulkadir Uraloğlu (born 1966, Trabzon) is a Turkish politician, who is serving as the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure since 4 June 2023 in the 67th government of Turkey. He had previously been the head of the General Directorate of Highways.

Early and personal life

Uraloğlu was born in 1966 in Trabzon, Turkey.^[1] He is from the Çayırbağı mahalle in the Düzköy district.^[2] He graduated from the Karadeniz Technical University in 1988 with a degree in construction engineering. Following his graduation, he briefly worked as a site engineer in the private sector. Uraloğlu is married and has 3 children.^[1]

Career

General Directorate of Highways (1989–2023)

Uraloğlu joined the General Directorate of Highways (KGM) in 1989 and worked as an engineer at various locations until 2003, when he became the deputy director of KGM in Trabzon. He later became the director of Kayseri, Samsun and briefly Bursa, before being appointed as the İzmir director of the KGM.^[1] Uraloğlu left this position in 2015 and became an MP candidate of Trabzon from the Justice and Development Party. After failing to get elected, he returned to the KGM, again as the director of İzmir. In July 2018, he was made the general director of the KGM.^[3] In September 2018, he was elected to the supervisory board of Türk Telekom while keeping his position at the KGM.^[4] This has led to criticism from left-wing media, who mocked Uraloğlu for having "two salaries".^[5]^[6]

Minister (2023–)

On 4 June 2023, Uraloğlu was appointed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure in the newly elected 67th government of Turkey.^[7] The handover ceremony with previous minister Adil Karaismailoğlu happened the next day.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Bakan Abdulkadir Uraloğlu". Minister of Transport and Infrastructure (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^ "Abdulkadir Uraloğlu'nun bakanlık haberi memleketinde gururla karşılandı". Türkiye (in Turkish). 4 June 2023. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
^ "Karayolları İzmir Bölge Müdürü Abdülkadir Uraloğlu genel müdür oldu". Posta (in Turkish). 23 July 2018. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^ "Türk Telekom'un yönetim ve denetim kurulunda değişiklik". Dünya (in Turkish). 5 September 2018. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^ "Bir 'çifte maaşlı' daha: AKP'den vekil aday adayı olan isme iki koltuk". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 17 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^ "AKP'nin gözde bürokratıydı, bakan oldu: Tüm ailesine çift maaş bağlamış!". SoL (in Turkish). 28 September 2021. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^ "Yeni Kabine listesi açıklandı, bakanlar belli oldu! İşte yeni Bakanlar Kurulu isim listesi". Habertürk (in Turkish). 4 June 2023. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^ "Ulaştırma Bakanlığı'nda devir teslim töreni! Abdülkadir Uraloğlu görevi devraldı". Milliyet (in Turkish). 5 June 2023. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.