Faruk Nafız Özak | |
Birth Date: | 1946 4, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Trabzon, Turkey |
Education: | Civil engineering |
Alma Mater: | Karadeniz Technical University |
Nationality: | Turkish |
Party: | Justice and Development Party (AKP) |
Cabinet: | Cabinet Erdoğan I Cabinet Erdoğan II |
Office1: | Minister of State (Responsible for Youth and Sports) |
Term Start1: | 1 May 2009 |
Term End1: | 6 July 2011 |
Predecessor1: | Murat Başesgioğlu |
Successor1: | Suat Kılıç |
Primeminister1: | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
Office2: | Minister of Public Works and Housing |
Term Start2: | 2 June 2005 |
Term End2: | 1 May 2009 |
Predecessor2: | Zeki Ergezen |
Successor2: | Mustafa Demir |
Primeminister2: | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
Office3: | Member of the Grand National Assembly |
Term Start3: | 14 November 2002 |
Term End3: | 7 June 2015 |
Constituency3: | Trabzon (2002, 2007, 2011) |
Faruk Nafız Özak (born 19 April 1946) is a Turkish politician, who served as Minister of Public Works and Housing (2005–2009) and Minister of State for Youth and Sports (2009–2011) under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Özak was born in Trabzon, and graduated from the Civil Engineering Department of Karadeniz Technical University. He was the captain of the prominent Turkish football club Trabzonspor, and once sportsman of the year. He became chairman of the club in 1996. He was elected as an MP from Trabzon in 2009, holding the combined office of Minister of State and Minister of Youth and Sports, before the dissolution of the Minister of State position and the establishment of Ministry of Youth and Sports in 2011.[1] He is married with two children.