| Kadir Koçdemir | |
| Term Start: | 7 June 2015 |
| Constituency: | Bursa (June 2015, Nov 2015) |
| Office1: | 30th Governor of Eskişehir |
| Term Start1: | 18 July 2011 |
| Term End1: | 16 May 2013 |
| President1: | Abdullah Gül |
| Predecessor1: | Mehmet Kılıçlar |
| Successor1: | Güngör Azim Tuna |
| Office2: | 40th Governor of Elazığ |
| Term Start2: | 19 December 2003 |
| Term End2: | 2 January 2006 |
| President2: | Ahmet Necdet Sezer |
| Predecessor2: | Osman Aydın |
| Successor2: | Muammer Muşmal |
| Birth Date: | 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Orhaneli, Bursa, Turkey |
| Party: | İYİ Party |
| Alma Mater: | University of Ankara |
| Nationality: | Turkish |
| Occupation: | Civil servant, politician |
| Term End: | 7 July 2018 |
Kadir Koçdemir (born 1964) is a Turkish politician, author and former governor.
He has served as the Member of Parliament for theprovince of Bursa, as part of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) since 7 June2015.
Koçdemir was born in the village of Dündar, located in the Orhaneli district of Bursa, Turkey. He completed his primary level education in Bursa, before going on to undertake secondary education in Arifiye and Gökçeada. In 1985, he graduated from the University of Ankara in the Faculty ofPolitical Sciences. He went to Germany for Public Administration Internships (1987-1988). After gaining a Jean Monnet scholarship, Koçdemir returned to Germany, where he received his master's degree in European Union and Administrative Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Hamburg (1991-1992). Later, he received a master's degree in Administrative Structure and Development from theUniversity of İnönü (1996). He completed his Public Diplomacy Course (1998) andNational Security Academy (1999). Furthering his progress as an academic,Koçdemir earned his PhD on the subject of the Modern Nation-State and Globalization from theUniversity of Hacettepe (2004). In addition to this, he was given an honorarydoctorate from the Vector Azerbaijan International Scientific Center (2004).
Koçdemir started work as a district governor candidate of Ağrı in 1985. After this, he went on to work as the district governor of Şebinkarahisar (1988), Eskipazar (1989-1992),[1] Kulp (1992-1994) and Afşin (1994-1996).
He served as a head of department (1996-1998) and assistant general manager (1998-2000) in the General Management of LocalAuthorities. Later, he became the governor of Burdur (2000-2003),[2] deputy governor of Eskişehir (2003), governor of Elazığ (2003-2006)[3] and governor of Eskişehir (2011-2013).
Koçdemir began his career in politics as the mayoral candidate for the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) for Bursa in the 2014 local elections. In the Turkish general election that took place on 7 June 2015, hewas elected into the Grand National Assembly of Turkey as an MP for the province of Bursa. He was then elected once again in the 1 November 2015 general election. He is member of Turkey-EU Joint Parliamentary Committee and the Committee on EU Harmonization.
He is married and has four children, can speak German and English and has published two books: Globalization: Reading Coordinates (2002) and Nation-State and Globalization (2004).[4]