Mehmet Hilmi Güler

Hilmi Güler
Hilmi Güler at the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia in Istanbul
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
In office 18 November 2002 – 1 May 2009
Prime Minister	Abdullah Gül Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Zeki Çakan
Succeeded by	Taner Yıldız
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office 3 November 2002 – 12 June 2011
Constituency	Ordu (2002, 2007)
Personal details
Born	1946 Ordu, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Political party	Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Alma mater	Middle East Technical University
Profession	Politician

Mehmet Hilmi Güler (born 1946, Ordu, Turkey) is a Turkish politician and metallurgical engineer. He was the Energy and Natural Resources Minister of Turkey in 2002-2009. He served as the general director of the Machines and Chemical Industries Board (MKEK) and Etibank. He was a founding member of the currently ruling AKP.

Güler graduated from the Department of Metallurgy at the Middle East Technical University and worked as a project engineer and group chairman at TUSAŞ Aerospace Industries (TAİ). He went on to an academic career as deputy chairman of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK).

As energy minister as well as the day-to-day running of this important department dealing with Turkey's gas, electricity requirements he has had to deal with a number of issues including:

He is married and has two children.