Sami Güçlü

Sami Güçlü ( born September 6, 1950 County Kuyulusebil, Konya Province) is a Turkish economist, university professor, politician and former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

He graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Istanbul, where Güçlü also wrote his doctoral thesis. His academic career began Sami Güçlü at the State Academy of Engineering and Architecture in Sakarya. He became a lecturer and in 1995 professor of economic policy in 1989. Güçlü taught as a guest professor at the University of Leicester in England. Then worked as State Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office. Güçlü was at the Faculty of Engineering of the Technical University of Istanbul, Sakarya and the Faculty of Economics of the Sakarya University professor, associate dean, Senatsmitlgied and Major Subject president.

Sami Güçlü is a founding member of the Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi ( AKP). Güçlü was a deputy for the province of Konya in the 22nd legislative session of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. In the 58th Government (Cabinet Gul ), he was Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

Güçlü is married and father of four children.