Faruk Çelik

Faruk Çelik (born 17 January 1956) is a Turkish politician and a Member of Parliament for Bursa of the ruling Justice and Development Party. He served in various ministerial roles from 2009 to 2017, most recently as the Minister of Work and Social Security. He was the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock.

Faruk Çelik MP
Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock
In office 24 November 2015 – 19 July 2017
Prime Minister	Ahmet Davutoğlu Binali Yıldırım
Preceded by	Kutbettin Arzu
Succeeded by	Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba
Minister of Labour and Social Security
In office 6 July 2011 – 28 August 2015
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu
Preceded by	Ömer Dinçer
Succeeded by	Ahmet Erdem
In office 29 August 2007 – 1 May 2009
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Murat Başesgioğlu
Succeeded by	Ömer Dinçer
Minister of State (Responsible for Religious Affairs and Turkish World)
In office 1 May 2009 – 6 July 2011
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 November 2015
Constituency	Şanlıurfa (Nov 2015) Artvin (2023)
In office 18 April 1999 – 7 June 2015
Constituency	Bursa (1999, 2002, 2007) Şanlıurfa (2011)
Personal details
Born	(1956-01-17) 17 January 1956 Yusufeli, Artvin Province, Turkey
Political party	Virtue Party (1999–2001) Justice and Development Party (2001–present)
Alma mater	Uludağ University
Cabinet	60th, 61st, 62nd, 64th, 65th

Previously he had been a teacher and a businessman. One of the leading members of the Justice and Development Party, he was made parliamentary group leader upon his election as an MP in 2002. He was made Minister of Work in 2007.