Murat Başesgioğlu

Murat Başesgioğlu
Minister of State
(Responsible for Youth and Sports)
In office
29 August 2007  1 May 2009
Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded byMehmet Ali Şahin
Succeeded byFaruk Nafiz Özak
Minister of Labour and Social Security
In office
19 November 2002  29 August 2007
Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded byNejat Arseven
Succeeded byFaruk Çelik
Minister of the Interior
In office
30 June 1997  5 August 1998
Prime MinisterMesut Yılmaz
Preceded byMeral Akşener
Succeeded byKutlu Aktaş
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
14 December 1987  1 November 2015
ConstituencyKastamonu (1987,1991,1995,1999)
İstanbul (II) (2002, 2007, 2011, June 2015)
Personal details
Born (1955-03-01) March 1, 1955
Kastamonu, Turkey
Political partyNationalist Movement Party (2011 - Present)
Justice and Development Party (2002 - 2010)
Motherland Party (1984 - 2002)
Children2 (Hakan and Mustafa Çağrı)

Murat Başesgioğlu (born 1955) is a Turkish politician who was a Minister of State of Turkey and Member of the Turkish Parliament for Kastamonu for the ruling Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AK Party).