Nimet Baş

Nimet Baş^[1] (previously Çubukçu^[2]) (born 2 March 1965) is a Turkish politician and lawyer. She has been the Member of Parliament from the Justice and Development Party since 2002. She was the Minister of State (2005–2009) and the Minister of National Education (2009–2011).

Nimet Baş
Minister of National Education
In office 1 May 2009 – 6 July 2011
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Hüseyin Çelik
Succeeded by	Ömer Dinçer
Minister of State (Responsible for Women and Family Affairs)
In office 2 June 2005 – 1 May 2009
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Güldal Akşit
Succeeded by	Selma Aliye Kavaf
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office 3 November 2002 – 7 June 2015
Constituency	İstanbul (II) (2002, 2007, 2011)
Personal details
Born	Nimet Baş (1965-03-02) 2 March 1965 (age 60) Ayrancı, Karaman, Turkey
Political party	Justice and Development Party
Spouse	Birol Çubukçu (divorced in 2011)
Children	Çağrı Çubukçu
Alma mater	Istanbul University Faculty of Law
Profession	Lawyer
Cabinet	Erdoğan I Erdoğan II
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Baş was married to Birol Çubukçu. They divorced in 2011.^[2]