Taner Yıldız

For the Turkish footballer, see Taner Yıldız (footballer).

Taner Yıldız (born 3 April 1962 in Devecipınar, Boğazlıyan, Yozgat Province) is a Turkish politician. He is a member of the Justice and Development Party and served as the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources between 2009 and 2015.^[1]

Taner Yıldız MP
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
In office 1 May 2009 – 28 August 2015
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu
Preceded by	Mehmet Hilmi Güler
Succeeded by	Ali Rıza Alaboyun
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 November 2015
Constituency	Kayseri (Nov 2015, 2018)
In office 19 November 2002 – 7 June 2015
Constituency	Kayseri (2002, 2007, 2011)
Personal details
Born	(1962-04-03) 3 April 1962 (age 63) Devecipınar, Boğazlıyan, Yozgat Province, Turkey
Political party	Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Children	4
Alma mater	Istanbul Technical University
Profession	Politician, electrical engineer

Taner Yıldız graduated from the Istanbul Technical University as an electrical engineer and worked for the Kayseri Electricity Generation Company. He was elected to the Parliament in 2002. Yıldız served as an energy adviser to the prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. On 1 May 2009, after a reshuffle of the cabinet, he took the post of Minister of Energy and Natural Resources.^[1]

Yıldız is married and has four children.^[1]