He was born in 1956 in Erzincan. He continued his education at Talatpaşa Elementary School, Şişli Secondary School, Zincirlikuyu Building Technical High School and graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Education.
He
continued to work in Kagithane Municipality, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
and İETT General Directorate.
Later,
he left his public service and began to trade.
His
political life began with the membership of the Executive Committee of the
Youth League, later on;
CHP
Youth League Board of Directors Secretariat,
CHP
Youth Leadership Board,
CHP
District Presidency, Congress Delegation,
SHP
18th Term Istanbul Deputy,
Member
of the Presidency of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey,
School
Parent Association in F.M.V. Işık High School,
Turkish
Parliamentary Union Membership,
Member
of the Board of Directors of the Turkish-German Parliamentary Friendship Group,
Galatasaray
Sports Club Board Member,
Turkey
National Olympic Committee Member,
The
President of the Sports Federation for All,
Served
as Delegate of Football Federation.
He
has three books titled "Young Parliament in the Turkish Grand National
Assembly", "Steering Wheel in Istanbul" and "Neither More
or Less”
He
was elected to the Municipality of Şişli in 1999 Local Elections. He has been
elected mayor for three terms.
He
has won various awards due to his works during the Şişli mayoralty;
Rewarded
by the Romanian President Ion Iliescu with the State Achievement Award.
He
was rewarded by 10th President of Turkey Ahmet Necdet Sezer for his
contributions to disabled citizens.
Former
Ministers of Education Metin Bostancioglu and Hüseyin Çelik awarded him with
support for education.
He
supported election campaign of German Social Democratic Party (SPD) in
September 2005 and 2008 elections.
He
was elected as Mayor for the third time in 2009 local elections.
REFERENCE:
CV (mustafasarigul.com, 23.01.2019).
