Murat Kurum

Murat Kurum
Minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change
Assumed office
2 July 2024
PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded byMehmet Özhaseki
In office
10 July 2018 – 4 June 2023
PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded byMehmet Özhaseki
Succeeded byMehmet Özhaseki
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
7 June 2023 – 2 July 2024
ConstituencyIstanbul (I) (2023)
Personal details
Born (1976-05-07) 7 May 1976 (age 48)
Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey
Political partyJustice and Development Party
Spouse
Şengül Kurum
(m. 2000)
Children3
EducationSelçuk University
OccupationPolitician, engineer

Murat Kurum (born 7 May 1976) is a Turkish engineer, a member of parliament for the electoral district of Istanbul and former minister of Environment and Urbanization from July 2018 to June 2023. He is now the current minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change since July 2024.