Background
Berat Albayrak was born on 1 January 1978, the son of Sadık Albayrak, a journalist and politician.
Berat Albayrak was born on 1 January 1978, the son of Sadık Albayrak, a journalist and politician.
He was educated at İstanbul University"s School of Business Administration.
He is the former Chief Executive Officer of Çalık Holding. An Member of Parliament since June 2015, and Minister of Energy and Natural Resources since November 2015. He is the son-in-law of the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Çalık Holding
He joined Çalık Holding in 1999, and was appointed financial director of their United States office in 2002 while he studied for an Master of Business Administration at the Lubin School of Business, Pace University in New New York
In 2004, Albayrak was appointed as the United States country manager of Çalık. Upon his return to Turkey in 2006, Albayrak first served as assistant general manager of financial affairs in Çalık, and was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Çalık Holding in 2007.
Albayrak was Chief Executive Officer of Çalık until late 2013. On 24 November, he was appointed Minister for Energy and Natural Resources in the 64th Government of Turkey under the premiership of Ahmet Davutoğlu.
Albayrak also headed some important energy projects for Çalık.
Politics
Albayrak became a member of the Parliament with the ruling AKP Party after the elections of 7 June 2015.
