Vasip Şahin

Vasip Şahin
Vasip Şahin
38th Governor of Ankara
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; November 6, 2018
President	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Ercan Topaca
21st Governor of İstanbul
	In office; September 25, 2014 – November 1, 2018
President	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Hüseyin Avni Mutlu
Succeeded by	Ali Yerlikaya
37th Governor of Malatya
	In office; August 31, 2012 – September 24, 2014
President	Abdullah Gül; Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Ulvi Saran
Succeeded by	Süleyman Kamçı
6th Governor of Düzce
	In office; June 7, 2010 – August 17, 2012
President	Abdullah Gül
Preceded by	Bülent Kılınç
Succeeded by	Adnan Yılmaz
Personal details
Born	1964 (age 55–56); Bayburt, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Alma mater	Istanbul University
Occupation	Civil servant

Vasip Şahin (born 1964) is a Turkish civil servant. Currently, he serves as the Governor of Ankara Province.

Life

He was born in Bayburt in 1964. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Erzincan. In 1985, Şahin graduated from Faculty of Law in Istanbul University.[1]

Vasip Şahin is married, and is father of three.[1]

Career

He began his civil servant career as a district governor candidate in Erzincan in June 1986. He was sent to the United Kingdom for further studies for one year in 1987. Upon returning home, he served as district governor in Küre, Kastamonu, Pütürge, Malatya, Mudurnu, Bolu, Kızılcahamam, Ankara, and then as deputy province governor in Muş and Düzce.[1]

In 2003, Şahin was appointed legal advisor at the Ministry of the Interior and department head at the General Directoriate of Civil Defence. He served as deputy general manager and later as general manager of the Provincial Administration between 2005 and 2010.[1]

Vasip Şahin became province governor in Düzce in 2010 serving until 2012. His next post was governor of Malatya. On September 15, 2014, he was appointed governor of Istanbul Province. He took of on September 25.[1]

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References

"İstanbul Valisi Vasip Şahin'in Özgeçmişi" (in Turkish). İstanbul Valiliği. Retrieved 2015-02-19.

Political offices
Preceded by Ercan Topaca	Governor of Ankara 8 November 2018 – present	Succeeded by incumbent

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[istanbul-1] "İstanbul Valisi Vasip Şahin'in Özgeçmişi" (in Turkish). İstanbul Valiliği. Retrieved 2015-02-19.