Mustafa Cengiz

Mustafa Cengiz (born 25 December 1949[1]) is a Turkish businessman. He is currently the chairman of the sports club Galatasaray S.K..

Mustafa Cengiz
37th President of Galatasaray SK
Assumed office
20 January 2018
Preceded byDursun Özbek
Personal details
Born (1949-12-25) 25 December 1949
Nizip, Gaziantep, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Alma materFaculty of Political Science, Ankara University

Early life

Mustafa Cengiz was born in Nizip, Gaziantep Province, southeastern Turkey on December 25th, 1949.[2] He completed his primary and secondary education in his hometown. He then graduated from Gaziantep High School. Then he studied at Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University.[3]

Cengiz became as a founding specialist in foreign trade for a cooperative of agriculture (Köy-Koop). At the age of 28, he became the general manager of the central economic organization founded by 670 municipalities (TANSA) as the youngest executive in the public sector. Following the 1980 military coup, he went to foreign trade in the private sector working in the Middle East countries using his Arabic language knowledge.[3]

Businessman

Since 1990, Cengiz has been operating his own companies in the petroleum goods trade business. Once, he served as the chairman of the Turkish Employers' Union of Gasoline and Liquefied Petroleum Gas Dealers (Turkish: Türkiye Akaryakıt Bayiileri ve Gaz İşverenler Sendikası).

Sport executive

Cengiz was appointed a member of the by-law committee by the council of Galatasaray S.K. He was in charge of preparing a new by-law for the sports club. On January 20, 2018, Cengiz became the 37th president of Galatasaray S.K., winning with 1,703 of the 3,416 votes cast while 1,623 delegates voted for the defending president Dursun Özbek.[4][5]

See also

References
  1. Galatasaray SK membership card
  2. Galatasaray SK membership card
  3. Çınar, Yalup (2018-01-20). "Mustafa Cengiz Galatasaray başkan adaylığını açıkladı - Mustafa Cengiz kimdir?". Fanatik (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  4. Mustafa Cengiz New President of Galatasaray
  5. "Galatasaray'ın yeni başkanı Mustafa Cengiz oldu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2018-01-20. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Dursun Özbek		 President of Galatasaray SK
January 20, 2018 – present		 Succeeded by
incumbent
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