Faruk Nafız Özak

Turkish footballer
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IntroTurkish footballer
PlacesTurkey
isAthlete Football player Association football player Politician
Work fieldPolitics Sports
Gender
Male
Birth19 April 1946, Trabzon Province
Age78 years
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Biography

Faruk Nafız Özak (born 19 April 1946) is a Turkish politician and a former Minister of Public Works and Housing (2005–2009) and Minister of State (for Youth and Sports) (2009–2011) under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Özak was born in Trabzon, and graduated from the Civil Engineering Department of Karadeniz Technical University. He was the captain of the prominent Turkish football club Trabzonspor, and once sportsman of the year. He became chairman of the club in 1996. He was elected as an MP from Trabzon in 2009, holding the combined office of Minister of State and Minister of Youth and Sports, before the dissolution of the Minister of State position and the establishment of Ministry of Youth and Sports in 2011. He is married with two children.

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