Alparslan Bayraktar

Alparslan Bayraktar
Bayraktar in 2024
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
Assumed office
4 June 2023
PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded byFatih Dönmez
Personal details
Born1975 (age 50–51)
Kırıkhan, Hatay, Turkey
PartyJustice and Development Party
Alma materIstanbul Technical University (BS)
Tufts University (MA)
Bilkent University (MA)
Middle East Technical University (PhD)

Alparslan Bayraktar (born 1975) is a Turkish academic, engineer, and politician. He has served as the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources since 2023. Before being elected to this position, he served as the deputy minister and a commissioner of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority. Bayraktar has also served as the chair of the World Energy Council for Turkey since 2015, and as the chair of the Istanbul Center for Regulation since 2018.