Prof. Dr. Kemal MEMİŞOĞLU

Minister of Health

Prof. Dr. Kemal Memişoğlu is originally from Rize and was born in Trabzon in 1966. After graduating from the Faculty of Medicine of Hacettepe University in 1990, he completed his general surgery residency at İstanbul Okmeydanı Training Hospital in 1995.

Between 1996 and 1998, he worked as a general surgeon at SSK Konya Ereğli Hospital, PTT Hospital and Bursa Military Hospital. In 1999-2000, he worked at the Liver and Gastrointestinal Transplantation Unit of the University of Miami. Between 2000 and 2002, he served as Chief Assistant at the Department of General Surgery of İstanbul University’s Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine.

At the end of 2002, he was appointed as Chief Physician at PTT Hospital and became Associate Professor of General Surgery in 2008. In 2009, he completed his master's degree on health management at Beykent University. He served as Chief Physician at İstanbul Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital for 10 years.

In November 2012, he was appointed as the Head of Medical Services at the General Secretariat of the Istanbul Northern Anatolian Public Hospitals Union and became Secretary General there in May 2014. In 2016, he was appointed as Professor of General Surgery at the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Medical Practice and Research Center (SUAM) of the University of Health Sciences. He served as Provincial Director of Health in İstanbul since October 2016 and was appointed as the Minister of Health on July 2, 2024.

Prof. Dr. Kemal Memişoğlu is married with 3 children.

Ministry’s website: https://www.saglik.gov.tr