H.E. Taner Yildiz, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Republic of Turkey
  
H.E. Taner Yildiz is a Turkish politician and a member of the Justice and Development Party. He is currently the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkey. H.E. Yildiz was born on April 3, 1962 in Devecipınar, Boğazlıyan, Turkey. He graduated from Istanbul Technical University’s Department of Electrical Engineering and has since worked with Kayseri Electricity Generation Company. H.E. Yildiz was elected to the Turkish Parliament in 2002 and has served as an energy advisor to Prime Minister-Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. 

H.E. Yildiz is married and has four children.