Abdulkadir Uraloğlu

Abdulkadir Uraloğlu (born 1966, Trabzon) is a Turkish politician, who is serving as the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure since 4 June 2023 in the 67th government of Turkey. He had previously been the head of the General Directorate of Highways.

Early and personal life
Uraloğlu was born in 1966 in Trabzon, Turkey. He is from the Çayırbağı mahalle in the Düzköy district. He graduated from the Karadeniz Technical University in 1988 with a degree in construction engineering. Following his graduation, he briefly worked as a site engineer in the private sector. Uraloğlu is married and has 3 children.

General Directorate of Highways (1989–2023)
Uraloğlu joined the General Directorate of Highways (KGM) in 1989 and worked as an engineer at various locations until 2003, when he became the deputy director of KGM in Trabzon. He later became the director of Kayseri, Samsun and briefly Bursa, before being appointed as the İzmir director of the KGM. Uraloğlu left this position in 2015 and became an MP candidate of Trabzon from the Justice and Development Party. After failing to get elected, he returned to the KGM, again as the director of İzmir. In July 2018, he was made the general director of the KGM. In September 2018, he was elected to the supervisory board of Türk Telekom while keeping his position at the KGM. This has led to criticism from left-wing media, who mocked Uraloğlu for having "two salaries".

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure (2023–)
On 4 June 2023, Uraloğlu was appointed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure in the newly elected 67th government of Turkey. The handover ceremony with previous minister Adil Karaismailoğlu happened the next day.