Mehmet Kaplan
Mehmet Güner Kaplan (born 18 July 1971) is a Swedish politician of Turkish origin who served as Minister for Housing and Urban Development from 2014 to 2016. He is a member of the Swedish Green Party.
Mehmet Kaplan | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Housing and Urban Development | |
| In office 3 October 2014 – 18 April 2016 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Stefan Attefall |
| Succeeded by | Per Bolund (acting) |
| Member of the Swedish Riksdag for Stockholm Municipality | |
| In office 2 October 2006 – 29 September 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 July 1971 Gaziantep, Turkey |
| Political party | Green Party |
Kaplan resigned from the Cabinet after controversy regarding ties to Islamic extremism. He came under increasing pressure after local media published photos of him at a dinner with Turkish ultranationalists, including the Swedish head of the extremist Grey Wolves organisation, and a former leader of the main Turkish nationalist group in Sweden, who called on Turks to kill Armenians.
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