Dr. Mahmut Tokaç was born in Ünye in 1963. He graduated from Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 1985 and freceived his Ph.D. on Deontology and Medical History in 2000 from İstanbul University Health Sciences Institute. Dr. Tokaç has worked as practitioner medicine in several medical institutions in different cities of Turkey. Between 1997 and 2003, he has worked as coordinator of ER call center and anbulance services for the city of İstanbul. Dr. Mahmut Tokaç was appointed as Vice Director of GDDP (General Directorate of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmacy) at the Turkish Ministry of Health and he has been serving as the Director of GDDP since 2005. Dr. Tokaç is married.