Suleyman Demirel University awarded him an honorary doctorate degree in 2013.
Memduh Oğuz was born in 1948 in Nevşehir, Cappadocia.
He began working in the civil service as a candidate to become a Kaymakam (district governor) in 1970.
Oğuz served as the Kaymakam of the districts of Avanos, Çayeli, Afşin, Derinkuyu, Dicle and Hayrabolu before being appointed as the 36th Governor of Burdur in 1988.
[1][2][3][4] Oğuz briefly served as the mayor of Hayrabolu for two years during 1980-1982.