Mustafa AYHAN was born on the 1th of the February 1970 in Aksaray, Turkey. He completed his primary school- secondary school and high school education in Aksaray. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration from Ankara University in 1990.
After he passed the exam of district governor from Ministry of İnternal affairs in 1991, He was appointed as the candidate of district governor to Çanakkale city. During his three years term as the candidate of district governor, he served as the acting district governor in Bursa-Harmancık, Bursa-Gürsu and Eskişehir-Mahmudiye.
He was sent to England by Ministry of İnternal Affairs between 1993-1994 years for 8 months with a view to learning foreign language and increasing his knowledge and experience. He was appointed as the district governor of Kastamonu-Seydiler after he completed the course of district governor run by Ministry of İnternal Affairs succesfully in December 1995.
He served as the district governor between 1995-1998 in Kastamonu-Seydiler , between 1998-2000 Tunceli-Pertek, between 2000-2004 Sivas-Zara, between 2004-2005 Tokat-Artova, between 2005-2009 Kastamonu-Cide, between 2009-2015 Sakarya-Hendek.
He has been serving as the Secretary General of East Marmara Development Agency since 24 August 2015.
Mustafa Ayhan is married and has two children, he speaks english.