Ebubekir Özbey was born in 1951, Malatya-Hekimhan. He graduated from Elazığ State Academy of Architecture-Engineering, as a construction engineer, in 1977. The same year, he began working as a construction engineer at the Malatya Directorate of National Education. After working as a self-employed engineer and contractor between 1984-1998, he began working as the Deputy Administrator of Science Affairs at Bağcılar Municipality. Özbey served at the ISKI General Directorate in 2000, and was transferred to become the Deputy Administrator at the Directorate of Economical Planning and Final Accounts the same year. Özbey has been serving as the Director of the Directorate of Final Accounts since November, 2000.