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İsmet Yılmaz
Minister of National Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 7, 2011
Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded byVecdi Gönül
Minister of Transport and Communication
In office
May 8, 2007 – August 29, 2007
Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded byBinali Yıldırım
Succeeded byBinali Yıldırım
Personal details
Born (1961-12-10) December 10, 1961 (age 62)
Gürün, Sivas Province, Turkey
Political partyAK Party
EducationMaritime mechanical engineering, maritime law, maritime management
Alma materIstanbul Technical University, Istanbul University, World Maritime University, Marmara University, Ankara University
ProfessionMechanical engineer, law consultant, civil servant, politician

İsmet Yılmaz (born December 10, 1961) is the Minister of National Defence of Turkey. Before his current assignment, he served as a law consultant, politician and mechanical engineer.

Early life and education

İsmet Yılmaz was born in Gürün, Sivas Province. Following his primary education in his hometown, he enrolled in Haydarpaşa High School in Istanbul. Then, he studied mechanical engineering at the School of Maritime in Istanbul Technical University, graduating in 1982 with a bachelor's degree. Yılmaz attended then Istanbul University's Faculty of Law for education in maritime law and finished in 1987. He continued his further studies in "technical management in maritime" at the World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden earning a master's degree. He received another master's degree in law from the Institute of Social Sciences in Marmara University, Istanbul. Finally, İsmet Yılmaz received a Doctor of Law degree from the Institute of Social Sciences at Ankara University.[1]

Career

After serving twenty years as an engineer and a law consultant, he became Undersecretary of Maritime Affairs at the Ministry of Transport and Communication on December 31, 2002. In accordance with Article 114 of the Constitution of Turkey, he was appointed neutral Minister of Transport and Communication on May 8, 2007 as placeholder for Binali Yıldırım until the 2007 general elections.[2] Yılmaz was appointed Undersecretary at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on November 1, 2007.[1]

He entered politics by the AK Party, and became deputy of Sivas Province following the 2011 general elections. On July 6, 2011, Yılmaz was appointed Minister of National Defence in the Cabinet Erdoğan III.[1][3]

İsmet Yılmaz is married and has three children.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Özgeçmiş" (in Turkish). İsmet Yılmaz. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. ^ "Yılmaz: Kişi başına hız 400 kilometreye yükseldi". Hürriyet. 2007-05-23. Retrieved 2010-11-28. Ulaştırma Bakanı İsmet Yılmaz [Transport minister İsmet Yılmaz]
  3. ^ "İşte yeni kabine - Mynet Haber" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-07-15. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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Preceded by Minister of Transport and Communication
May 8, 2007 – August 29, 2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of National Defence
July 7, 2011 – present 		Succeeded by
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