Cevdet Yılmaz
| Cevdet Yılmaz MP |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | |
| Assumed office 28 August 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Serving with | Yalçın Akdoğan Numan Kurtulmuş Tuğrul Türkeş |
| Preceded by | Ali Babacan |
| Minister of Development | |
| In office 6 July 2011 – 28 August 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Müslüm Doğan |
| Minister of State | |
| In office 1 May 2009 – 6 July 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 22 July 2007 |
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| Constituency | Bingöl (2007, 2011) Diyarbakır (June 2015) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 1, 1967 Bingöl, Turkey |
| Citizenship | Turkish |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party |
| Education | Public administration |
| Alma mater | Middle East Technical University University of Denver Bilkent University |
| Cabinet | 60th, 61st, 62nd, 63rd |
| Religion | Islam |
Cevdet Yılmaz (born April 1, 1967) is a Turkish politician who has served as a Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey in the interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on 28 August 2015. He previously served as the Minister of Development between 2011 and 2015.
After completing high school in Bingöl in 1983, Yılmaz graduated from the Middle East Technical University's Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Public Administration with honors in 1988. In 1989, he started working at the State Planning Organization (Turkish: Devlet Planlama Teşkilatı).
Yılmaz went to the United States between 1992 and 1994, and graduated from the International Relations Department at the University of Denver. At the Bilkent University's Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Yılmaz received a doctorate. In 2003, Yılmaz was appointed for the Directorate General of EU Relations.
In the elections of 2007, Yılmaz was elected as deputy of Bingöl. On May 1, 2009 he was appointed as the State Minister in the second cabinet of Erdoğan. On July 6, 2011, Yılmaz became Minister of Development in the third cabinet of Erdoğan.
External links[edit]
- (Turkish) Ministry of Development official web site
- (Turkish) Minister of Development official web site
- (Turkish) Bakanı Biography of Cevdet Yılmaz at the website of AK Party
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- People from Bingöl
- Turkish people of Zaza descent
- Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians
- Government ministers of Turkey
- Deputies of Bingöl
- Middle East Technical University alumni
- University of Denver alumni
- Bilkent University alumni
- Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey
- Members of the 24th Parliament of Turkey
- Members of the 23rd Parliament of Turkey
- Members of the 63rd government of Turkey
- Deputy Prime Ministers of Turkey
- Ministers of Development (Turkey)