Cevdet Yılmaz
Cevdet Yılmaz | |
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2nd Vice President of Turkey | |
Assumed office 4 June 2023 | |
President | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
Preceded by | Fuat Oktay |
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | |
In office 28 August 2015 – 17 November 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Ahmet Davutoğlu |
Preceded by | Ali Babacan |
Succeeded by | Mehmet Şimşek |
Minister of Development | |
In office 24 November 2015 – 24 May 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Ahmet Davutoğlu |
Preceded by | Cüneyd Düzyol |
Succeeded by | Lütfi Elvan |
In office 6 July 2011 – 28 August 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Müslüm Doğan |
Minister of State | |
In office 1 May 2009 – 6 July 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
In office 22 July 2007 – 14 May 2023 | |
Constituency | Bingöl (2007, 2011, Nov 2015, 2018) Diyarbakır (June 2015) |
Personal details | |
Born | 67th | 1 April 1967
Cevdet Yılmaz (born 1 April 1967) is a Turkish politician of
Early life and career
Yilmaz was born in Şabanköy of Bingöl District into an ethnic Zaza family.[1][2] 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 high 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
References
- ^ "Cevdet Yılmaz kimdir, aslen nereli, kökeni Kürt mü? Cevdet Yılmaz eşi Tülay Yılmaz kimdir?". IstanbulGazetesi.com.tr (in Turkish). 5 June 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ Gözlü, Ali Haydar (5 June 2023). "Cevdet Yılmaz'ın yakınları: Kabinede 4 Kürdün görev alması önemli". Rudaw.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 17 August 2023.
External links
- (in Turkish) Ministry of Development official web site
- (in Turkish) Minister of Development official web site
- (in Turkish) Bakanı Biography of Cevdet Yılmaz at the website of AK Party