Cevdet Yılmaz | |
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.jpg) Yılmaz in 2024 | |
| 2ndVice 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 | (1967-04-01)1 April 1967 (age 58) Şabanköy, Bingöl, Turkey |
| Citizenship | Turkish |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party |
| Alma mater | Middle East Technical University (BA) University of Denver (MA) Bilkent University (PhD) |
| Cabinet | 60th,61st,62nd,63rd,64th,67th |
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Cevdet Yılmaz (born 1 April 1967) is a Turkish politician who has been the 2nd and currentvice president of Turkey since 2023. Previously, he served as aDeputy Prime Minister of Turkey in theinterim election government formed by Prime MinisterAhmet Davutoğlu from 28 August to 17 November 2015. He previously served as theMinister of Development from 2011 to 2015 and again from 2015 to 2016.
Cevdet Yılmaz was born on 1 April 1967 inŞabanköy, Bingöl to aZaza family.[1][2][3] After completing high school in Bingöl in 1983, Yılmaz graduated from theMiddle East Technical University's Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Public Administration with high honors in 1988.[4]
In 1989, he started working at theState Planning Organization (Turkish:Devlet Planlama Teşkilatı).[citation needed]
Yılmaz went to theUnited States between 1992 and 1994[citation needed], and graduated from the International Relations Department at theUniversity of Denver. At theBilkent University's Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Yılmaz received a doctorate.[3]
In 2003, Yılmaz was appointed for the Directorate General ofEU Relations.[3]
In theelections of 2007, Yılmaz was elected as deputy ofBingöl. On 1 May 2009 he was appointed as the State Minister in thesecond cabinet of Erdoğan. On 6 July 2011 Yılmaz became Minister of Development in the third cabinet of Erdoğan.[5] He was Chairman of the Turkish Parliament’s Planning and Budget Commission between November 2020 and June 2023.[6][7]
On 3 June 2023 he was appointed Vice President of Turkey.[8][6]
1 Nisan 1967'de Bingöl'de doğan Yılmaz, kökleri Zaza kültürüne dayanan bir aileden gelmektedir.[Born on 1 April 1967 in Bingöl, Yılmaz comes from a family rooted in Zaza culture.]
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| Preceded by | Vice President of Turkey 2023–present | Incumbent |
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