The 1st cabinet of executive ministers of Turkey (3 May 1920 – 24 January 1921 ) was the first government formed by the nationalists during the

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. The Republic was not yet proclaimed and the government was called ' ("cabinet of executive ministers")

Background

The chairman of the cabinet (equivalent to prime minister) was Mustafa Kemal Pasha (later named Atatürk.) The other members of the cabinet were elected by the

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one by one.

The government

In the list below, the name in parentheses is the surname the cabinet members assumed later (see

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of 1934).

Aftermath

The chairman of the next cabinet was Fevzi Pasha who was the Minister of Defence in the first cabinet. After the proclamation of the Republic the Republican governments were renumbered beginning by

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References

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