Cevdet Yılmaz (born 1 April 1967) is a Turkish politician who served as a
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
The Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey is the abolished official deputy of the head of government of Turkey. Conventionally all of the junior partners in a coalition get one deputy, and they are ranked according to the size of their respective part ...
in the
interim election government formed by Prime Minister
Ahmet Davutoğlu
Ahmet Davutoğlu (; born 26 February 1959) is a Turkish academic, politician and former diplomat who served as the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey and Leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from 2014 to 2016. He previously served as M ...
from 28 August to 17 November 2015. He previously served as the
Minister of Development from 2011 to 2015 and again from 2015 to 2016.
After completing high school in
Bingöl
Bingöl ( diq, Çolig; ku, Çewlik; hy, Ճապաղջուր, translit=Chapaghjur) is a city in Eastern Turkey and the capital of Bingöl Province.
Etymology
One of the historical names for the city, ''Bingöl'' literally means ''thousand lak ...
in 1983, Yılmaz graduated from the
Middle East Technical University
Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, Turkey. The ...
'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
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( tr, Devlet Planlama Teşkilatı).
Yılmaz went to the
United States
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between 1992 and 1994, and graduated from the International Relations Department at the
University of Denver
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. At the
Bilkent University
Bilkent University ( tr, Bilkent Üniversitesi) is a private university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by Prof. İhsan Doğramacı in 1984, with the aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research. It is constan ...
'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
Bingöl ( diq, Çolig; ku, Çewlik; hy, Ճապաղջուր, translit=Chapaghjur) is a city in Eastern Turkey and the capital of Bingöl Province.
Etymology
One of the historical names for the city, ''Bingöl'' literally means ''thousand lak ...
. On 1 May 2009 he was appointed as the State Minister in the
second cabinet of Erdoğan. On 6 July 2011 Yılmaz became Minister of Development in the third cabinet of Erdoğan.
He is of
Zaza
Zaza may refer to:
Ethnic group
* Zazas, a group of people in eastern Anatolia (southeastern Turkey)
* Zaza–Gorani languages, Indo-Iranian languages
** Zaza language, spoken by the Zazas
People Given name
* Zaza Sor. Aree (born 1993), Thai k ...
descent.
References
External links
*
Ministry of Development official web site*
Minister of Development official web site*
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1967 births
Living people
People from Bingöl
Zaza people
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
Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey
Members of the 64th government of Turkey
Deputy Prime Ministers of Turkey
Ministers of Development (Turkey)
Ministers of State of Turkey
Members of the 60th government of Turkey