Cevdet Yılmaz

Cevdet Yılmaz MP
Minister of Development
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 November 2015
Prime Minister	Ahmet Davutoğlu
Preceded by	Cüneyd Düzyol
In office 6 July 2011 – 28 August 2015
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Müslüm Doğan
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
In office 28 August 2015 – 17 November 2015
Prime Minister	Ahmet Davutoğlu
Serving with	Yalçın Akdoğan Numan Kurtulmuş Tuğrul Türkeş
Preceded by	Ali Babacan
Succeeded by	Mehmet Şimşek
Minister of State
In office 1 May 2009 – 6 July 2011
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 July 2007
Constituency	Bingöl (2007, 2011, Nov 2015) Diyarbakır (June 2015)
Personal details
Born	(1967-04-01) 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, 64th
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.

He is of Zaza descent.

External links

• (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