İsmet Yılmaz

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Dr. İsmet Yılmaz

Minister of National Defense of Turkey
In office July 7, 2011 – present
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Vecdi Gönül
Minister of Transport and Communication
In office May 8, 2007 – August 29, 2007
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Binali Yıldırım
Succeeded by	Binali Yıldırım
Personal details
Born	1961 Gürün, Sivas Province, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Political party	AK Party
Alma mater	Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul University, World Maritime University, Marmara University, Ankara University
Profession	Mechanical engineer, law consultant, civil servant, politician
Religion	Islam

İsmet Yılmaz (born 1961) is a Turkish mechanical engineer, law consultant, civil servant and politician. Currently, he is serving as the Minister of National Defense.

Early years

İsmet Yılmaz was born 1961 in Gürün, Sivas Province. Following his primary education in his hometown, he enrolled in Haydarpaşa High School in Istanbul. Then, he studied mechanical engineering at the School of Maritime in Istanbul Technical University, graduating in 1982 with a bachelor's degree. Yılmaz attended then Istanbul University's Faculty of Law for education in maritime law and finished in 1987. He continued his further studies in "technical management in maritime" at the World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden earning a master's degree. He received another master's degree in law from the Institute of Social Sciences in Marmara University, Istanbul. Finally, İsmet Yılmaz received a Doctor of Law degree from the Institute of Social Sciences at Ankara University.^[1]

Career

After serving twenty years as an engineer and a law consultant, he became Undersecretary of Maritime Affairs at the Ministry of Transport and Communication on December 31, 2002. In accordance with Article 114 of the Constitution of Turkey, he was appointed neutral Minister of Transport and Communication on May 8, 2007 as placeholder for Binali Yıldırım until the 2007 general elections.^[2] Yılmaz was appointed Undersecretary at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on November 1, 2007.^[1]

He entered politics by the AK Party, and became deputy of Sivas Province following the 2011 general elections. On July 6, 2011, Yılmaz was appointed Minister of National Defence in the Cabinet Erdoğan III.^[1]^[3]

İsmet Yılmaz is married and has three children.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Özgeçmiş" (in Turkish). İsmet Yılmaz. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
↑ "Yılmaz: Kişi başına hız 400 kilometreye yükseldi". Hürriyet. 2007-05-23. Retrieved 2010-11-28. "Ulaştırma Bakanı İsmet Yılmaz [Transport minister İsmet Yılmaz]"
↑ "İşte yeni kabine - Mynet Haber" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-07-15.

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Political offices
Preceded by Binali Yıldırım	Minister of Transport and Communication May 8, 2007 – August 29, 2007	Succeeded by Binali Yıldırım
Preceded by Vecdi Gönül	Minister of National Defence July 7, 2011 – present	Succeeded by incumbent

v t e Erdoğan Cabinet I (2003–2007)

Abdullah Gül^D Mehmet Ali Şahin^D Abdüllatif Şener^D Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ali Babacan^S Güldal Akşit^S Nimet Çubukçu^SE Mehmet Aydın^S Kürşad Tüzmen^S Beşir Atalay^S Cemil Çiçek Fahri Kasırga^E Mehmet Vecdi Gönül Abdülkadir Aksu Osman Güneş^E Kemal Unakıtan Hüseyin Çelik Zeki Ergezen Faruk Nafız Özak^C Recep Akdağ Binali Yıldırım İsmet Yılmaz^E Sami Güçlü Mehmet Mehdi Eker^C Murat Başesgioğlu Ali Coşkun Mehmet Hilmi Güler Erkan Mumcu Atilla Koç^C Osman Pepe

D: Deputy Prime Minister; Bold: Prime Minister of Turkey; S: State Minister; C: served from 2005; E: served from 2007

v t e Erdoğan Cabinet III (2011–present)

Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Deputy Prime Ministers	Bülent Arınç Ali Babacan Beşir Atalay Bekir Bozdağ · Emrullah İşler

Ministers	Ahmet Davutoğlu (Foreign Affairs) Binali Yıldırım · Lütfi Elvan (Transport and Communication) Cevdet Yılmaz (Development) Egemen Bağış · Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (European Union) Erdoğan Bayraktar · İdris Güllüce (Environment and Urban Planning) Ertuğrul Günay · Ömer Çelik (Culture and Tourism) Faruk Çelik (Labour and Social Security) Fatma Şahin · Ayşenur İslam (Family and Social Policy) Hayati Yazıcı (Customs and Commerce) İdris Naim Şahin · Muammer Güler · Efkan Ala (Interior) İsmet Yılmaz (National Defence) Mehmet Şimşek (Finance) Mehmet Mehdi Eker (Food, Agriculture and Animal husbandry) Zafer Çağlayan · Nihat Zeybekci (Economy) Nihat Ergün · Fikri Işık (Science, Industry and Technology) Ömer Dinçer · Nabi Avcı (National Education) Recep Akdağ · Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (Health) Sadullah Ergin · Bekir Bozdağ (Justice) Suat Kılıç · Akif Çağatay Kılıç (Youth and Sports) Taner Yıldız (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)

Italic: not in office

v t e Ministers of National Defence of the Republic of Turkey

	Fevzi Çakmak Refet Bele Kâzım Özalp Fethi Okyar Recep Peker Abdülhalik Renda Zekai Apaydın Kâzım Özalp Ahmet Naci Tınaz Saffet Arıkan Ali Rıza Artunkal Cemil Cahit Toydemir Münir Birsel Hasan Saka (acting) Hüseyin Hüsnü Çakır Refik Şevket İnce Ahmet Hulusi Köymen Seyfi Kurtbek Kenan Yılmaz Ethem Menderes Mehmet Fuat Köprülü (acting) Adnan Menderes (acting) Hasan Şemi Ergin Ethem Menderes Cemal Gürsel Fahrettin Özdilek Hüseyin Ataman Muzaffer Alankuş İlhami Sancar Hasan Dinçer Mustafa Hazım Dağlı Ahmet Topaloğlu Ferit Melen Mehmet İzmen İlhami Sancar Hasan Esat Işık İlhami Sancar Ferit Melen Hasan Esat Işık Sadettin Bilgiç Cihat Bilgehan (acting) Turhan Kapanlı Hasan Esat Işık Neşet Akmandor Ahmet İhsan Birincioğlu Haluk Bayülken Zeki Yavuztürk Ercan Vuralhan Safa Giray Güneş Taner (acting) Hüsnü Doğan Mehmet Yazar Barlas Doğu Nevzat Ayaz Mehmet Gölhan Vefa Tanır Oltan Sungurlu Turhan Tayan İsmet Sezgin Hikmet Sami Türk Sabahattin Çakmakoğlu Vecdi Gönül İsmet Yılmaz

Persondata
Name	Yilmaz, Ismet
Alternative names
Short description	Turkish politician
Date of birth	1961
Place of birth	Gürün, Sivas Province, Turkey
Date of death
Place of death

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