Cevdet Yılmaz

Cevdet Yılmaz
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Minister of Development
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 6, 2011
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Minister of State
In office
May 1, 2009 – July 6, 2011
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Personal details
Born 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
Religion Islam

Cevdet Yılmaz (born April 1, 1967) is a Turkish politician.

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.

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