Cevdet Yılmaz appointed as Vice President in new cabinet

Former Minister Cevdet Yılmaz has been appointed as Vice President in the new cabinet announced by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Yılmaz, who was born in Bingöl in 1967, graduated from the Department of Public Administration at METU and completed his master's degree in International Relations at the University of Denver in the USA and his doctorate in Political Science and Public Administration at Bilkent University. He has served as Undersecretary of the Prime Ministry State Planning Organization and Director General for Relations with the EU, and has been a board member of the National Agency, ATAUM and Sümer Halı. Yılmaz has also been elected as a Member of Parliament for Bingöl in the 23rd, 24th, 26th and 27th terms and for Diyarbakır in the 25th term. He has served as Minister of State in the 60th Government, Minister of Development in the 61st, 62nd and 64th Governments, and Deputy Prime Minister in the 63rd Government. Yılmaz has also been a member of the AK Party Central Executive Committee and served as Deputy Chairman responsible for Promotion and Media, Foreign Relations and Economic Affairs. He has also chaired the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Planning and Budget Commission. Yılmaz is fluent in English and is married with two children.