Cevdet Yñlmaz (born 1 April 1967) is a Turkish politician who has been the 2nd and current vice president of Turkey since 2023. Previously, he served as a Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey in the interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet DavutoÃÂlu 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.
Cevdet Yñlmaz was born on 1 April 1967 in à Âabanköy, Bingöl to a Zaza family. After completing high school in Bingöl in 1983, Yñlmaz graduated from the Middle East Technical University's Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Public Administration with high honors in 1988.
In 1989, he started working at the State Planning Organization ().
Yñlmaz 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, Yñlmaz received a doctorate.
In 2003, Yñlmaz was appointed for the Directorate General of EU Relations.
In the elections of 2007, Yñlmaz was elected as deputy of Bingöl. On 1 May 2009 he was appointed as the State Minister in the second cabinet of ErdoÃÂan. On 6 July 2011 Yñlmaz became Minister of Development in the third cabinet of ErdoÃÂan. He was Chairman of the Turkish Parliament's Planning and Budget Commission between November 2020 and June 2023.
On 3 June 2023 he was appointed Vice President of Turkey.
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