Cevdet Yılmaz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Cevdet Yılmaz

Turkish politician

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1967

Place of Birth: Bingöl, Turkey

Profession: politician

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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Cevdet Yilmaz (born 1 April 1967) is a Turkish politician who served as a Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey in the interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu 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. After completing high school in Bingöl in 1983, Yilmaz 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 Teskilati). Yilmaz 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, Yilmaz received a doctorate.
In 2003, Yilmaz was appointed for the Directorate General of EU Relations. In the elections of 2007, Yilmaz was elected as deputy of Bingöl.
On 1 May 2009 he was appointed as the State Minister in the second cabinet of Erdogan.
On 6 July 2011 Yilmaz became Minister of Development in the third cabinet of Erdogan. He is of Zaza descent.