| Cevdet Yılmaz | |
| Birth Date: | 1 April 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Bingöl, Turkey |
| Citizenship: | Turkish |
| Alma Mater: | Middle East Technical University University of Denver Bilkent University |
| Education: | Public administration |
| Office: | 2nd Vice President of Turkey |
| President: | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Term Start: | 4 June 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Fuat Oktay |
| Office1: | Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey |
| Term Start1: | 28 August 2015 |
| Term End1: | 17 November 2015 |
| Alongside1: | ,, |
| Primeminister1: | Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Predecessor1: | Ali Babacan |
| Successor1: | Mehmet Şimşek |
| Office2: | Minister of Development |
| Term Start2: | 24 November 2015 |
| Term End2: | 24 May 2016 |
| Primeminister2: | Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Predecessor2: | Cüneyd Düzyol |
| Successor2: | Lütfi Elvan |
| Term Start3: | 6 July 2011 |
| Term End3: | 28 August 2015 |
| Primeminister3: | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Predecessor3: | Office established |
| Successor3: | Müslüm Doğan |
| Office4: | Minister of State |
| Primeminister4: | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Term Start4: | 1 May 2009 |
| Term End4: | 6 July 2011 |
| Successor4: | Office abolished |
| Office5: | Member of the Grand National Assembly |
| Term Start5: | 22 July 2007 |
| Term End5: | 14 May 2023 |
| Constituency5: | Bingöl (2007, 2011, Nov 2015, 2018) Diyarbakır (June 2015) |
| Party: | Justice and Development Party |
| Cabinet: | 60th, 61st, 62nd, 63rd, 64th, 67th |
Cevdet Yılmaz (born 1 April 1967) is a Turkish politician who is currently serving as the vice president of Turkey. Previously, he served as a Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey in the interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu 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.
Yilmaz was born in Şabanköy of Bingöl District into an ethnic Kurdish family.[1] [2] 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 high 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 1 May 2009 he was appointed as the State Minister in the second cabinet of Erdoğan. On 6 July 2011 Yılmaz became Minister of Development in the third cabinet of Erdoğan. On 3 June 2023 he was appointed Vice President of Turkey.
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