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Binali Yıldırım

Binali Yıldırım
MP
Portrait of Binali Yıldırım (cropped).jpg
27th Prime Minister of Turkey
Assumed office
24 May 2016
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Deputy Nurettin Canikli
Mehmet Şimşek
Numan Kurtulmuş
Tuğrul Türkeş
Veysi Kaynak
Preceded by Ahmet Davutoğlu
Leader of the Justice and Development Party
Assumed office
22 May 2016
Preceded by Ahmet Davutoğlu
Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication
In office
24 November 2015 – 24 May 2016
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu
Deputy Yüksel Coşkunyürek
Preceded by Feridun Bilgin
Succeeded by Ahmet Arslan
In office
1 November 2011 – 25 December 2013
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Deputy Yahya Baş (2012–13)
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Lütfi Elvan
Minister of Transport
In office
6 July 2011 – 1 November 2011
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by Habip Soluk
Succeeded by Position abolished
In office
29 August 2007 – 8 March 2011
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by İsmet Yılmaz
Succeeded by Habip Soluk
In office
18 November 2002 – 8 May 2007
Prime Minister Abdullah Gül
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by Naci Kınacıoğlu
Succeeded by İsmet Yılmaz
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Assumed office
1 November 2015
Constituency İzmir (I) (Nov 2015)
In office
3 November 2002 – 7 June 2015
Constituency İstanbul (I) (2002)
Erzincan (2007)
İzmir (II) (2011)
Personal details
Born (1955-12-20) 20 December 1955 (age 61)
Refahiye, Turkey
Political party Justice and Development Party
Spouse(s) Semiha Yıldırım (m. 1975)
Children Ahmet
Büşra
Erkan
Alma mater İstanbul Technical University
World Maritime University
Religion Islam
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Website binaliyildirim.com.tr

Binali Yıldırım (Turkish pronunciation: [binaːˌli jɯldɯˈɾɯm]; born 20 December 1955) is a Turkish politician who is the 27th and current Prime Minister of Turkey and the leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) since May 2016. He previously served as the Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication almost continuously from 2002 to 2013 and again between 2015 and 2016. Between 2014 and 2015, he served as Senior Advisor to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Yıldırım served as the chairman of the board of Directors of İstanbul Fast Ferries Company (İDO) from 1994 to 2000 before being elected as an AKP Member of Parliament for İstanbul's first electoral district during the 2002 general election. He was appointed as Minister of Transport by Prime Minister Abdullah Gül and continued in office after Erdoğan became Prime Minister in 2003. As Transport Minister, he presided over numerous projects such as Marmaray, high-speed rail lines and an expansion in the country's airport and road facilities, though received heavy criticism and calls for his resignation following the Pamukova train derailment in 2004. In 2011, the portfolios of Maritime and Communications were merged with the Ministry of Transport, with Yıldırım becoming the Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication.


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