İsmet Yılmaz
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İsmet Yılmaz MP |
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| Minister of National Education | |
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Assumed office 24 May 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Binali Yıldırım |
| Preceded by | Nabi Avcı |
| Minister of National Defence | |
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In office 24 November 2015 – 24 May 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Preceded by | Vecdi Gönül |
| Succeeded by | Fikri Işık |
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In office 6 July 2011 – 1 July 2015 |
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| Prime Minister |
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Preceded by | Vecdi Gönül |
| Succeeded by | Vecdi Gönül |
| 26th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly | |
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In office 1 July 2015 – 17 November 2015 |
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| President | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Deputy |
Naci Bostancı Şafak Pavey Koray Aydın Yurdusev Özsökmenler |
| Preceded by | Cemil Çiçek |
| Succeeded by | İsmail Kahraman |
| Minister of Transport and Communication | |
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In office May 8, 2007 – August 29, 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Binali Yıldırım |
| Succeeded by | Binali Yıldırım |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 12 June 2011 |
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| Constituency | Sivas (2011, June 2015, Nov 2015) |
| Personal details | |
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December 10, 1961 Gürün, Sivas Province, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party |
| Education | Maritime mechanical engineering, maritime law, maritime management |
| Alma mater | Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul University, World Maritime University, Marmara University, Ankara University |
| Profession | Mechanical engineer, law consultant, civil servant, politician |
| Cabinet | 59th, 61st, 62nd, 64th, 65th |
| Religion | Islam |
İsmet Yılmaz (born December 10, 1961) is a Turkish politician and the current Minister of National Education. Previously he was Minister of National Defence and also briefly served as the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly. Prior to entering politics, he worked as a law consultant and mechanical engineer. Also known as "egitimin katili (murderer of education)" in Ministry of National Education.
İsmet Yılmaz was born in Gürün, Sivas Province. Following his primary education in his hometown, he enrolled in Haydarpaşa High School in Istanbul. Then, he studied mechanical engineering at the School of Maritime in Istanbul Technical University, graduating in 1982 with a bachelor's degree. Yılmaz attended then Istanbul University's Faculty of Law for education in maritime law and finished in 1987. He continued his further studies in "technical management in maritime" at the World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden earning a master's degree. He received another master's degree in law from the Institute of Social Sciences in Marmara University, Istanbul. Finally, İsmet Yılmaz received a Doctor of Law degree from the Institute of Social Sciences at Ankara University.
After serving twenty years as an engineer and a law consultant, he became Undersecretary of Maritime Affairs at the Ministry of Transport and Communication on December 31, 2002. In accordance with Article 114 of the Constitution of Turkey, he was appointed neutral Minister of Transport and Communication on May 8, 2007 as placeholder for Binali Yıldırım until the 2007 general elections. Yılmaz was appointed Undersecretary at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on November 1, 2007.
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