Mesut Yılmaz
| Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz | |
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| 21st Prime Minister of Turkey | |
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In office 30 June 1997 – 11 January 1999 |
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| President | Süleyman Demirel |
| Preceded by | Necmettin Erbakan |
| Succeeded by | Bülent Ecevit |
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In office 6 March 1996 – 28 June 1996 |
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| President | Süleyman Demirel |
| Preceded by | Tansu Çiller |
| Succeeded by | Necmettin Erbakan |
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In office 23 June 1991 – 20 November 1991 |
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| President | Turgut Özal |
| Preceded by | Yıldırım Akbulut |
| Succeeded by | Süleyman Demirel |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | |
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In office 13 July 2000 – 18 November 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Bülent Ecevit |
| Served with |
Devlet Bahçeli Hüsamettin Özkan Şükrü Sina Gürel |
| Preceded by | Cumhur Ersümer |
| Succeeded by | Mehmet Ali Şahin |
| Leader of the Motherland Party | |
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In office 15 June 1991 – 4 November 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Yıldırım Akbulut |
| Succeeded by | Ali Talip Özdemir |
| 25th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 22 December 1987 – 20 February 1990 |
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| Prime Minister |
Turgut Özal Yıldırım Akbulut |
| Preceded by | Vahit Melih Halefoğlu |
| Succeeded by | Ali Bozer |
| Minister of Culture and Tourism | |
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In office 17 October 1986 – 21 December 1987 |
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| Prime Minister | Turgut Özal |
| Preceded by | Mükerrem Taşçıoğlu |
| Succeeded by | Tınaz Titiz |
| Minister of State | |
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In office 28 May 1999 – 18 November 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Bülent Ecevit |
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In office 13 December 1983 – 17 October 1986 |
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| Prime Minister | Turgut Özal |
| Succeeded by | Hasan Celal Güzel |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
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In office 22 July 2007 – 12 June 2011 |
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| Constituency | Rize (2007) |
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In office 24 November 1983 – 3 November 2002 |
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| Constituency | Rize (1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 November 1947 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Political party | Motherland Party |
| Spouse(s) | Berna Yılmaz |
| Alma mater | |
| Religion | Islam |
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Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz (Turkish pronunciation: [meˈsut jɯɫˈmaz]; born 6 November 1947 in Istanbul) is a Turkish politician. He was the leader of the Motherland Party (Turkish: Anavatan Partisi, ANAP) from 1991 to 2002, and served three times as Prime Minister of Turkey. His first two prime-ministerial terms lasted just months (in 1991 and 1996), while the third ran from June 1997 to January 1999. The first was brought to an end by defeat in the 1991 elections, the latter two by the breakdown of Yılmaz' coalition governments.
Mesut Yılmaz was a rising star in the Motherland Party of Turgut Özal, representing the Black Sea province of Rize in the parliament and serving in Ozal's cabinet. He was State Minister for Information (December 1983), then Minister of Culture and Tourism (1986), and Minister of Foreign Affairs (December 1987 to February 1990). Upon Özal's election to the presidency in 1989, Yılmaz became the leader of an intraparty opposition to the new Prime Minister, Yıldırım Akbulut.
In June 1991 Yılmaz managed to discharge Yıldırım Akbulut from the party leadership and from all executive functions during the party congress. Because ANAP had the majority in the parliament he subsequently became Prime Minister of Turkey in the 48th government of Turkey. However, in October ANAP came in second in the 1991 general election to Süleyman Demirel's True Path Party (DYP), and the DYP formed a coalition with the Social Democratic Populist Party. (49th government of Turkey)
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