The third cabinet of Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the government of Turkey from 2011 to 2014, during the 24th parliamentary term of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The cabinet succeeded the second Erdoğan cabinet following the 2011 Election.
New cabinet structure, 2011 On June 8, 2011, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government is set to overhaul the current Cabinet structure, introducing six new ministries while making changes to the others.
Erdoğan made the new plan public in a press conference he called at the AKP's headquarters in Ankara. “We abolished eight state ministries, introduced six new ministries, merged two ministries and transformed two others,” Erdoğan said. The new ministries that have been introduced by Erdoğan are the Ministry of Family and Social Policy, the Ministry of European Union Affairs, the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Customs and Trade, and the Ministry of Development.
The Ministry of Public Works and Housing was renamed the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning.
The name and structure of the two ministries were changed. The Ministry of Industry and Trade was replaced by the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was replaced by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock.
Another novelty that has been introduced with regards to the structure of the ministries is a new post, that of deputy minister. Erdoğan said those serving as deputy ministers will serve as coordinators between the minister and his undersecretary. The prime minister said when the new Cabinet structure is adopted, 20 deputy ministers not from among serving deputies will be appointed to these posts.
Cabinet reshuffle, 2013
On the evening of 25 December 2013, after the resignation of three ministers earlier in the day in wake of the recently surfaced corruption investigation against the sons of all three of the resigning ministers as well as tens of other people close to the government, Prime Minister Erdoğan announced the reshuffle and replacement of 10 ministers in his cabinet. The changes were as follows:
Emrullah İşler – Deputy Prime Minister – replacing Bekir Bozdağ (see below entry) Bekir Bozdağ – Minister of Justice – replacing Sadullah Ergin Ayşenur İslam – Minister of Family and Social Policy – replacing Fatma Şahin Nihat Zeybekci – Minister of Economy – replacing Zafer Çağlayan (who resigned) İdris Güllüce – Minister of Environment and Urban Planning – replacing Erdoğan Bayraktar (who resigned) Akif Çağatay Kılıç – Minister of Youth and Sports – replacing Suat Kılıç Efkan Ala – Minister of the Interior – replacing Muammer Güler (who resigned) Lütfi Elvan – Minister of Transport and Communication – replacing Binali Yıldırım Fikri Işık – Minister of Science, Industry and Technology – replacing Nihat Ergün Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu – Minister for European Union Affairs – replacing Egemen Bağış
Composition
Functions Holder Start End English title Turkish title Prime Minister 6 July 2011 28 August 2014 Deputy Prime Minister Responsible for Foundations and TRT 6 July 2011 29 August 2014 Deputy Prime Minister Responsible for Religious Affairs and the Turkish World 6 July 2011 25 December 2013 25 December 201329 August 2014Deputy Prime Minister Responsible for the Economy, Banking and Treasury 6 July 201129 August 2014Deputy Prime Minister Responsible for Counter-terrorism, Human Rights and Cyprus 6 July 201129 August 2014 Ministry of Foreign Affairs 6 July 201129 August 2014 Ministry of the Interior 6 July 2011 24 January 2013 24 January 2013 25 December 2013 25 December 2013 29 August 2014 Ministry of Finance 6 July 201129 August 2014 Ministry of Justice 6 July 2011 25 December 2013 25 December 201329 August 2014 Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources 6 July 201129 August 2014 Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock 6 July 201129 August 2014 Ministry of Culture and Tourism 6 July 2011 24 January 2013 24 January 201329 August 2014 Ministry of Health 6 July 2011 24 January 2013 24 January 201329 August 2014 Ministry of National Education 6 July 2011 24 January 2013 24 January 201329 August 2014 Ministry of National Defence 6 July 201129 August 2014 Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology 6 July 2011 25 December 2013 25 December 201329 August 2014 Ministry of Labour and Social Security 6 July 201129 August 2014 Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communication 6 July 2011 25 December 2013 25 December 201329 August 2014 Ministry of Family and Social Policy 6 July 2011 25 December 2013 25 December 201329 August 2014 Ministry of European Union Affairs 6 July 2011 25 December 2013 25 December 201329 August 2014 Ministry of Economy 6 July 2011 25 December 2013 25 December 201329 August 2014 Ministry of Youth and Sports 6 July 2011 25 December 2013 25 December 201329 August 2014 Ministry of Development 6 July 201129 August 2014 Ministry of Customs and Trade 6 July 201129 August 2014 Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning 6 July 2011 25 December 2013 25 December 201329 August 2014 Ministry of Forest and Water Management 6 July 201129 August 2014
See also Cabinet of Turkey 2013 corruption scandal in Turkey 2014 Turkish presidential election
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