New Council of Ministers Announced: 1 Woman, 26 Men

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Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chair, Binali Yıldırım has submitted the list of the Council of Ministers of the 65th Government to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Yıldırım speaking to the journalists at outside his house heading for Presidential Palace at 10:10 a.m. has said, “I feel truly sorry for you, you standing here at such early hours without food and water makes me sad. You don’t need to come this early. You call me, I’ll be there”.

The new cabinet

There is one woman and 26 men in the new cabinet that Yıldırım submitted to Erdoğan.

Prime Minister: Binali Yıldırım

Vice Prime Ministers: Nurettin Canikli, Numan Kurtulmuş, Mehmet Şimşek, Tuğrul Türkeş, Veysi Kaynak

Minister of Interiror: Efkan Ala

Minister of Foreign Affairs: Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

Minister of Justice: Bekir Bozdağ

Minister of Economy: Nihat Zeybekçi

Minister of National Education: İsmet Yılmaz

Minister of Health: Recep Akdağ

Minister of Labor and Social Security: Süleyman Soylu

Minister of Environment and Urbanisation: Mehmet Özhaseki

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources: Berat Albayrak

Minister of Culture and Tourism: Nabi Avcı

Minister of Finance: Naci Ağbal

Minister of Transportation: Ahmet Aslan

Minister of Family and Social Policies: Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya

Minister of the EU: Ömer Çelik

Minister of Science, Industry and Technology: Faruk Özlü

Minister of Youth and Sport: Akif Çağatay Kılıç

Minister of Customs and Trade: Bülent Tüfenkçi

Minister of Development: Lütfi Elvan

Minister of Forestry and Water Affairs: Veysel Eroğlu

Minister of National Defense: Fikri Işık (EKN/ÇT/TK)

* Photo: Kayhan Özer - AA / Ankara