Age, Marital Status, Educational Background of New Ministers

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Average of age of the Council of Ministers submitted by Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chair, Binali Yıldırım to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is 52.9.

Four of the ministers who are all university graduate are professors.

Age

Average of the Council of Ministers is 52.9.

Minister of Energy and National Resources, Berat Albayrak aged 38 is the youngest minister of the new council of ministers, and Minister of Forestry and Water Affairs, Veysel Eroğlu aged 68 is the eldest.

We couldn’t include the age of Minister of Family and Social Policies, Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya since we couldn’t learn it.

Family

Only Ömer Çelik is single in the Council of Ministers. The ministers’ total number of children is 73. The ministers with the most children are Recep Akdağ with six and, and Nabi Avcı and Veysi Kaynak with five each. Akif Çağatay Kılıç is married yet has no child.

Education

All of the 27 ministers are university graduates. Of the ministers 13 completed undergraduate, seven completed Masters, and three completed PhD.

Vice Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş, Minister of National Education Nabi Avcı, Minister of Forestry and Water Affairs Veysel Eroğlu, and Minister of Health Recep Akdağ are professors. (EKN/TK)