Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu announced the Cabinet members of Turkey's 64th government on Tuesday.
The list of members of the Cabinet, announced at a press conference in Ankara, is as follows:
Prime Minister - Ahmet Davutoğlu
Deputy Prime Minister - Numar Kurtulmuş
Deputy Prime Minister - Mehmet Şımşek
Deputy Prime Minister - Yalçın Akdoğan
Deputy Prime Minister – Tuğrul Türkeş
Deputy Prime Minister - Lütfi Elvan
Minister of Interior Affairs – Efkan Ala
Minister of Foreign Affairs – Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu
Minister of Economy - Mustafa Elitaş
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources – Berat Albayrak
Minister of Finance – Naci Ağbal
Minister of Health – Mehmet Müezzinoğlu
Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication –Binali Yıldırım
Minister of Culture and Tourism –Mahir Ünal
Minister of National Education – Nabi Avcı
Minister of National Defence - İsmet Yılmaz
Minister of Justice – Bekir Bozdağ
EU Affairs Minister and Chief Negotiator - Volkan Bozkır
Minister of Family and Social Policies - Sema Ramazanoğlu
Minister of Science, Industry and Technology – Fikri Işık
Minister of Customs and Trade - Bülent Tüfenkçi
Minister of Environment and Urban Planning –Fatma Güldemet Sarı
Minister of Youth and Sports - Akif Çağatay Kılıç
Minister of Labour and Social Security - Süleyman Soylu
Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock - Faruk Çelik
Development Minister - Cevdet Yılmaz
Minister of Forest and Water Management - Veysel Eroğlu
Earlier Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received Davutoglu at the presidential palace in Ankara, where the premier submitted the Cabinet list to him. Erdogan approved the list in the meeting that lasted around one-and-a-half hour.
The Justice and Development (AK) Party won the majority needed to form a single-party administration in Nov. 1's general election and on Nov. 17 Erdogan asked Davutoglu to build the 64th Turkish government to replace an interim Cabinet formed between the June and November elections.
