Mesut Yilmaz
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Mesut Yilmaz (Turkish spelling: Yılmaz; born 1947) is the former leader of "Anavatan Partisi" (ANAP, the Motherland Party) and the Turkish prime minister in the 1990s. Viewed as a slightly conservative, slightly corrupt bureaucrat and relic of the old ways of the 1980s and 1990s.
Career Path
- Forms Motherland Party in 1983 with former president Turgut Özal
- Elected Deputy of Turkish Grand National Assembly (November 1983)
- Appointed State Minister for Information (December 1983)
- Minister of Culture and Tourism (1986)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs (December 1987)
- Prime Minister (Governments of June - October 1991, March - June 1996, June 1997- January 1999)
External Links
- Mesut Yilmaz's CV (http://www.anap.org.tr/anap/programme/yilmaz_cv.htm)
| Preceded by: Yıldırım Akbulut Tansu Çiller Necmettin Erbakan | Prime Minister of Turkey 1991–1991 1996–1996 1997–1999 | Succeeded by: Süleyman Demirel Necmettin Erbakan Bülent Ecevit |