Recep Akdağ
Recep Akdağ | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | |
| In office 19 July 2017 – 9 July 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Binali Yıldırım |
| Serving with | Mehmet Şimşek Bekir Bozdağ Hakan Çavuşoğlu Fikri Işık |
| Preceded by | Nurettin Canikli |
| Succeeded by | office abolished |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 24 May 2016 – 19 July 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Binali Yıldırım |
| Preceded by | Mehmet Müezzinoğlu |
| Succeeded by | Ahmet Demircan |
| In office 18 November 2002 – 24 January 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Gül Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Osman Durmuş |
| Succeeded by | Mehmet Müezzinoğlu |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 1 November 2015 | |
| Constituency | Erzurum (Nov 2015, 2018) |
| In office 3 November 2002 – 7 June 2015 | |
| Constituency | Erzurum (2002, 2007, 2011) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 May 1960 Erzurum, Turkey |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party |
| Education | Medicine |
| Alma mater | Atatürk University King's College London |
Recep Akdağ (born 8 May 1960) is a Turkish physician and politician who is a member of the Justice and Development Party. He was one of the last Deputy Prime Ministers of Turkey from 19 July 2017 from 9 July 2018, and served as Minister of Health from 2016 to 2017, and from 2002 to 2013.