Recep Akdağ

Recep Akdağ
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
In office
19 July 2017  9 July 2018
Prime MinisterBinali Yıldırım
Serving withMehmet Şimşek
Bekir Bozdağ
Hakan Çavuşoğlu
Fikri Işık
Preceded byNurettin Canikli
Succeeded byoffice abolished
Minister of Health
In office
24 May 2016  19 July 2017
Prime MinisterBinali Yıldırım
Preceded byMehmet Müezzinoğlu
Succeeded byAhmet Demircan
In office
18 November 2002  24 January 2013
Prime MinisterAbdullah Gül
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded byOsman Durmuş
Succeeded byMehmet Müezzinoğlu
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Assumed office
1 November 2015
ConstituencyErzurum (Nov 2015, 2018)
In office
3 November 2002  7 June 2015
ConstituencyErzurum (2002, 2007, 2011)
Personal details
Born (1960-05-08) 8 May 1960
Erzurum, Turkey
Political partyJustice and Development Party
EducationMedicine
Alma materAtatürk 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.