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First Recep Tayyip Erdoğan cabinet I. Erdoğan Hükümeti
59th Cabinet of Turkey
14 March 2003 – 28 August 2007
Date formed	14 March 2003
Date dissolved	28 August 2007
People and organisations
Head of state	Ahmet Necdet Sezer
Head of government	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
No. of ministers	24
Total no. of members	26
Member party	Justice and Development Party
Status in legislature	180-seat Single-party majority 365 / 550
Opposition party	Republican People's Party
Opposition leader	Deniz Baykal
History
Elections	3 November 2002 9 March 2003 (by-election)
Legislature term	22nd
Predecessor	Gül
Successor	Erdoğan II

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The first cabinet of Recep Tayyip Erdogan took office on 14 March 2003. He succeeded to the government Gul, who was in office since 18 November 2002.

After the victory of the Justice and Development (AK Party) at the parliamentary elections of 22 July 2007 and the presidential election of Abdullah Gül, who took office on 28 August, on the same day Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan created a new parliament. Many of the former cabinet members were not carried over.

^¶ Nonpartisan minister appointed in accordance with the Article 114 of the constitution in the wake of 2007 elections

See also

• Cabinet of Turkey

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List of cabinets of Turkey
1920–1923	Atatürk I Çakmak I II Orbay I Okyar I
1923–1960	İnönü I II Okyar I İnönü III IV V VI VII Bayar I II Saydam I II Saracoğlu I II Peker I Saka I II Günaltay I Menderes I II III IV V
1960–1980	Gürsel I II İnönü VIII IX X Ürgüplü I Demirel I II III Erim I II Melen I Talu I Ecevit I Irmak I Demirel IV Ecevit II Demirel V Ecevit III Demirel VI
1980–2018	Ulusu I Özal I II Akbulut I Yılmaz I Demirel VII Çiller I II III Yılmaz II Erbakan I Yılmaz III Ecevit IV V Gül I Erdoğan I II III Davutoğlu I II III Yıldırım I
2018–present	Erdoğan IV V
Pre-republic governments in ordinal numbers	1 2 3 4 5
Republican governments in ordinal numbers	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67

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Cabinet
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2003–2014)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Abdullah Gül (2003–2007) Mehmet Ali Şahin (2003–2007) Abdüllatif Şener (2003–2007)
Minister of State	Ali Babacan (2003–2007) Güldal Akşit (2003-2005) Nimet Çubukçu (2005–2007) Mehmet Aydın (2003–2007) Kürşad Tüzmen (2003–2007) Beşir Atalay (2003–2007)
Minister of Justice	Cemil Çiçek (2003–2007) Fahri Kasırga (2007)
Minister of National Defense	Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2003–2007)
Minister of the Interior	Abdülkadir Aksu (2003–2007) Osman Güneş (2007)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Abdullah Gül (2003–2007)
Minister of Finance	Kemal Unakıtan (2003–2007)
Minister of National Education	Hüseyin Çelik (2003–2007)
Minister of Public Works and Settlement	Zeki Ergezen (2003-2007) Faruk Nafız Özak (2005–2007)
Minister of Health	Recep Akdağ (2003–2007)
Minister of Transport and Communication	Binali Yıldırım (2003–2007) İsmet Yılmaz (2007)
Minister of Agriculture	Sami Güçlü (2003–2005) Mehmet Mehdi Eker (2005–2007)
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Murat Başesgioğlu (2003–2007)
Minister of Industry and Commerce	Ali Coşkun (2003–2007)
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources	Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2003–2007)
Minister of Culture and Tourism	Erkan Mumcu (2003–2005) Atilla Koç (2005–2007)
Minister of Environment and Forestry	Osman Pepe (2003–2007)

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12th President of Turkey (2014–present) 25th Prime Minister of Turkey (2003–2014) Member of the 23rd and 24th Parliament Istanbul 1st electoral district (2007–2011; 2011–2015) Member of the 22nd Parliament Siirt electoral district (2002–2007) 1st and 4th Leader of the Justice and Development Party (2001–2014; 2017–present) 28th Mayor of Istanbul (1994–1998)
Presidency	Inauguration Cabinets 66th 67th Presidential trips University diploma controversy Böhmermann affair Erdowie, Erdowo, Erdogan 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt 2016–present purges 2017 constitutional referendum Iran poem controversy 2018–present Economic crisis
Premiership	Cabinets 59th 60th 61st Prime ministerial trips Foreign policy Democratic initiative Solution process 2005 Diyarbakır speech 2007 Turkish constitutional referendum 2010 Turkish constitutional referendum Vision 2023 Gezi Park protests Civil–military relations
Electoral history	Istanbul Mayoral 1994 Local 2003 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 General 2002 2007 2011 Presidential 2014 campaign 2018 campaign 2023 campaign
Works	This Song Doesn't End Here (1999 album) A Fairer World Is Possible (2021 book)
Family	Emine Erdoğan (wife) Ahmet Burak Erdoğan (son) Necmettin Bilal Erdoğan (son) Esra Erdoğan Albayrak (daughter) Sümeyye Erdoğan Bayraktar (daughter) Berat Albayrak (son-in-law) Selçuk Bayraktar (son-in-law)
Related	Early life and career Kasımpaşa, Beyoğlu Public image Honorary doctorates Erdoğanism Conservative democracy Turkish model The world is bigger than five Assassination threats Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Erdoğan Hospital Turkey: Empire of Erdogan Erdoğan–Gollum comparison trials
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