1st cabinet of the Executive Ministers of Turkey

The 1st cabinet of executive ministers of Turkey (3 May 1920 – 24 January 1921 ) was the first government formed by the nationalists during the Turkish War of Independence. The Republic was not yet proclaimed and the government was called, Ottoman Turkish: Meclis-i Vükelâ/Heyet-i Vükelâ[1] Turkish: İcra Vekilleri Heyeti ("cabinet of executive ministers")

Mustafa Kemal Pasha

Background edit

The chairman of the cabinet (equivalent to prime minister) was Mustafa Kemal Pasha (later named Atatürk.) The other members of the cabinet were elected by the parliament one by one.

The government edit

In the list below, the name in parentheses is the surname the cabinet members assumed later (see Surname Law of 1934).

Title[2][3] Name Dates
Chairman Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk)
Ministry of Sharia and the Foundations Mustafa Fehmi (Gerçeker)
Minister of Justice Celalettin Arif
Minister of General Staff İsmet (İnönü)
Minister of Defence Fevzi (Çakmak)
Minister of Interior Cami (Baykurt)
Hakkı Behiç (Bayiç)
Nazım (Resmor)
Refet (Bele)
3 May 1920 - 13 July 1920
17 July 1920 - 4 September 1920
4 September 1920 - 6 September 1920
16 September 1920 - 24 January 1921
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bekir Sami (Kunduh)
Minister of Economy Yusuf Kemal (Tengirşek)
Minister of Finance Hakkı Behiç (Bayiç)
Ahmet Ferit (Tek)
3 May 1920 - 17 July 1920
17 July 1920 - 24 January 1921
Minister of Education Rıza Nur
Hamdullah Suphi (Tanrıöver)
3 May 1920 - 13 December 1920
13 December 1920 - 24 January 1921
Minister of Public Works İsmail Fazıl
Ömer Lütfi (Argeşo)
26 May 1920 - 27 December 1920
27 December 1920 - 24 January 1921
Minister of Health and Social Solidarity Adnan (Adıvar)

Aftermath edit

The chairman of the next cabinet was Fevzi Pasha who was the Minister of Defence in the first cabinet. After the proclamation of the Republic the Republican governments were renumbered beginning by 1st government of Turkey

References edit

  1. ^ "İcra Vekilleri Heyeti". Atatürk Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). 11 February 2021.
  2. ^ Archive page
  3. ^ "Prime minister's page". Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
Preceded by 1st cabinet of the Executive Ministers of Turkey
(Mustafa Kemal Pasha)

3 May 1920 – 24 January 1921
Succeeded by