The First Cabinet of Ahmet Davutoğlu was the 62nd government of the Turkish Republic, which took office on 29 August 2014. It was the fifth majority government to be formed entirely by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and was headed by its leader and the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey, Ahmet Davutoğlu. The government assumed office during the 24th parliament of Turkey and succeeded Erdoğan's third cabinet. Davutoğlu is the third AKP politician to take office as Prime Minister, after Abdullah Gül (2002–2003) and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2003–2014).
62nd cabinet of Turkey
Image: Ahmet Davutoglu cropped
Image: Bulent Arinc 2014
Image: Numan Kurtulmuş at Diyarbakır, 2021 (cropped)
Ahmet Davutoğlu is a Turkish academic, politician and former diplomat who served as the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey and Leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from 2014 to 2016. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2014 and chief advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from 2003 to 2009. He was elected as an AKP Member of Parliament for Konya in the 2011 general election and was reelected as an MP in both the June and November 2015 general elections. He resigned as prime minister on 22 May 2016.
Davutoğlu in 2013
Davutoğlu at the 50th Munich Security Conference in 2014
Davutoğlu (third left) at the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation Conference in 2011
Davutoğlu (C) at the Chatham House International Roundtable, Istanbul, September 2012 with Suzan Sabancı Dinçer (L) and Dr Robin Niblett (R)
