Announcement of 2023 Foreign Minister
Following President Erdoğan’s re-election in the second round of elections on May 28th, the speculation surrounding the members of his new cabinet has increased. As most of the ministers were elected as deputies in the provinces where they were nominated during the 28th term parliamentary elections, attention has turned to official announcements.
Hürriyet newspaper writer, Abdulkadir Selvi, recently shared the latest information about the cabinet in the Neutral Zone program hosted by Ahmet Hakan on CNN Türk. According to Selvi, President Erdoğan will attend a ceremony at Anıtkabir and then proceed to the Complex with mounted troops. A ceremony will be held at the Complex at 17.30, followed by a meal with heads of state from the Turkish world at 20.00 at the Çankaya Mansion. The cabinet will be announced at 22:00 in the Çankaya Mansion.
There has also been speculation about the new Foreign Minister. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, who currently serves as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, was elected as a deputy from Antalya in the 28th term parliamentary elections. It remains to be seen whether or not Minister Çavuşoğlu will resign from his current position and become a minister once again after the announcement of the new cabinet.
Minister Çavuşoğlu previously served as Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator between December 2013 and August 2014. He then went on to serve as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the 62nd Government of the Republic of Turkey between August 2014 and August 2015, before being reappointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the 64th and 65th Government of the Republic of Turkey. On July 9th, 2018, he was appointed as the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Presidential Government System.
As we await the official announcement of the new cabinet and the appointment of Turkey’s Foreign Minister, all eyes are on President Erdoğan and the upcoming changes in his administration.
