Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu
Çavuşoğlu in 2023
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
24 November 2015  4 June 2023
PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Prime MinisterAhmet Davutoğlu
Binali Yıldırım
Preceded byFeridun Sinirlioğlu
Succeeded byHakan Fidan
In office
29 August 2014  28 August 2015
Prime MinisterAhmet Davutoğlu
Preceded byAhmet Davutoğlu
Succeeded byFeridun Sinirlioğlu
Minister of European Union Affairs
In office
25 December 2013  29 August 2014
Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded byEgemen Bağış
Succeeded byVolkan Bozkır
Chief Negotiator for Turkish Accession to the European Union
In office
25 December 2013  29 August 2014
Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded byEgemen Bağış
Succeeded byVolkan Bozkır
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
In office
25 January 2010  25 January 2012
Preceded byLluís Maria de Puig
Succeeded byJean-Claude Mignon
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Assumed office
2 June 2023
ConstituencyAntalya (2023)
In office
1 November 2015  10 July 2018
ConstituencyAntalya (Nov 2015, 2018)
In office
3 November 2002  7 June 2015
ConstituencyAntalya (2002, 2007, 2011)
Personal details
Born (1968-02-05) 5 February 1968
Alanya, Turkey
Political partyJustice and Development Party
SpouseHülya Çavuşoğlu
Children1
Alma materAnkara University (BA)
Long Island University (MA)
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Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Turkish pronunciation: [mevlyt ˈtʃavuʃˌoːɫu]; born 5 February 1968) is a Turkish diplomat and politician who is currently a member of the Grand National Assembly. He also served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey from August 2014 to August 2015, and again from 24 November 2015 to 6 June 2023.

First elected to Parliament in the 2002 general election, he is a founding member of the Turkish Justice and Development Party (AKP). He was the president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2010 to 2012. He previously served in the same position from August 2014 to August 2015.