Dr. Cengiz Yavilioğlu

Cengiz Yavilioğlu was born on August 20, 1970, in Erzurum. An economist holding a doctorate, he graduated from the Department of Public Administration at Istanbul University's Faculty of Political Sciences. He completed his master's degree in International Finance and his doctoral studies in International Economics at Cumhuriyet University's Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. He served as a Research Assistant in the Department of Economics at Cumhuriyet University, a Visiting Faculty Member at the Police Academy's Faculty of Security Sciences, and the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Rauf Denktaş University. He worked as the Head of the Finance and Fund Management Department at the Prime Ministry Privatization Administration. Additionally, he held positions as a Board Member and/or Chairman at Karadeniz Bakır İşletmeleri A.Ş., Türkiye Denizcilik İşletmeleri A.Ş., TEDAŞ Meram Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş., TEDAŞ Çamlıbel Dağıtım A.Ş., Ankara Doğal Elektrik Üretim ve Ticaret A.Ş., TÜPRAŞ, Türkiye Şeker Fabrikaları A.Ş., and Türk Telekom. He was elected as an AK Party Member of Parliament for Erzurum during the 24th legislative term. He served as Deputy Head of AK Party Economic Affairs, and as a member of the TBMM (Grand National Assembly of Turkey) Plan and Budget Commission and the Parliamentary Inquiry Commission on Coups and Memoranda. He served as Deputy Minister of Finance in the 64th and 65th Governments, and as Deputy Minister of Treasury and Finance in the 66th Government. On November 22, 2023, he was appointed as Deputy to the AK Party Deputy Chairman. He has been serving as a Board Member of TSKB since March 25, 2021.