46th government of Turkey

The 46th government of Turkey (December 21, 1987 – November 9, 1989) was a government in the history of Turkey. It is also known as the second Özal government.

Background

Motherland Party (ANAP) won the elections held on November 29, 1987. Turgut Özal, the leader of ANAP, who was also the prime minister of the previous government, founded the government.

The government

In the list below, the serving period of cabinet members who served only a part of the cabinet's lifespan are shown in the column "Notes".

Title[1][2]	Name	Party	Notes
Prime Minister	Turgut Özal	ANAP	December 21, 1987 – October 31, 1989
Deputy Prime Minister	Kaya Erdem Ali Bozer	ANAP	December 21, 1987 – January 5, 1989 March 30, 1989 – November 9, 1989
Minister of State
	Kazım Oksay Güneş Taner	ANAP	December 21, 1987 – March 30, 1989 March 30, 1989 – November 9, 1989
	Abdullah Tenekeci Işın Çelebi	ANAP	December 21, 1987 – March 30, 1989 March 30, 1989 – November 9, 1989
	Veysel Atasoy Kamran İnan	ANAP	December 21, 1987 – June 26, 1989 June 26, 1989 – March 30, 1989
	Ali Bozer	ANAP	December 21, 1987 – March 30, 1989
	Yusuf Bozkurt Özal İsmail Özarslan	ANAP	December 21, 1987 – March 30, 1989 March 30, 1989 – November 9, 1989
	Adnan Kahveci Saffet Sert	ANAP	December 21, 1987 – March 30, 1989 March 30, 1989 – November 9, 1989
	Mehmet Yazar	ANAP
	Cemil Çiçek	ANAP
	Nihat Kitapçı	ANAP	December 21, 1987 – July 6, 1988
	Ercüment Konukman	ANAP	March 30, 1989 – November 9, 1989
Ministry of Justice	Oltan Sungurlu Mehmet Topaç Oltan Sungurlu	ANAP	December 21, 1987 – June 27, 1989 December 21, 1987 – March 30, 1989 March 30, 1989 – November 9, 1989
Ministry of National Defense	Ercan Vuralhan Safa Giray	ANAP	December 21, 1987 – March 30, 1989 March 30, 1989 – November 9, 1989
Ministry of the Interior	Mustafa Kalemli Abdülkadir Aksu	ANAP	December 21, 1987 – March 30, 1989 March 30, 1989 – November 9, 1989
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Mesut Yılmaz	ANAP
Ministry of Finance and Customs	Kurtcebe Alptemoçin Ekrem Pakdemirli	ANAP	December 21, 1987 – March 30, 1989 March 30, 1989 – November 9, 1989
Ministry of National Education Youth and Sports[Note 1]	Hasan Celal Güzel Avni Akyol	ANAP	March 2, 1989 – March 30, 1989 March 30, 1989 – November 9, 1989
Ministry of Public Works	Safa Giray Cengiz Altınkaya	ANAP	December 21, 1987 – March 30, 1989 March 30, 1989 – November 9, 1989
Ministry of Health and Social Security[Note 2]	Bülent Akarcalı Nihat Kitapçı Halil Şıvgın	ANAP	December 21, 1987 – June 27, 1989 June 27, 1989 – March 30, 1989 March 30, 1989 – November 9, 1989
Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Village Affairs	Hüsnü Doğan Lütfullah Kayalar	ANAP	December 21, 1987 – March 30, 1989 March 30, 1989 – November 9, 1989
Ministry of Transport	Ekrem Pakdemirli Cengiz Tuncer	ANAP	December 21, 1987 – March 30, 1989 March 30, 1989 – November 9, 1989
Ministry of Labour and Social Security	İmren Aykut	ANAP
Ministry of Industry and Commerce	Şükrü Yürür	ANAP
Ministry Culture and Tourism	Tınaz Titiz İlham Aküzüm	ANAP	December 21, 1987 – March 30, 1989 March 30, 1989 – November 9, 1989 Culture beyond the scope after March 30, 1989
Ministry Culture	Namık Kemal zeybek	ANAP	March 30, 1989 – November 9, 1989
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources	Fahrettin Kurt	ANAP

Aftermath

On 31 October 1989, Turgut Özal was elected the president of Turkey. According to the constitution, he left the office of prime minister. After a brief period during which Ali Bozer was the acting prime minister, the new government was founded by Yıldırım Akbulut.

Notes

1. Youth and sports beyond the scope after 02.03.1989
2. Social security beyond the scope after 02.03.1989

References

1. Official page of prime minister Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
2. Official page of the parliament

Preceded by 45th government of Turkey (Turgut Özal)	46th Government of Turkey 21 December 1987- 9 November 1989	Succeeded by 47th government of Turkey (Yıldırım Akbulut)