ANKARA - The 58th government of the Turkish Republic is composed of 24 ministers under the leadership of Prime Minister Abdullah Gul.
There are three deputy prime ministers in the cabinet which has only one woman minister who is Tourism Minister Guldal Aksit.
The youngest minister of the cabinet is State Minister Ali Babacan who is 35 years old. The oldest minister is Foreign Minister Yasar Yakis who is 64 years old. The average age in the cabinet is 51.04.
Jurists are in majority in the cabinet. There are seven jurists, six engineers, five economists, four graduates of Political Science, one theologian, one doctor and one litterateur.
The ''jurist'' ministers of the cabinet: State Ministers and Deputy Prime Ministers Mehmet Ali Sahin and Ertugrul Yalcinbayir, State Minister Besir Atalay, Justice Minister Cemil Cicek, National Education Minister Erkan Mumcu, Labour and Social Security Minister Murat Basesgioglu, Tourism Minister Guldal Aksit.
The ''engineer'' ministers of the cabinet: State Minister Ali Babacan, Public Works and Settlement Minister Zeki Ergezen, Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim, Industry and Trade Minister Ali Coskun, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler and Forestry Minister Osman Pepe.
The ''economist'' ministers of the cabinet: Prime Minister Abdullah Gul, State Minister Kursad Tuzmen, Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister Sami Guclu, Environment Minister Imdat Sutluoglu.
Graduates of political science in the cabinet: State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullatif Sener, National Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul, Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu, Foreign Minister Yasar Yakýs.
State Minister Mehmet Aydin is theologian, Health Minister Recep Akdag is a doctor and Culture Minister Huseyin Celik is litterateur.
The cabinet has three professors, and two associate professors and all of its members are married.
Seven ministers are Istanbul deputies, three ministers are Ankara deputies, two ministers are Kocaeli deputies. The remaining ministers are deputies from Izmir, Gaziantep, Konya, Duzce, Ordu, Isparta, Sivas, Bursa, Erzurum, Van, Rize, Bitlis provinces. The prime minister is a deputy from Kayseri.
In the previous government, there were three deputy prime ministers. It is the same in the new government. In the previous government, there were 16 state ministers, but in the new government there are only four state ministers. The number of state ministries has been decreased.
The total number of ministers including the prime minister was 36 in the previous government, it is 25 in the new one.