Ahmet Erdem

Ahmet Erdem
Minister of Labour and Social Security
In office
28 August 2015 – 17 November 2015
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu
Preceded by Faruk Çelik
Succeeded by Süleyman Soylu
Undersecretary to the Labour and Social Security Ministry
Assumed office
28 April 2014
Minister Faruk Çelik
Preceded by Fatih Acar
In office
14 November 2007 – 6 July 2009
Minister Faruk Çelik
Ömer Dinçer
Preceded by Enis Yeter
Succeeded by Birol Aydemir
Personal details
Born 1956
Tokat, Tokat Province, Turkey
Nationality  Turkey
Political party Independent
Occupation Civil servant
Cabinet 63rd

Ahmet Erdem is a Turkish civil servant who served as the Minister of Labour and Social Security in the interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu between 28 August and 17 November 2015. He was formerly the General Secretary of the Labour and Social Security Ministry Supreme Arbitration Board, Deputy Undersecretary, advisor to the Minister and advisor to the Prime Minister. He serves as the Undersecretary to the Labour and Social Security Ministry since 28 April 2014.

Life and early career

Ahmet Erdem was born in Tokat in 1956 and completed his primary, secondary and high school education there. He moved to Ankara for higher education and masters degree. He later became a civil servant, working mainly at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security in various roles.[1]

Civil service career

Erdem spent much of his career working at the Labour and Social Security Ministry. He first became the General Secretary of the Labour and Social Security Ministry Supreme Arbitration Board before becoming the Deputy Undersecretary to the Ministry. He was later appointed as the advisor to the Minister and was then appointed as an advisor to the Prime Minister of Turkey.[2] Between 14 November 2007 and 6 July 2009, he served as the Undersecretary to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security.[3] On 28 April 2014, he was appointed to this role for a second time.[4]

Minister of Labour and Social Security

After the June 2015 general election resulted in a hung parliament, unsuccessful coalition negotiations raised speculation over whether President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan would call an early election in the event that AKP leader Ahmet Davutoğlu was unable to form a government within the given constitutional time of 45 days. As required by the 114th article of the Constitution of Turkey, the calling of a snap general election by the President necessitates the forming of an interim election government, in which all parties represented in Parliament are given a certain number of ministers according how many MPs they have. If a party refused to send ministers to the interim cabinet, then independents must take their place.

Erdoğan called a new general election for November 2015 in late August, with Davutoğlu being tasked with the formation of the interim government. With the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) refusing to send ministers to the cabinet, the 8 ministries that the two parties were entitled to were vacated for independents. As a result, Erdem was appointed as the Minister of Labour and Social Security as an independent politician.

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