4th cabinet of the Executive Ministers of Turkey

Rauf (Orbay) Bey

The 4th cabinet of executive ministers of Turkey (12 July 1922- 4 August 1923 ) was the fourth government formed by the nationalists during the Turkish War of Independence. The Republic was not yet proclaimed and the government was called İcra vekilleri heyeti ("cabinet of executive ministers")

Background

The chairman of the cabinet (equivalent to prime minister) was Rauf Bey (later named Orbay) who had recently returned from Malta after being arrested by the Allies of World War I. Both Rauf Bey and the other members of the cabinet were elected by the parliament one by one.

The government

In the list below, the name in parathesis is the surname the cabinet members assumed later.(see Surname Law of 1934)

Title[1] Name Dates
Chairman Rauf (Orbay)
Ministry of Sharia and the Foundations Abdullah Azmi (Torun)
Mehmet Vehbi (Bolak)		 12 July 1922 - 26 October 1922
26 October 1922 - 4 August 1923
Minister of Justice Rifat (Çalık)
Minister of General Staff Fevzi (Çakmak)
Minister of Defense Kazım (Özalp)
Minister of Interior İsmail Sefa (Özler)
Ali Fethi (Okyar)		 12 July 1922 - 5 November 1922 - 4 August 1923
Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Kemal (Tengirşek)
İsmet (İnönü)		 12 July 1922 - 26 October 1922
26 October 1922 - 4 August 1923
Minister of Economy Mahmut Esat (Bozkurt)
Minister of Education Mehmet Vehbi (Bolak)
İsmail Sefa (Özler)		 12 July 1922 - 5 November 1922
5 November 1922 - 4 August 1923
Minister of Finance Hasan Fehmi (Ataç)
Minister of Public Works Fevzi (Pirinççioğlu)
Minister of Health and Social Solidarity Rıza Nur 12 July 1922 - 27 October 1922

In this cabinet, İsmet (İnönü) was the 1st and Rıza Nur was the 2nd delegates of the Turkish delegation to Conference of Lausanne.

References

  1. ^ "Prime minister's page". Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
Preceded by 4th cabinet of the Executive Ministers of Turkey
(Rauf Bey)
12 July 1922 - 9 August 1923 		Succeeded by