1st cabinet of the Executive Ministers of Turkey

The 1st cabinet of executive ministers of Turkey (3 May 1920 – 24 January 1921) was the first government formed by the nationalists during the Turkish War of Independence. The Republic was not yet proclaimed and the government was called Meclis-i Vükelâ or Heyet-i Vükelâ in Ottoman Turkish and İcra Vekilleri Heyeti in Turkish, it means "cabinet of executive ministers".

Background
The chairman of the cabinet (equivalent to prime minister) was Mustafa Kemal Pasha (later named Atatürk.) The other members of the cabinet were elected by the parliament one by one.

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

Aftermath
The chairman of the next cabinet was Fevzi Pasha who was the Minister of Defence in the first cabinet. After the proclamation of the Republic the Republican governments were renumbered beginning by 1st government of Turkey