Halil Yılmaz

Halil Yılmaz is a Turkish civil administrator and member of the judiciary. He served as the Chief Prosecutor of the Council of State between 2016 and 2018. He was born on May 4, 1953 in Iskenderun.

He studied at İskenderun High School and graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences in 1974. He started his career in civil administration; He worked as district governor in Çekerek, Çüngüş, Nusaybin, Yumurtalık and Fatsa.

Duties in bureaucracy and judiciary

After being a district governor, he became a civil inspector and chief inspector at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He first served as vice president and then president of the Ministry's Inspection Board.

He was appointed as a member of the Council of State by the President on March 3, 2011. On March 10, 2016, he was elected as the Chief Prosecutor of the Council of State by the General Assembly of the Council of State. He held this position until April 26, 2018; One week before his retirement due to age limit, he retired voluntarily in order to become a parliamentary candidate.