| Ahmet Yıldız | |
| Birth Date: | 1964 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Denizli, Turkey |
| Children: | 3 |
| Office1: | 22nd Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations |
| Office2: | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Office4: | Senior Diplomatic Adviser to the President |
| Office5: | Senior Diplomatic Adviser to the Prime Minister |
| Office6: | Ambassador of Turkey to Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Office7: | Consul General of Turkey in Mosul |
| Constituency3: | Denizli (2018) |
| Party: | Justice and Development Party |
| Termstart1: | 24 April 2024 |
| Termstart3: | 24 June 2018 |
| Termend3: | 21 June 2023 |
| Term2: | 1 July 2016 – 26 April 2018 21 June 2023– 25 April 2024 |
| Termstart4: | 4 September 2014 |
| Termend4: | 1 July 2016 |
| Termstart5: | 1 July 2014 |
| Termend5: | 4 September 2014 |
| Termstart6: | 13 November 2011 |
| Termend6: | 1 July 2014 |
| Termstart7: | 1 December 2009 |
| Termend7: | 13 November 2011 |
| Minister2: | Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Hakan Fidan |
| Predecessor1: | Sedat Önal |
| Predecessor6: | Vefahan Ocak |
| Successor6: | Cihad Erginay |
| Predecessor7: | Hüseyin Avni Botsalı |
| Successor7: | Muhittin Ahmet Yazal |
| President1: | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| President2: | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| President4: | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Primeminister5: | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| President6: | Abdullah Gül |
| President7: | Abdullah Gül |
| Minister6: | Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Minister7: | Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Minister1: | Hakan Fidan |
Ahmet Yıldız (born 23 January 1964, Denizli) is a Turkish politician and diplomat currently serving as the 22nd Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations. Previously having held office as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 22 June 2023 until 25 April 2024, Yıldız also served as member of the Grand National Assembly from 7 July 2018 to 14 May 2023.
He is a graduate of Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of International Relations. From 1989 onwards he took on duties in Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He took duty in Embassy of Turkey in Damascus between 2000-2002 and 2005-2006 and in Embassy of Turkey in Damascus during 2004–2005, as first secretary. From 2006 to 2008 he was Consul General in Jeddah. During 2008-2009 he was the head of Iraq Office, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Consul General in Mosul from 2009 to 2011. He was Ambassador of Turkey to Bosnia and Herzegovina between 2011 and 2014. From July 1, 2014, onwards he was a senior counsellor of prime ministry. With the election of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as president, he became the senior counsellor of the presidency in charge of foreign affairs. During senior counselling he was also a member of Foreign Policy Advisory Board. On June 29, 2016 he became Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, but resigned from duty on April 26, 2018, to run as a candidate for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.[1] He has represented Denizli during the 27th term of TBMM, from Justice and Development Party and became vice-president and president of the Turkish Group in Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. On June 22, 2023, he became Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs again.[2] He finished his duty as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs on 25 April 2024. He is currently the 22nd Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations.
He is married and has 3 children. He knows English and Arabic.[3]