Halil İbrahim Akça explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Halil İbrahim Akça
Office:Turkish Ambassador to Brazil
Term Start:2022
Office2:11th Secretary-General of the Economic Cooperation Organization
Term Start2:13 August 2015[1]
Term End2:July 2018
Predecessor2:Shamil Alaskerov
Successor2:Hadi Soleimanpour
Children:3
Nationality:Turkish

Halil İbrahim Akça is the Turkish ambassador to Brazil, and was the 11th Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).

Education

Akça graduated with an undergraduate degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in 1988. In 1994 he received a Master of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Delaware.[2] He has published several papers on government economic policy and planning based on Turkish data.[3]

Career

Akça held several positions within the Turkish government, including Under-Secretary of the State Planning Organization in 2009, and was a member of several Turkish government boards. He was the Turkish ambassador to Northern Cyprus from 2011 to 2015. Akça led the Economic Cooperation Organization as Secretary General from August 2015 through July 2018. In 2022[4] he was named the Turkish ambassador to Brazil.[5] [6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ECO New Secretary General formally assumed his Duties . August 2015 . . 27 June 2016 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20160626122259/http://www.ecosecretariat.org/ftproot/Press_Rls/2015/Aug/18I.htm . 2016-06-26 .
  2. Web site: Curriculum Viate of Ambassador Halil İbrahim Akça . . 27 June 2016 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806105518/http://www.ecosecretariat.org/Sg%20Statement/CV_Akca.htm . 2016-08-06 .
  3. Web site: Halil Ibrahim Akca . . The World Bank . 27 June 2016 .
  4. Web site: T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı - Brazilya Büyükelçiliği - Büyükelçinin Özgeçmişi . brezilya-be.mfa.gov.tr . 2 September 2024 . Turkish.
  5. Web site: Turkey appoints Ambassador to Tel Aviv amid major reshuffle . Yetkin Report . 2 September 2024 . 6 October 2022.
  6. Web site: Türkiye issues new ambassador appointments - Türkiye News . Hürriyet Daily News . 2 September 2024 . en . 1 January 2023.
  7. News: Brazilian delegation to visit Turkey over alleged religious indoctrination of indigenous children: report . 2 September 2024 . Turkish Minute . 6 July 2023.