Filiz Dinçmen (born July 24, 1939 in

Zonguldak Zonguldak () is a city and the capital of Zonguldak Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It was established in 1849 as a port town for the nearby coal mines in Ereğli and the coal trade remains its main economic activity. According to the ...

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) is a former

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diplomat, who became the first female Turkish ambassador to a foreign country.

Education

Dinçmen completed her high school education at Ankara Highschool for Girls in 1956. She studied at the

Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University The Faculty of Political Science of the University of Ankara ( tr, Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi, more simply known as "''SBF''") is the oldest faculty of social science in Turkey, being the successor of the "Mekteb-i Mülkiye" ( ...

between 1956 and 1960 earning a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Career

Dinçmen served in the

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of Turkey. Between 1961 and 1965, she held the positions of candidate foreign service officer, third and second secretary within the Department of the United Nations. Between August 1965 and January 1968, she served within the

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at the

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Permanent Mission as second and first secretary. In 1968, Dinçmen served at the

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

Embassy, where she occupied the post of first secretary until 1970. In July of that same year, she occupied the post of first secretary, chief of section, within the Department of Bilateral Economic Relations, following which she was appointed chief of section of the Economic Co-operation Group until 1972. Between 1972 and 1976, Dinçmen served as first secretary and counselor at the Permanent Mission to the

Common Market The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organization created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the ''Treaty on the functioning of the European Union'', as renamed by the Lisbo ...

. She was head of the Department of Political Affairs between 1976 and 1980. In September 1980, she was appointed acting director-general and then director general within the Directorate-General of Multilateral Political Affairs, where she served until 1982. Between September 1982 and November 1984, she served as Ambassador of Turkey at The Embassy of

the Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

. She became the first Turkish female Ambassador to a foreign country. After this, she was appointed Ambassador to the Permanent Mission to the Council of Europe in

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

until 1988. Between 1988 and 1991, Dinçmen worked at the Directorate-General for Multilateral Political Affairs as ambassador, director-general and deputy under-secretary. In 1991, she served as spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, which post she occupied until April 1993. Filiz Dinçmen was then appointed Ambassador of Turkey to Austria, where she served at the Embassy of Vienna until 1997. Dinçmen was a member of the Foreign Policy Consultative Council and adviser to the speaker of the

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. In 2001, Dinçmen was appointed Ambassador to

Vatican City State Vatican City (), officially the Vatican City State ( it, Stato della Città del Vaticano; la, Status Civitatis Vaticanae),—' * german: Vatikanstadt, cf. '—' (in Austria: ') * pl, Miasto Watykańskie, cf. '—' * pt, Cidade do Vati ...

and

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, where she served until 2004. Upon her return to home country, she retired due to age limit. Currently, she is a member of the Board of Ethic of Civil Servants.

References

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