Ahmet Yıldız (born 23 January 1964) 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.

Life and career

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 In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ...

. 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 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister of Turkey, prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Jus ...

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 The Grand National Assembly of Turkey ( ), usually referred to simply as the GNAT or TBMM, also referred to as , in Turkish, is the Unicameralism, unicameral Turkey, Turkish legislature. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by ...

. 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 The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is the parliamentary arm of the Council of Europe, a 46-nation international organisation dedicated to upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law. The Assembly is made up of ...

. On June 22, 2023, he became Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs again. 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.

Personal life

He is married and has 3 children. He knows English and Arabic.

References

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