İnan Özyıldız (born January 23, 1957, İzmir) is a Turkish diplomat who served as Turkish ambassador to Lebanon from 2010 until 2015 and as Turkish ambassador to Estonia from 2020 until 2022.[1]
Süleyman İnan Özyıldız | |
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| Ambassador of Turkey to Estonia | |
| In office 1 January 2020 – 8 January 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Hayriye Kumaşcıoğlu |
| Succeeded by | Başak Türkoğlu |
| Ambassador of Turkey to Lebanon | |
| In office 15 July 2010 – 1 September 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Serdar Kılıç |
| Succeeded by | Çağatay Erciyes |
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| Born | January 23, 1957 İzmir, Turkey |
| Alma mater | Ankara University |
Early life and education
editHe graduated from Saint Joseph French High School and later from Ankara University Faculty of Political Science. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1986 and completed his studies at the College of Europe in Bruges between 1988 and 1989.[2]
Career
editFrom 2000 to 2003, he served as the foreign affairs advisor to Ahmet Necdet Sezer, President of Turkey.[3] Between 2003 and 2007, he held the position of minister-counselor at the Turkish Embassy in Paris.[4] From 2008 to 2010, he served as Deputy Director General for Security Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[5] He was appointed as the Turkish Ambassador to Beirut, serving from 2010 to 2015.[6][7] Between 2017 and 2019, he held the position of Director General for Bilateral Political Affairs for the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On January 1, 2020, he was appointed as the Ambassador to Tallinn.[8] He retired in January 2022 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age.
Personal life
editHe is married and has one child. He is the brother of fellow ambassador Hasan Mehmet Özyıldız.
References
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- ^ SERPİL ÇEVİKCAN (1 September 2000). "Sezer ABD'ye GAP uçağıyla gidecek". milliyet.com.tr. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "Sezer: "Türkiye Ortadoğu'daki barışa katkıda bulunacaktır"". mobile.tgrthaber.com.tr. 10 May 2002. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "Paris'te 29 Ekim Cumhuriyet Bayramı Resepsiyonu". m.haberler.com. 30 October 2007. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "Dışişleri Bakanlığı'nda yeni atamalar yapıldı". milliyet.com.tr. 11 June 2018. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ Uğur ERGAN (4 April 2010). "Alçak koltuk krizi merkeze çektirdi". hurriyet.com.tr. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "16 büyükelçi merkeze çekildi". sozcu.com.tr. 1 July 2015. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "Türkiye'nin Estonya Büyükelçiliği internet sitesindeki özgeçmişi". tallin.be.mfa.gov.tr. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.