His Excellency
Halil İbrahim Akça
11th Secretary-General of the Economic Cooperation Organization
In office
13 August 2015[1] – July 2018
Preceded byShamil Alaskerov
Succeeded byHadi Soleimanpour
Personal details
Born1963 (age 60–61)
NationalityTurkish
Children3
Alma mater

Halil İbrahim Akça is a Turkish diplomat 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.[2] 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.

References

  1. ↑ "ECO New Secretary General formally assumed his Duties". Economic Cooperation Organization. August 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-06-26. Retrieved 27 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. 1 2 "Curriculum Viate of Ambassador Halil İbrahim Akça". Economic Cooperation Organization. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 27 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ↑ "Halil Ibrahim Akca". The World Bank. Retrieved 27 June 2016.


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