Halil İbrahim Akça
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Halil İbrahim Akça is the Turkish ambassador to Brazil, and was the 11th Secretary General of the
Economic Cooperation Organization The Economic Cooperation Organization or ECO is a Eurasian political and economic intergovernmental organization that was founded in 1985 in Tehran by the leaders of Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey. It provides a platform to discuss ways to improve ...
(ECO).


Education

Akça graduated with an
undergraduate Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education, usually in a college or university. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, ...
degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from
Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University, also known as Technical University of Istanbul (, commonly referred to as İTÜ), is an public university, public technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university ...
in 1988. In 1994 he received a
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degree in
Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...
from the
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. He has published several papers on government economic policy and planning based on Turkish data.


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
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to
Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, island of Cyprus. It is List of states with limited recognition, recognis ...
from 2011 to 2015. Akça led the
Economic Cooperation Organization The Economic Cooperation Organization or ECO is a Eurasian political and economic intergovernmental organization that was founded in 1985 in Tehran by the leaders of Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey. It provides a platform to discuss ways to improve ...
as Secretary General from August 2015 through July 2018. In 2022 he was named the Turkish ambassador to Brazil.


References

Living people 1963 births University of Delaware alumni Economic Cooperation Organization people Ambassadors of Turkey to Northern Cyprus {{Turkey-diplomat-stub