Sıtkı Uğur Ziyal (born 25 August 1944) is a

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diplomat.

Education

He graduated from

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in 1961 and Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences in 1965.

Career

Ziyal entered the Turkish

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in 1965. Ziyal's first diplomatic mission was as third secretary at the Department of Cyprus-Greece (1965-1967).For two years, Ziyal served in the Turkish military before returning to the Department of Cyprus-Greece, eventually becoming the second secretary during the period of peacemaking efforts in Cyprus. He then served as second and first secretary to the

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. In 1973, Ziyal became the chief of cabinet to

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head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1976 to 1980, Ziyal served at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, DC. For fours years he served as the Consulate General for the Turkish-Conulate of Chicago (1983-1987). On 20 October 1998, Ziyal chaired the Turkish delegation and served as the signatory

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signed with Syria. He became Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1998-2001) and Undersecretary (2001-2004). For five years, he was the Ambassador to Italy in

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(2004-2009). His assignment also covered

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. He has also served as the Turkish Permanent Representative to the UN

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References

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