Şanıvar Olgun Explained

Kadriye Şanıvar Olgun
Ambassador From:Turkey
Country:Panama
Term Start:4 March 2014
Term End:15 November 2016
Predecessor:new established
President:Abdullah Gül
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Ambassador From2:Turkey
Country2:Norway
Term Start2:16 January 2012
Term End2:1 March 2014
President2:Abdullah Gül
Ambassador From3:Turkey
Country3:Cuba
Term Start3:14 February 2007
Term End3:2 October 2009
President3:Ahmet Necdet Sezer
Abdullah Gül
Ambassador From4:Turkey
Country4:Lithuania
Term Start4:1 February 2004
Term End4:31 December 2006
President4:Ahmet Necdet Sezer
Birth Date:17 March 1954
Birth Place:Yozgat, Turkey
Nationality:Turkish
Profession:Diplomat
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Kadriye Şanıvar Olgun (born 1954), Turkish diplomat and ambassador.

Private life

Kadriye Şanıvar Olgun was born in Yozgat, Turkey in 1954. After completing her high school education at TED Ankara College Foundation Schools, she graduated from the Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University. She was married to diplomat and ambassador Balkan Kızıldeli.

Career

In 1977, she entered the service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Before she was appointed Ambassador of Turkey to Lithuania, she was the Deputy Director General of the Department for NATO Affairs in the Ministry.

She served as Ambassador of Turkey to Lithuania between 1 February 2004 and 31 December 2006, to Cuba from 14 February 2007 to 2 October 2009, to Norway between 16 December 2012 and 1 March 2014, and to Panama from 4 March 2014 to 15 November 2016.

Olgun served as the Director General of the Department for Balkans and Central Europe Affairs in 2010, and as the Chief of Protocol one year long in 2010-2011 before she took office in Oslo as ambassador.