Halil İbrahim Akça explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Halil İbrahim Akça
Office:11th Secretary-General of the Economic Cooperation Organization
Term Start:13 August 2015[1]
Term End:July 2018
Predecessor:Shamil Alaskerov
Successor:Hadi Soleimanpour
Children:3
Nationality:Turkish

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. 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ECO New Secretary General formally assumed his Duties . August 2015 . . 27 June 2016 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20160626122259/http://www.ecosecretariat.org/ftproot/Press_Rls/2015/Aug/18I.htm . 2016-06-26 .
  2. Web site: Curriculum Viate of Ambassador Halil İbrahim Akça . . 27 June 2016 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806105518/http://www.ecosecretariat.org/Sg%20Statement/CV_Akca.htm . 2016-08-06 .
  3. Web site: Halil Ibrahim Akca . . The World Bank . 27 June 2016 .