Sedat Önal Explained

Sedat Önal
President:Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Term Start:February 21, 2023
Term End:April 24, 2024
Predecessor:Feridun Sinirlioğlu
Successor:Ahmet Yıldız
Birth Date:day=11 month=8 year=1963
Nationality:Turkish
Education:Ankara University
Office:Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations
Office2:Ambassador of Turkey in Jordan
Term Start2:July 18, 2012
Term End2:November 15, 2016
Predecessor2:Ali Köprülü
Successor2:Murat Karagöz
Office3:Consul General of Turkey in Vienna
Term Start3:July 1, 2007
Term End3:November 1, 2009
Predecessor3:Position established
Successor3:İbrahim Mete Yağlı

Sedat Önal (born 11 August 1963) was the Permanent Representative of Türkiye[1] to the United Nations between 21 February 2023[2] and 24 April 2024. Previously serving as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, he held various positions within the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[3]

Education and career

Önal received his bachelor's degree in the Faculty of Political Sciences, International Relations from Ankara University. He began his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1989 and has since served as Third Secretary at the Turkish Embassy in Kuwait, Vice Consul at the Turkish Consulate General in Münster and at the Turkish Consulate General in New York, and Counsellor at the Turkish Embassy in Tehran.

Between 2007 and 2009, Önal served as Consul General in Vienna and as Ambassador of Turkey in Jordan between 2012 and 2016. From 2009 to 2012, he served as Deputy Director General at the Middle East Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey.

Since 25 November 2016, Önal has been serving as the Deputy Undersecretary for the Middle East and Africa.

References

  1. The United Nations, along with the government of Turkey, uses the Turkish word Türkiye in diplomatic contexts. The title of this office is therefore Permanent Representative of Türkiye. This is in line with the official name of Turkey: the Republic of Türkiye.
  2. Web site: New Permanent Representative of Türkiye Presents Credentials UN Press . 2023-03-27 . press.un.org.
  3. Web site: Top Turkish official meets with Russian, French diplomats in New York - Türkiye News . 2023-03-27 . Hürriyet Daily News . en.