Sıtkı Uğur Ziyal (born 25 August 1944) is a Turkish diplomat.

Sıtkı Uğur Ziyal
Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary
In office
1 October 2001 – 11 November 2004
Preceded byOsman Faruk Loğoğlu
Succeeded byAli Tuygan
Personal details
Born (1944-08-25) August 25, 1944 (age 79)
Istanbul, Turkey

Education edit

He graduated from Robert College in 1961 and Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences in 1965.[1]

Career edit

Ziyal entered the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs 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 Embassy of Turkey to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

In 1973, Ziyal became the chief of cabinet to Ümit Haluk Bayülken 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).[2]

On 20 October 1998, Ziyal chaired the Turkish delegation and served as the signatory Adana Agreement signed with Syria.[3]

He became Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1998-2001) and Undersecretary (2001-2004).[4][5]

For five years, he was the Ambassador to Italy in Rome (2004-2009).[6][7] His assignment also covered Malta.[8]

He has also served as the Turkish Permanent Representative to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.[9][10]

References edit

  1. ^ "CURRICULUM VITAE OF AMBASSADOR SITKI UĞUR ZİYAL". digilander.libero.it. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  2. ^ "T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı Turkish Consulate General In Chicago". chicago.cg.mfa.gov.tr. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  3. ^ "Adana Mutabakatı neydi?". www.haberturk.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  4. ^ "Council of American Ambassadors". Council of American Ambassadors. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  5. ^ Department Of State. The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs. "U.S., Turkey Agree NATO Needs New Capabilities". 2001-2009.state.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  6. ^ "T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Roma Büyükelçiliği". roma.be.mfa.gov.tr. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  7. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Intv with Turkish ambassador to Italy. YouTube.
  8. ^ "Mr Speaker Meets Turkish Ambassador - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  9. ^ "The Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy" (PDF). Journal of the High-Level Conference on World Food Security. 5 June 2008.
  10. ^ "IISD RS @ High-Level Conference on World Food Security - 3-5 June 2008 - UN Food and Agriculture (FAO) headquarters, Rome, Italy". enb.iisd.org. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
Legal offices
Preceded by Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary
2001-2004
Succeeded by