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Mr. Kadri Ecvet TEZCAN

In 1987, he returned to Ankara where he was Head of Branch and Head of Department at the Department for Asia, Africa and Latin America. In 1989 he was named Consul-General at the Turkish Consulate in Hamburg, Germany. Then, in 1993, he became Head of Department of the Department for Bilateral Economic Relations at the Ministry. From 1994 to 1995, he was Head of Branch at the Department for Security Affairs. In 1995, he was promoted to Minister-Counsellor and named Deputy Director-General of the Deputy Directorate-General for Security Affairs. In 1998, Mr. Tezcan was appointed Ambassador of Turkey to Azerbaijan. Then, in 2001, he became a Member of the Inspection Board at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, holding the rank of Ambassador. From 2003 to 2005, he held the position of Ambassador, Director-General of the Directorate-General for Security Affairs at the Ministry. In 2005, he was appointed Ambassador of Turkey to Poland. From 2008 to 2009, he was Ambassador and Deputy Under-secretary for General Political Affairs at the Deputy Under-secretariat for General Political Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prior to his nomination as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Turkey to the OECD, Mr. Tezcan was Ambassador of Turkey to Austria.

Ambassador Kadri Ecvet Tezcan took up his duties as Permanent Representative of Turkey to the OECD on 25 October 2011.

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