SÖNMEZ KÖKSAL

Graduated from Ankara University’s Faculty of Political Sciences, Sönmez Köksal started his career as a probationer  at the United Nations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . Later, he served as Second Secretary at the Department of Bilateral Economic Relations, First Secretary at Turkiye’s Permanent Mission to  the UN in Geneva , Head of Branch at the Department of International Economic Relations , Consul General  to Burgas, Counselor of Paris Embassy, Head of Research and Middle East Departments, Deputy Director General for International Economic Relations , Ambassador to Baghdad, and Permanent Representative of Türkiye to the Council of Europe  respectively. Köksal was appointed as Undersecretary of MİT in 1992. He was appointed as Ambassador to Paris in 1998.