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HE Sedat Önal

Ambassador of Türkiye

1985 B.A. Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University

1989 – 1990 Attaché, Personnel Department, MFA

1990 – 1991 Attaché, Deputy Directorate General for Information and Research, MFA

1991 – 1993 Attaché and Third Secretary at the Turkish Embassy in Kuwait / Kuwait

1993 – 1997 Vice-Consul at the Turkish Consulate General in Münster / Germany

1997 – 1998 Second Secretary, Deputy Directorate General for Expatriates, MFA

1998 – 1998 Second Secretary, Deputy Directorate General for Bilateral Cultural Affairs, MFA

1998 – 2002 Vice-Consul and Consul at the Turkish Consulate General in New York / U.S.A.

2002 – 2005 Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Turkish Embassy in Teheran / Iran

2005 – 2007 Head of Department, Deputy Directorate General for Middle East, MFA

2007 – 2009 Consul General, Turkish Consulate General in Vienna / Austria

2009 – 2012 Minister-Plenipotentiary, Deputy Director General for Middle East, MFA

2012 – 2016 Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

2016 – 2016 Director General for Bilateral Political Affairs (North Africa & Middle East), MFA

2016 – 2018 Deputy Undersecretary for the North Africa & Middle East and South Asia Affairs, MFA

2018 – 2023 Deputy Minister, MFA

2023-April 24,2024 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Turkish Mission to the United Nations

April 24,2024 Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the United States of America

Ambassador Önal speaks English.

November 21, 2024 at the The Hay-Adams Hotel