Halil İbrahim Akça

Halil İbrahim Akça is the Turkish ambassador to Brazil, and was the 11th Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).

His Excellency Halil İbrahim Akça
Turkish Ambassador to Brazil
Incumbent
Assumed office 2022
11th Secretary-General of the Economic Cooperation Organization
In office 13 August 2015[1] – July 2018
Preceded by	Shamil Alaskerov
Succeeded by	Hadi Soleimanpour
Personal details
Born	1963 (age 61–62)
Nationality	Turkish
Children	3
Alma mater	Istanbul Technical University University of Delaware

Education

Akça graduated with an undergraduate degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in 1988. In 1994 he received a Master of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Delaware.^[2] He has published several papers on government economic policy and planning based on Turkish data.^[3]

Career

Akça held several positions within the Turkish government, including Under-Secretary of the State Planning Organization in 2009, and was a member of several Turkish government boards.^[2] He was the Turkish ambassador to Northern Cyprus from 2011 to 2015. Akça led the Economic Cooperation Organization as Secretary General from August 2015 through July 2018. In 2022^[4] he was named the Turkish ambassador to Brazil.^[5][6][7]