Volkan VURAL Board Member, TÜSIAD - Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association; Counselor to Chairman, Dogan Holding, Istanbul
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1964 | University of Ankara, Faculty of Political Sciences |
1964-1968 | Third and second Secretary at the Economics Department in the Turkish Foreign Service |
1968-1970 | First Secretary, Turkish Embassy, Seoul, South Korea |
1971-1973 | Consul, Turkish Consulate General, Munich |
1973-1976 | Head of Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ankara |
1976-1982 | Deputy Head, Political Department, NATO International Secretariat (Bruxelles) on Secondment from the Turkish Foreign Office |
1982-1986 | General Director of Economics Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ankara |
1987-1988 | Ambassador of Turkey to the Islamic Republic of Iran |
1988-1993 | Ambassador of Turkey to the Soviet Union and later to the Russian Federation |
1993-1995 | Ambassador, Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister on foreign and national security issues |
1995-1998 | Ambassador of Turkey to the Federal Republic of Germany |
1998-2000 | Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations, New York |
2000-2003 | State Secretary for European Union Affairs |
2003-2006 | Ambassador of Turkey to the Kingdom of Spain |
2006 | Retired from the Turkish Foreign Service |
since 2007 | Advisor to the President of the Dogan Group of Companies |
since 2009 | TUSIAD Board Member, President of EU Harmonisation Committee |