Ersin Erçin

Turkish diplomat

Ambassador, Special Envoy Ersin Erçin

Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil
In office 2009–2013
Minister Counselor, Deputy Director-General, Department of North and South America, MFA.
In office 2007–2009
Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York.
In office 2004–2007
Deputy Permanent Representative to the OSCE, Vienna.
In office 2001–2004

Personal details
Born	(1959-01-21) 21 January 1959 (age 65) Ankara, Turkey
Alma mater	University of Ankara
Website	mfa.gov.tr

Ambassador Ersin Erçin is a senior Turkish diplomat, with an extensive experience in multilateral diplomacy particularly on matters of international, Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security, disarmament, and economic and environmental security.^{[citation needed]}

Early life and career

Ersin Erçin has served in a range of positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara, and in diplomatic missions in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. He has also earned multiple assignments to represent Turkey at multilateral and security organizations such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, and the United Nations in New York. Erçin has lectured at universities as well as civilian and military groups on the topics of early warning, crisis management, conflict prevention and resolution, and post-conflict rehabilitation.

After joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1981, Erçin served in the position of Third Secretary in the Department of Economic Relations and later as Second Secretary for the Turkish Permanent Delegation to the OECD in Paris. From 1989, he continued with consecutive and increasingly senior assignments in Vienna at the CSCE and, later, the newly named OSCE, the largest regional security organization in the world. He served at OSCE as Turkey’s deputy permanent representative from 2001 to 2004.

In 2004, he was selected as Turkey’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York and later as Minister Counselor for the Ministry’s Department of North and South America. Earlier in his career, Erçin was posted to the Turkish Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, with the rank of Second Secretary, and in Damascus, Syria, as Counselor. In 2009, he was appointed Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil. Ambassador Erçin is a graduate of the Faculty of Political Science, University of Ankara, with a specialization in international relations and organizations.

Chronology

Year	Event
1982	Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Republic of Turkey.
1982	Third Secretary, Department of Economic Relations.
1984	Second Secretary, Turkish Permanent Delegation to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris.
1987	Second Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Khartoum/Sudan.
1989	First Secretary, Department of International Security Disarmament and Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE), and NATO, MFA.
1991	First Secretary, Turkish Permanent Delegation to the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE), Vienna.
1995	Counselor, Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Damascus/Syria.
1998	Head of Department of Maritime Affairs, MFA (represented Turkey at the International Maritime Organization).
2001	Deputy Permanent Representative, Turkish Permanent Representation to the OSCE, Vienna.
2004	Deputy Permanent Representative, Turkish Permanent Representation to the United Nations, New York.
2007	Minister Counselor, Deputy Director-General, Department of North and South America, MFA.
2009 - 2013	Ambassador Plenipotentiary to the Federative Republic of Brazil.
2010	Special Envoy of the HE Abdullah Gül President of the Republic of Turkey for European Security.
2011	Turkey`s candidate for the Secretary General of the Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe(OSCE) in Vienna.
2014	Director General for Asia Pacific, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2018	Ambassador Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Korea (Accredited to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea).

References

Statement by Mr. Ersin Erçin, Minister-Counsellor, Deputy Permanent Representative of Turkey to the UN at the 14th Session of Commission on Sustainable Development, New York, 1 May 2006
Agreed Definition of Term "Terrorism" Said to Be Needed for Consensus on Completing Comprehensive Convention against It, New York, 10 October 2005
Statement by ERSİN ERÇİN Deputy Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations debate of the first committee general assembly, 60th session New York, 6 October 2005
14th Session of High Level committee on South-South cooperation, New York, 31 May 2005
United Nations South-South cooperation for development, 15 June 2005
OSCE Conference On Globalization, Hofburg, Vienna, 3-4 July 2003 Archived 16 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
Special high-level meeting with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development New York, 18 April 2005
Second Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects New York, 11-15 July 2005
United Nations General Assembly GA/PAL/973 of 29 November 2004
UNRWA - Fourth Cttee debate 2 November 2005
International Day of Solidarity 2004 - Special bulletin ,26 October 2005
Nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East - First Cttee debate 6 October 2005
United Nations General Assembly A/AC.183/PV.283 of 29 November 2004
Third Review Conference of the parties to the convention of the prohibition of the general development, production and stockpiling of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons and on their destruction, Geneva, 24 September 1991