Elif Çomoğlu Ülgen

Elif Çomoğlu Ülgen
Turkish Ambassador to Pretoria
In office
26 February 2017 – 23 June 2021
Preceded byKaan Esener
Succeeded byAyşegül Kandaş
Personal details
Born1971 (age 53–54)
Germany
NationalityTurkish
Children3
Alma materAnkara University
ProfessionDiplomat

Elif Çomoğlu Ülgen (born 1971 in Germany) is a Turkish diplomat who is the General Director of Eastern and Southern Africa in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1] Previously, Ülgen served as the ambassador of Turkey to the EU, the UN Office in Geneva, South Africa, as political consultant to NATO in Afghanistan and Libya, and as the first female Turkish Consul General to Dubai.[2][3]

Education

She was educated at TED Ankara College and Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of International Relations.[4]

Career

She joined the Turkish Foreign Ministry in 1993 and served in Pakistan. In 1995, She took office in Turkey's UN Permanent Mission in Geneva. She was a political consultant at one of the NATO headquarters in Turkey and Turkey's Permanent Representative to the EU in Brussels. She became the officer in charge of military operations in Afghanistan and Libya at the NATO Permanent Mission and one of the planners of the NATO operation in Libya.[5][6]

She was appointed as the Consul General to Dubai in January 2012 and served until 2014. She was the Deputy Director General of Research at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in between 2014 and 2017.[4]

She resumed office as Turkey's ambassador to South Africa on February 2, 2017, and left office for Ayşegül Kandaş on June 23, 2021.[2][7] She is the General Director of Eastern and Southern Africa in the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1] (A role directly under Ambassador Burak Akçapar, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs(Turkey) on the Ministry's organizational chart).[8]

Family

She is married to Sinan Ülgen, and they both have three children, Ömer, Selim and Pamir. Ülgen's husband lives in Istanbul.[4] She is also the daughter-in-law of late ambassador Tanju Ülgen.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Cibuti'de Türkiye'deki depremzedeler için özel pul basıldı(in Turkish)". Anayurt Gazete. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  2. ^ a b "Embassy History and Previous Ambassadors". Turkish Embassy in Pretoria.
  3. ^ "Dışişlerinin en güzel diplomatı Dubai'de (in Turkish)". Hurriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
  4. ^ a b c "Dışişlerinin en güzel diplomatı Dubai'de - Magazin Haberleri(in Turkish)". Hurriyet. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
  5. ^ "Büyükelçi bu mesajların ardından merkeze çekildi(in Turkish)". Gün Haber. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  6. ^ "Innovation in the army". Radikal. Archived from the original on 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  7. ^ "Outgoing Turkish envoy recalls successful tenure in South Africa". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  8. ^ "Organizational Chart" (PDF). Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  9. ^ "Tanju Ülgen Vefat İlanı(in Turkish)". Hurriyet Vefat. Archived from the original on 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2018-03-11.