WASHINGTON D.C.
On his arrival at Dulles International Airport, Ambassador Murat Mercan was greeted with flowers by the embassy staff, representatives of the Turkish-American community and citizens.
Before carrying out Turkey’s ambassador to Tokyo, Mercan, was appointed ambassador to Washington.
Murat Mercan Background
Ambassador, T.C. Tokyo Embassy (November 2017-)
Chairman, World Energy Council Turkish National Committee (April 2014- April 2017)
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (February 2012 – September 2014)
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (February 2012 – September 2014)
23rd Term Eskisehir Deputy and President of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee (2007-2011)
22nd Term Eskisehir Deputy and Head of the Turkish Delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the European Inter-Parliamentary Defense and Security Assembly and Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2002-2007)
Central Decision and Executive Board Member (2001-2009)
Vice President of Media and Publicity (2001-2005)
Justice and Development Party Founding Member
Associate Professor, Bilkent University Faculty of Business Administration (1995- 2004)
Assistant Professor, Bilkent University Faculty of Business Administration (1992-1995)
Assistant Professor, Department of Numerical Analysis, School of Business, University of Cleveland (1989-1992)
Research Assistant, Department of Decision and Informatics, University of Florida, Gainesville, (1985-1989)
Research Assistant, Department of Industrial Engineering, Eskişehir Anadolu University, (1981-1985)
Student Assistant, Department of Industrial Engineering, Bogazici University, (1981)
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
– Department of Decision and Informatics, PhD, 1989
Bogazici University
– Industrial Engineering, 1984
– Industrial Engineering, Undergraduate, 1981
Eskisehir Anatolian High School, 1970-1977
