Former Secretary General of the OTS
Term of Office between September 2018 – November 2022

Personal Information
Date and Place of birth - 1 March 1959, Sholak-Korgan, South Kazakhstan Region, Republic of Kazakhstan
Education
1976-1982    Department of Oriental Studies, Tajik State University, Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan
Proffesional Background
1980-1981    Translator in the Democratic Republic of Yemen.
1982-1985    Embassy of USSR in Damascus, Syria.
1985-1988    Senior Lecturer at Kazakh State University named after Al-Farabi.
1988-1991    Embassy of USSR in Baghdad, Iraq.
1992-1994    Head of Middle East Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
1995-1996    Head of the Department of Middle East (Arab countries and Israel), Near East (Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan) and Africa the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
1996-2002    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Non-Resident Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to:

•   The State of Kuwait;
•   The Kingdom of Bahrain;
•   The Sultanate of Oman
•   The United Arab Emirates

2002-2008  Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the OIC 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Non-Resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Middle East:

•   The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan;
•   The Lebanese Republic;
•   The Kingdom of Morocco;
•   The Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
•   Coordinating Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the African states.
•   Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO).

2008-2011    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Turkey.
Non-Resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Albania.
2011-2018    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
2014-2018    Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2018- 2022  Secretary General of the Organization of the Turkic States
Additional Diplomatic Missions

• 2003-2009  The Head of the working group for preparation of the concept and organization of documents of the Congress of Leaders of World and    Traditional Religions.
• 2010-2012 Special Envoy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in OIC and OIC member countries.
• 2011-2012 Advisor to the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Special Envoy for the WTO (World Trade Organization).
• 2012 Special Envoy for cooperation with IEF (International Energy Forum).
• 2012 Special envoy for promotion the candidacy of Astana to EXPO-2017.
• 2014-2017 Special Envoy for promotion of candidacy of the Republic of Kazakhstan for non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2017-2018.
• 2015-2018 Special Envoy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Middle East and Africa

Languages
Kazakh, Russian, Arabic, English, Turkish and Persian
Awards

• State awards / State orders of the Republic of Kazakhstan – “Kurmet” in 2004, “Parasat” in 2012.
• Medal of the Pope Benedict XVI for the contribution to the dialogue of civilizations, 2006.
• Medal of “TURKSOY” for his contribution to the establishment of the Turkic Council, 2013.
• 20 different medals of Kazakhstan.

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Ambassador Ramil HASAN

Former Secretary General of the OTS
Term of Office between September 2014 – September 2018

Mr. Hasan was born on 23 September 1978.

He holds Bachelor’s Degree from Faculty of History of Baku State University and Master’s Degree from Faculty of International Relations of Baku State University.

Mr. Hasan served as a Member of the Board of Garadagh Municipality (city of Baku) during 1999-2002. He was founder and co-chair of the Azerbaijan-Turkey Youth Friendship Society during 1999-2003.

From 2002 till January 2010 Mr. Hasan worked as a Head of the Department at the State Committee on Affairs with Diaspora of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

He also served as the Chairman of Youth Organization of New Azerbaijan Party (ruling party in Azerbaijan) from 2005 till 2010.

Between 2008-2014 Mr. Hasan lectured “Contemporary Azerbaijani Foreign Policy” at the Faculty of International Relations of Baku State University.

Mr. Ramil Hasan was elected as the first Secretary General of TURKPA at the first Meeting of Plenary Session of the Assembly for a four year term held on 29 September 2009 in Baku.

From 15 January 2010 until 1 October 2013 Mr. Hasan continued his activities as the Secretary General of TURKPA International Secretariat – Head of the diplomatic mission.

Between November 2013 and January 2014 he attended Extensive Education Program in London on improvement of professional skills.

In March 2014 Mr. Ramil Hasan was awarded a certificate of completion for the Senior Executive Fellows Program, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Executive Education.

Mr. Ramil Hasan was appointed as the Secretary General of the then called Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council) by the decision of the Presidents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey at the Fourth Summit of the Turkic Council held on 5 June 2014.

Mr. Hasan has a diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the first class.

He is fluent in English, Russian and Turkish.

Married and has two children.
 

Ambassador Halil AKINCI

Former Secretary General of the OTS
Term of Office between September 2010 – September 2014

Halil Akinci was born in 1945 in Ula, Muğla, Türkiye. He graduated from Izmir College and in 1967 from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Foreign Relations. Mr. Akinci served in different positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye. Between January 1980 and March 1989 he worked at the NATO secretariat, Brussels, as an administrator dealing with the Soviet Union. He served in Moscow in different capacities as First Secretary, Minister Counselor and Ambassador three times. While he was the Minister Counselor at the Turkish Embassy in Moscow, he also headed the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) Permanent Mission to Georgia, which was the first regional mission of CSCE, between December 1992 and May 1993. Mr. Akinci served as Turkish Ambassador to Ljubljana, New Delhi and Moscow.
In September 2010, Ambassador Akinci was appointed by the Presidents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Türkiye, as the Secretary General of the then called Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States - Turkic Council.
As a renown expert on Soviet and post-Soviet Eurasia, he participated in many scientific meetings and conferences on Soviet Union, Russia, Central Asian Countries, the Caucasus and India between 1975 and 2010. He lectured at various military academies and universities of the member countries while working at NATO. Ambassador Akinci authored several articles on Central Asia, the Caucasus, Black Sea region, Afghanistan and India. He recently edited Mansura Haidar’s book Indo-Turkish Architecture and contributed to it an article entitled Turks and India, India and Türkiye.

In December 2010, he received “Bureaucrat with Strategic Vision of 2010 Award”, presented to him by the Turkish Asian Center for Strategic Studies (TASAM).

Ambassador Akinci is an Honorary Professor at the Eurasian University, Astana, Kazakhstan.

Mr. Akıncı was the Advisor at the Turkic Council Secretariat for one year until September 2015.