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Hikmet Çetin

Hikmet Çetin served four terms as a member of the Turkish Parliament. He held the positions of Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1991-1994 and Speaker of the House between 1997-1999. On November 19, 2003, Mr Çetin was appointed as NATO Secretary General’s Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, the highest-level political representative of NATO in Afghanistan. He took office in Kabul in 2004 and served four consecutive terms until August 24, 2006. Earlier in his career, Mr Çetin worked as the head of Economics Planning Department at the State Planning Organization. During this time he was a part-time lecturer at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara. He is the member of the Global Leadership Foundation and the Executive Board for the European Leadership Network as well as Honorary Board Member of the Peres Center for Peace. He graduated in 1960 with a BA in Economics and Finance from Ankara University and received his MA in Economics of Development from Williams College. In 1968 he also carried out research in Development Models at Stanford University, U.S.A.
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