Name and Surname:  Nabi Şensoy

Place and date of birth :  Istanbul, 5.25.1945

Marital Status:  Married

Education :  Graduate of the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of  Ankara – 1968

Foreign Languages:   English

Previous Assignments:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs                                     9.30.1970-12.26.1972
Department of Research      
Candidate Career Diplomat
Third Secretary
Second Secretary

Turkish Consulate General in New York               12.26.1972-8.25.1975
Vice Consul 
Consul

Turkish Embassy in Caracas                                 8.25.1975-10.31.1977
First Secretary

Ministry of Foreign Affairs                                    10.31.1977-7.31.1979
Department of Bilateral Political Affairs      
for Western Europe
Head of Section

Turkish Embassy in Havana                                  7.31.1979-10.31.1980
Counselor

Turkish Embassy in Washington, DC                    10.31.1980-9.1.1983 
Counselor

Advisor to the Prime Minister                               9.1.1983-9.30.1985

Consul General in London                                    9.30.1985-5.28.1988 
         
Chief of Staff to the President                              5.28.1988-12.7.1990

Ambassador to Madrid                                        12.7.1990-6.1.1995

Ministry of Foreign Affairs                                   6.1.1995-11.3.1997
Department of Policy Planning
Ambassador, Director General

Ambassador, Deputy Undersecretary                  11.3.1997-4.19.1998
(Political Affairs – European Union)

Ambassador to Moscow                                      4.19.1998-7.1.2002

Ministry of Foreign Affairs                                    7.1.2002-12.2005 
Ambassador, Deputy Undersecretary
(General Political Affairs)

Ambassador to United States                              1.2006-Present