Guterres Appoints Sinanoglu as UN Resident Coordinator in Tajikistan
DUSHANBE, 26.02.2020. (NIAT Khovar) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Sezin Sinanoglu of Turkey as the UN Resident Coordinator in Tajikistan, with the host government’s approval, reports UN Press Service.
Sinanoglu has 25 years of experience in development work, including 22 years with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Since July 2015, she has served as UN Resident Coordinator in Bosnia and Herzegovina, concurrently working as UNDP Resident Representative until the end of 2018.
Before that, she was the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Mongolia.
She worked as a city planner in Turkey and within the private sector in the United States before joining the UNDP office in Turkey as a Programme Officer in 1995.
Sinanoglu holds a BA in City and Regional Planning and an MA in City Planning from the Middle East Technical University in Ankara.