İbrahim ŞENEL

İbrahim Şenel was born in 1966 in Tokat/Artova, Türkiye. He graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science, Department of Economics in 1988.  Şenel started his career in 1989 as Assistant Specialist at the Undersecretariat of State Planning Organization, where he served until 1991. Between 1991 and 1997, Şenel served as Assistant Specialist and Specialist at the Undersecretariat of the Treasury and Foreign Trade.

Şenel served as Commercial Counsellor at the Turkish Embassy Office of the Commercial Counsellor in Baku between 1997 and 2000, as Branch Manager in the General Directorate of Imports between 2000 and 2003, and as the Head of Department and Deputy General Director of the General Directorate of Exports between 2003 and 2007 at the Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade.

He served as Deputy Undersecretary at the Undersecretariat of Customs between 2007 and 2009, General Director of Export between 2009 and 2011 and then as Deputy Undersecretary of Foreign Trade. He served as Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy between 2011-2014 and Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy between 2014-2018.

Şenel was appointed as Vice President of Strategy and Budget on February 12, 2020.

He was appointed as the President of the Strategy and Budget on November 7, 2020. On June 9, 2023, he was appointed to the same position.

On February 13, 2021, he was appointed as a Council Member of the Turkish - Japanese Science and Technology University.