Mr. Ihsan ÖVÜT was born in Malatya/Turkey in 1966 and completed primary, secondary and high school education in Malatya. He entered to Department of International Relations of Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University in 1985. He graduated from this department in 1989 and then started to work at the Turkish Standards Institution (TSE) at Directorate of Bilateral and Multilateral Agreements in 26 August 1991. He was appointed as the Director of Agreement on Foreign Relations in 24 January 2000. He has worked as director of several Directorates in the fields of international relation of TSE between the years 2000- 2011. Upon his appointment as Head of Training Department of TSE, he has worked in this department between the years 2012-2014. Currently he is working as the Secretary General of the Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC) as of 15 December 2014. He had a wide experience at international relations and carried almost all activities in terms of international relations during his term of office in TSE. He organized many regional/international meetings, drafted cooperation agreements, accompanied overseas official visits, made presentations, and participated as expert in the committees of International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Most specifically, he leaded in the preparation process of the SMIIC Statute under the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) as well as the development of OIC/SMIIC Standards and also leaded several projects in ECO Region and in Euro-Asia Region.