Name : Mr. İhsan ÖVÜT
Position: : Secretary General of the Standards and Metrology Institute for the Islamic Countries (SMIIC), Turkiye
Profession : International Relations
E-mail : ihsan.ovut@smiic.org; ihsanovut@gmail.com
Phone : +90 532 710 69 27, +90 532 061 07 95

Mr. İhsan ÖVÜT was born in Malatya/Türkiye in 1966 and completed primary, secondary, and high school education in his hometown. In 1985, he started to study in the Department of International Relations of the Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University, completed the BSc International Relations program, and graduated from the college in 1989. Then, he began to work at the Turkish Standards Institution (TSE) at the Department of Bilateral and Multilateral Agreements on 26 August 1991. During his term of office under this Department for 9 years, he followed standardization activities of various international organizations and conducted the meetings of these organizations in Türkiye. Furthermore, he was actively involved in managing bilateral cooperation between TSE and national bodies of relevant countries and in organizing official visits. On 24 January 2000, he was appointed as the Director of Agreements and Foreign Relations Directorate, and during his term, he conducted and supervised all international agreements of the TSE, visits of foreign delegates, relations with Turkic Republics, Islamic Countries as well as TSE Foreign Representation Offices. As he was the head of foreign relations, he carried out all correspondence of TSE with ISO and relevant organizations at both technical and administrative levels. Following his successful tenure as the Director of several Directorates between 2000 and 2011, he was appointed as the Head of the Training Department of the TSE which was formed in 2012. He worked hard to improve the existing infrastructure by amending the regulation framework and preparing all relevant guides for a centralized system. While assuming his duties as the Head of the Training Department until 14 December 2014, he was elected Secretary General of the Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC) in the 7 th SMIIC General Assembly Meeting held on 19 November 2014. İhsan ÖVÜT officially assumed the role of Secretary General of SMIIC on 15 December 2014, he was unanimously re-elected for the 2025-2027. He continues to serve actively as the Secretary General, demonstrating steadfast leadership and commitment to the organization's mission. Throughout his career in TSE and SMIIC, Mr. İhsan ÖVÜT organized several regional/international meetings, drafted and signed cooperation agreements, took part in official international visits, and delivered presentations in various events as the head of delegations, session speaker or keynote speaker; besides, he made major contributions to the preparation process of SMIIC Statute under the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and has led the development of OIC/SMIIC standards and also carried out projects in ECO-Region and Eurasia Region. During his term in SMIIC and under his leadership, various projects and tasks have been successfully accomplished including the restructuring of the Institute, revision of all internal regulations along with the founding Statute, formation of the halal conformity assessment system, OIC Global Halal Quality Infrastructure, improving technical infrastructure of SMIIC as well as making SMIIC Technical Committees more active and more professional. His approach to SMIIC relies on institutionalization of professional administration of SMIIC on both technical/administrative and he is working intensively to accomplish this goal. He is married with 2 children and speaks English.