Education
He graduated from Foreign Relations Department of the Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University.
He graduated from Foreign Relations Department of the Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University.
Üzümcü was consul at the Consulate General in Aleppo, Syria and ambassador to Israel from July 28, 1999 to June 30, 2002. Between 2002 and 2004, he served as the Permanent Representative of Turkey to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Üzümcü was appointed Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations Office at Geneva in 2006, serving at this post until 2010. In 2008, he became chair of the Conference on Disarmament.
In 2013, the Nobel Peace Prize went to OPCW headed by Ahmet Üzümcü.
Ahmet Üzümcü is married to Işıl Üzümcü.