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Dr. Canan Atilgan
Head of International Office United Kingdom and Ireland
Since October 2024, she has been Head of the United Kingdom and Ireland Office based in London. Prior to this, Dr. Canan Atilgan has headed the Middle East and North Africa Division in the European and International Cooperation Department from May 2020. Prior to that, she was Director of the Southern Mediterranean Political Dialogue Regional Programme based in Tunis for four years and of the South Caucasus Regional Programme in Tbilisi from 2011 to 2015. Her stations at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung also included office management in Thailand, the Palestinian Territories and Jordan. Between 2005 and 2007 she was coordinator for European policy at the Foundation's headquarters in Berlin. She received her doctorate in political science with a focus on international relations.