Şükrü Sina Gürel

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Şükrü Sina Gürel
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
In office
9 July 2002 – 18 November 2002
Prime MinisterBülent Ecevit
Served withMesut Yılmaz
Devlet Bahçeli
Preceded byHüsamettin Özkan
Succeeded byMehmet Ali Şahin
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
12 July 2002 – 18 November 2002
Prime MinisterBülent Ecevit
Preceded byİsmail Cem
Succeeded byAbdullah Gül
Minister of State responsible for Customs
In office
11 January 1999 – 28 May 1999
Prime MinisterBülent Ecevit
Preceded byRifat Serdaroğlu
Succeeded byMehmet Keçeciler
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
24 December 1995 – 3 November 2002
Constituencyİzmir (II) (1995, 1999)
Personal details
Born (1950-01-01) 1 January 1950 (age 74)
İzmir Turkey
Political partyDemocratic Left (1991-2007)

Republican People's Party (2007-2022)

Victory Party (2022-present)
Alma materAnkara University

Şükrü Sina Gürel (born 1 January 1950) is a Turkish diplomat and political figure who served as the nation's foreign minister in mid-2002.

Biography[edit]

A native of İzmir and a member of the Democratic Left Party (DSP), Gürel represented his country at the Council of Europe from 22 April 1996 to 26 January 1998. He became foreign minister following the resignation of his predecessor, İsmail Cem on 10 July 2002. Later in the year he ceded the office to Yaşar Yakış. Gürel returned to active politics by joining the Victory Party on 19 April 2022.[1]

He is director of foreign affairs at Victory Party's board.[2]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Tarihsel Boyutları İçinde: TÜRK - YUNAN İLİŞKİLERİ (1821 - 1993) (Turkish for Turkish-Greek relations), Ümit Yayıncılık, Ankara, 1993. Also translated in Greek (from the original Turkish) in 2008 as Οι Τουρκο-Ελληνικές σχέσεις (1821 - 1993) by Παντελής Τουλουμάκος (Pandelis Touloumakos).

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ümit Özdağ'ın toplantısında açıklandı: Şükrü Sina Gürel Zafer Partisi'ne katıldı". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Başkanlık Divanı". Zafer Partisi Resmi İnternet Sitesi (in Turkish). 3 March 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
2002
Succeeded by