Şükrü Sina Gürel
{{Short description|Turkish diplomat and politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Şükrü Sina Gürel
| image = Şükrü Sina Gürel detail, 020918-D-9880W-065.jpg
| office = Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
| primeminister = Bülent Ecevit
| term_start = 9 July 2002
| term_end = 18 November 2002
| 1blankname = Served with
| 1namedata = Mesut Yılmaz
Devlet Bahçeli
| predecessor = Hüsamettin Özkan
| successor = Mehmet Ali Şahin
| office1 = Minister of Foreign Affairs
| primeminister1 = Bülent Ecevit
| term_start1 = 12 July 2002
| term_end1 = 18 November 2002
| predecessor1 = İsmail Cem
| successor1 = Abdullah Gül
| office2 = Minister of State responsible for Customs
| term_start2 = 11 January 1999
| term_end2 = 28 May 1999
| primeminister2 = Bülent Ecevit
| predecessor2 = Rifat Serdaroğlu
| successor2 = Mehmet Keçeciler
| office3 = Member of the Grand National Assembly
| term_start3 = 24 December 1995
| term_end3 = 3 November 2002
| constituency3 = İzmir (II) (1995, 1999)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|1|1|df=y}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = Turkish
| party = Democratic Left (1991-2007)
Republican People's Party (2007-2022)
Victory Party (2022-present)
| alma_mater = Robert College
Ankara 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
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.{{Cite web |title=Ümit Özdağ'ın toplantısında açıklandı: Şükrü Sina Gürel Zafer Partisi'ne katıldı |url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/siyaset/umit-ozdagin-toplantisinda-aciklandi-sukru-sina-gurel-zafer-partisine-katildi-1927406 |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=www.cumhuriyet.com.tr |language=tr}}
He is director of foreign affairs at Victory Party's board.{{cite web | title=Başkanlık Divanı | website=Zafer Partisi Resmi İnternet Sitesi | date=3 March 2022 | url=https://zaferpartisi.org.tr/baskanlik-divani/ | language=tr | access-date=6 September 2023}}
Bibliography
- 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).
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Category:Politicians from İzmir
Category:Democratic Left Party (Turkey) politicians
Category:Ministers of foreign affairs of Turkey
Category:Bornova Anadolu Lisesi alumni
Category:Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences alumni
Category:Members of the 21st Parliament of Turkey
Category:Members of the 20th Parliament of Turkey
Category:Members of the 56th government of Turkey
Category:Members of the 57th government of Turkey
Category:Ministers of state of Turkey
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