Selim Kuneralp (born 9 July 1951) is a Turkish retired diplomat.

Early life

He is the grandson of

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and the son of

Zeki Kuneralp Zeki Kuneralp (5 October 1914 – 26 July 1998) was a Turkish diplomat, who was brought up in exile in Switzerland after the murder of his father, Ali Kemal, during the Turkish War of Independence. After his education he returned to Turkey and, ...

. His father Zeki was half-brother of Stanley Johnson's father, making Selim the half-first cousin once removed of former British prime minister

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. Kuneralp graduated from

Lycée Saint-Joseph, Istanbul Lycée Saint-Joseph () is a private high school located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is a French school founded in 1870. Classes are taught in Turkish, French, and English. Fenerbahçe S.K. was formed by students of this high school. History This ...

in 1969. He graduated from the

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in 1973.

Career

After various assignments at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (as an ambassador), he served as the General Directorate for EU Affairs and ambassador in Sweden (2000–2003) and South Korea (2003–2005). He served as the General Director of Policy Planning in 2006–2007 and as Deputy Undersecretary in charge of Economic Affairs between 2007 and 2009. He served as the Permanent Representative to the

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from 1 November 2009 to 9 December 2011. He served as President of the Energy Charter Conference beginning in April 2010, and as the Deputy Secretary General of the Energy Charter between 1 December 2014 and 31 July 2016. He became Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the beginning of 2012 and worked as Permanent Representative of Turkey to the

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in May 2012 and continued this duty until February 2014. He was appointed as a member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Board on 15 July 2014. He retired In 2015.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuneralp, Selim Ambassadors of Turkey to South Korea Ambassadors of Turkey to Sweden Ambassadors of Turkey to the European Union Permanent representatives of Turkey to the World Trade Organization 21st-century Turkish diplomats 1951 births Living people