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

Early life

He is the grandson of

Ali Kemal Ali Kemal Bey (; 7 September 1869 – 6 November 1922) was a Turkish journalist, newspaper editor, poet, liberal-leaning politician, and government official who was for some three months Minister of the Interior in the government of Damat Ferid ...

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

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. Kuneralp graduated from

Lycée Saint-Joseph, Istanbul Lycée Saint-Joseph ( tr, İstanbul Özel Saint-Joseph Fransız Lisesi) 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 forme ...

in 1969. He graduated from the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

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 Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

(2000-2003) and

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

(2003-2005). He served as the General Director of Policy Planning in 2006-2007 and as Deputy Undersecretary in charge of Economic Affairs between 2007-2009. He served as the Permanent Representative to the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

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

World Trade Organization The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade. With effective cooperation in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and e ...

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 21st-century Turkish diplomats 1951 births Living people Turkish Muslims