Şükrü Sina Gürel | |
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: | 1 January 1950 |
Birth Place: | İzmir Turkey |
Nationality: | Turkish |
Party: | Democratic Left (1991-2007)Republican People's Party (2007-2022)Victory Party (2022-present) |
Alma Mater: | 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.
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]