Feridun Sinirlioğlu

Feridun Sinirlioğlu
44th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
28 August 2015 – 24 November 2015
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu
Preceded by Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu
Succeeded by Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu
Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
21 August 2009
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Ahmet Davutoğlu
Preceded by Ertuğrul Apakan
Personal details
Born (1956-01-30) January 30, 1956
Görele, Turkey
Political party Independent
Spouse(s) Ayşe Sinirlioğlu
Alma mater Ankara University
Boğaziçi University

Feridun Hadi Sinirlioğlu (born January 30, 1956) is a Turkish diplomat and civil servant who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey in the interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu between 28 August and 24 November 2015. He also serves as the Undersecretary to the Foreign Ministry since 2009.

Early life and career

Feridun Hadi Sinirlioğlu was born in 1956 in Görele, Giresun Province and graduated from Ankara University Department of International Relations in the Faculty of Political Science. He received his masters degree and doctorate from Boğaziçi University Department of International Relations and Political Sciences in the Faculty of Administrative Sciences. He is a fluent speaker in German and English.[1]

Diplomatic and bureaucratic career

Foreign roles

In 1985, Sinirlioğlu became the second secretary for the Turkish Embassy in The Hague, later becoming the chief secretary. In 1988, he became the chief secretary to the Turkish Embassy in Beirut and later became the chief secretary in the Turkish offices in Greece in 1990. In 1992, he became the Undersecretary to the Permanent Representation of Turkey to the United Nations. Between 1 July 2002 and 15 January 2007, he served as the Ambassador to Tel Aviv.[2]

Civil service

In 1990, Sinirlioğlu served as the chief secretary to the Deputy Undersecretary to the Directorate of Bilateral Political Affairs. In 1991, he became the advisor to the Undersecretary and later to Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel in 1992. Between 2 September 1996 and 15 September 2000, he served as the chief advisor to the President of Turkey. He became the Director responsible for Middle East and North African affairs between 15 September 2000 and 1 July 2002. Between 24 January 2007 and 21 August 2009, he became the Deputy Undersecretary to the Directorate of Bilateral Political Affairs. on 21 August 2009, he became the Undersecretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[3]

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Sinirlioğlu visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry in September 2015

After the June 2015 general election resulted in a hung parliament, unsuccessful coalition negotiations raised speculation over whether President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan would call an early election in the event that AKP leader Ahmet Davutoğlu was unable to form a government within the given constitutional time of 45 days. As required by the 114th article of the Constitution of Turkey, the calling of a snap general election by the President necessitates the forming of an interim election government, in which all parties represented in Parliament are given a certain number of ministers according how many MPs they have. If a party refused to send ministers to the interim cabinet, then independents must take their place.

Erdoğan called a new general election for November 2015 in late August, with Davutoğlu being tasked with the formation of the interim government. With the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) refusing to send ministers to the cabinet, the 8 ministries that the two parties were entitled to were vacated for independents. As a result, Sinirlioğlu was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs as an independent politician.[4]

See also

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu		 Minister of Foreign Affairs
2015 		Succeeded by
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu
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