Emre Gönensay
 Emre Gönensay    (politician) | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 1937 | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Robert College, Columbia University, London School of Economics | |||||||||||
| Member of | Global Relations Forum | |||||||||||
Technocrat who privatized the Turkish economy, then Turkish Foreign Minister.
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Emre Gönensay is a Turkish politician. He was a government technocrat advisor privatizing the Turkish economy in the early 1990s, and was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey in 1996.[1]
Biography
He was born in 1937. He finished his high school education at Robert College in Istanbul. He left for the United States and earned a master's degree from Columbia University. Then he acquired a doctorate degree from the London School of Economics. After a while he returned to Turkey and continued his career as a Professor of Economics at Boğaziçi University.
Between 1970 and 1980 he was active as director in large Turkish companies and banks.
Between 1991 and 1993 he was the Plenipotentiary Ambassador to the Prime Minister's Advisor. Between 1993 and 1995, Gönensay was Plenipotentiary Ambassador to the President's Advisor, a "technocrat" responsible for privatization of the economy. Between December 1994 and 1995 he was again plenipotentiary ambassador to the Prime Minister's advisor.
He is a member of the True Path Party
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1992 | 21 May 1992 | 24 May 1992 | France Royal Club Evian Evian-les-Bains | The 40th Bilderberg. It had 121 participants. |
| Bilderberg/1996 | 30 May 1996 | 2 June 1996 | Canada Toronto | The 44th Bilderberg, held in Canada |
| Bilderberg/2007 | 31 May 2007 | 3 June 2007 | Turkey Istanbul | The 55th Bilderberg meeting, held in Turkey |
