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Türkiye prepares to nominate Feridun Sinirlioğlu as UN secretary-general
Türkiye is preparing to announce the nomination of its former foreign minister and current OSCE secretary-general, Feridun Sinirlioğlu, for UN secretary-general on Friday evening, following an informal Security Council vote on Thursday, Turkey Today reported.
Türkiye is preparing to nominate its former foreign minister, Feridun Sinirlioğlu, who currently serves as secretary-general of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, for the post of UN secretary-general, Turkey Today reported, citing Turkish sources.
According to the outlet, Ankara plans to announce the nomination on Friday evening, after the UN Security Council holds an informal vote on Thursday. A Turkish official described the day as “decisive,” explaining that Ankara wants to see the council’s positions on the other candidates before making its decision.
A stalled race
No candidate has secured the support of the five permanent members of the Security Council through six rounds of informal voting. Former Costa Rican Vice President Rebeca Grynspan is leading the race, while International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi is considered a strong contender. If his nomination is announced, Sinirlioğlu would become the eighth candidate.
The Turkish official said his country “is not positioning itself against one candidate or several candidates,” adding that “the world is bigger than five.” He noted that the UAE candidate had faced serious objections because of his positions on crisis regions.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been in contact with leaders of Security Council member states, most recently French President Emmanuel Macron, stressing that the new secretary-general must have the vision and experience needed to restore the United Nations as a center of multilateralism.
Expected Israeli opposition
Diplomats had expected the Turkish nomination to face opposition from Israel and Greece. Israel’s UN envoy, Danny Danon, had previously criticized Türkiye’s military presence in Syria.
Sinirlioğlu was born in 1956 in the city of Giresun. He served twice as undersecretary at Türkiye’s Foreign Ministry, then as foreign minister in the interim government from August to November 2015 and as Türkiye’s permanent representative to the United Nations from 2016 to 2023, before becoming secretary-general of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in December 2024.
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