Kunio Mikuriya
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Kunio Mikuriya | |
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御厨 邦雄 | |
Kunio Mikuriya, 2010 | |
| Former Secretary General of the World Customs Organization | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2009 - 31 December 2023 | |
Kunio Mikuriya (御厨 邦雄, Mikuriya Kunio) was the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO) from 2009 to 2023.
Mikuriya has a BA in law from the University of Tokyo and a PhD in international relations from the University of Kent, Brussels School of International Studies. During his career, Mikuriya has held various high-level positions in Japan's Ministry of Finance. He also had assignments as Counsellor in Japan's Mission to the WTO and a negotiator for Japan during the GATT Uruguay Round negotiations.[1]
