Kunio Mikuriya

Kunio Mikuriya
御厨 邦雄

Kunio Mikuriya, 2010
Secretary General of the World Customs Organization
Assumed office
1 January 2009

Kunio Mikuriya (御厨 邦雄 Mikuriya Kunio) is the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO).

Career

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]

WCO

From 2002 to 2008, Mikuriya was the WCO Deputy Secretary General. On 28 June 2008, he was elected WCO Secretary General, and he took up this post on 1 January 2009.[2] On 30 June 2013, he was re-elected to a second five-year . Mikuriya has called for successful completion of the Doha Development Round,[3] lobbied against the U.S. 100% container scanning law,[4] advocated enhanced trade facilitation measures during the global economic downturn,[5] and supported the contribution of Customs to environmental protection.[6]

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