Special Representative
Güneş Onar
Güneş Onar was born in Lefkoşa in 1974 where he studied at the Türk Maarif College. Having graduated from Boğaziçi University in Political Science and International Relations, he returned to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus where he entered the media sector, working as a reporter, news editor and editor in chief in various press and broadcasting organisations.
He entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Third Secretary in 2003, and served in working groups and technical committees during the negotiation process for the UN Comprehensive Settlement Plan (Annan Plan).
In 2004, Mr. Onar participated in a training programme at the Diplomatic Academy held under the auspices of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan over a three-month period and undertook an educational programme at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye for seven months the following year.
Mr. Onar was assigned to the TRNC Representative Office in Washington in 2006 and having completed his term, returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Lefkoşa in April 2010.
In May 2010, he was assigned to the Presidential Negotiation Delegation, to which he participated in the Geneva, Greentree-1, Greentree-2, and Leaders summits, which were held under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General. Mr. Onar also participated in the meetings at international platforms and was part of the Presidential delegation in the “cross-visit” to Athens.
He was appointed as the Political Affairs Director in 2013, and as the Undersecretary of the Deputy Prime Ministry and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2018, which he continued until his new assignment at the Presidency, where he served from January 18, 2021, as the Coordinator of the Confidence Building Measures and Bilateral Technical Committees.
In December 2023, Mr. Onar was appointed as the Special Representative of President Ersin Tatar.
He is married and has two children.