The following Heads of Mission presented their Credentials to President S R Nathan in separate ceremonies at the Istana today:
(a) The High Commissioner of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Mr Syed Maudud Ali, who has succeeded Mr Ashfaqur Rahman;
(b) The Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary, Dr Gyorgy Nanovfszky, who has succeeded Mr Lajos Tamas. Dr Nanovfszky is the first Hungarian Ambassador resident in Singapore. His predecessor was accredited from Jakarta;
(c) The High Commissioner of the Republic of Kenya, Mr Lazarus Ombai Amayo. He is the first Kenyan High Commissioner to Singapore and is accredited from New Delhi.
The curricula vitae of Mr Syed Maudud Ali, Dr Gyorgy Nanovfszky and Mr Lazarus Ombai Amayo are attached.
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
21 June 2001
SYED MAUDUD ALI
HIGH COMMISSIONER-DESIGNATE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH
BORN: 01 July 1949
AGE: 51
MARITAL
STATUS: Married to Rezina Ali in 1972
Has two sons
EDUCATION: B.A. (Honours) and M.A. in English, Dhaka University, 1970-1971
CAREER: 1974 Joined the Bangladesh Foreign Service as a career Diplomat
1974-1975 Section Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1975-1976 Third Secretary, Bangladesh Embassy, Cairo
1976-1978 Section Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1978-1981 Second Secretary, Bangladesh Embassy, Brasilia
1981-1984 First Secretary, Bangladesh Embassy, Jeddah
1984-1987 Director (Finance) and Director (FMO), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dhaka
1987-1990 Counsellor, Bangladesh Embassy, Washington
1990-1993 Counsellor, Bangladesh Embassy, Tehran
1994-1995 Director (EA), Director-General (Europe), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dhaka
Aug 1995-Apr 1998 Minister, Bangladesh Embassy, Ankara
Apr 1998-Mar 2000 Deputy High Commissioner/Acting High Commissioner, Bangladesh High Commission, Islamabad
13 Mar 2000 - to date Director-General (South Asia), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dhaka
Feb 2001 High Commissioner-Designate to Singapore
HOBBIES: Reading, music and the internet
21 June 2001
DR GYORGY NANOVFSZKY
AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE
REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY
BORN: 10 April 1942, Budapest, Hungary
AGE: 59
MARITAL Married
STATUS: No children
EDUCATION: PhD in Slavic Philology, Moscow Lomonosov State University,1967
Diploma at the Institute for International Relations as an expert on Southeast Asia, 1968
Doctor's degree at Budapest University Eotvos Lorand on essay "Arabic elements in the Indonesian lexicology", 1973
CAREER: 1968-73 Served in Hungarian Tourist Agencies
(IBUSZ, SZOT)
1973-81 Served in the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Hungary
1981-86 Served at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
1986-92 Member, Hungarian Chamber of Commerce
1992-98 Ambassador to Russia, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
1998-2000 Head of Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hungary
Feb 2001 Ambassador-designate to Singapore
LANGUAGES: English, French, Polish, Russian, Esperanto, Indonesia
REMARKS: As a professor and member of the International Academy of Sciences, Dr Nanovfszky has published studies, books and papers in various languages both in Hungary and abroad on politics, trade and international issues.
February 2001
LAZARUS OMBAI AMAYO
HIGH COMMISSIONER-DESIGNATE
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
BORN: 23 March 1955
AGE: 46
MARITAL
STATUS: Married with three children
EDUCATION:1964-1970 Kaswanga Primary School
1971-1974 Gendia High School
1975-1979 BA (Liberal Arts) in Geography and Biology, Spicer Memorial College, Poona, Maharashtra, India
Trained as a secondary school teacher of Geography and Biology in India
Post graduate diploma/certificates in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations in Kenya and UK
CAREER:
1979-1981 Secondary School Teacher, Ogande Girls High School
1981-1989 Personnel Officer, Senior Personnel Officer and Principal
Personnel officer with Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporations
1989-1992 Elected MP for Karachuonyo Constituency and appointed Assistant Minister for Education during the same period
1993-1997 Chief Executive, Catering Levy Trustees (a state corporation dealing with training of human resources for the hotel and tourism industry)
1988 Private Business
18 Feb 1992 Appointed High Commissioner to New Delhi
Sep 2000 High Commissioner-designate to Singapore
LANGUAGES: English, Luo, Kiswahili and limited knowledge of French
21 June 2001