MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PRESS STATEMENT
The following Heads of Mission presented their Credentials to
President S R Nathan in separate ceremonies at the Istana today:
(a) The Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr Mochamad Slamet Hidayat who has succeeded Dr Johan Syahperi Saleh;
(b) The Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Mr João Gualberto Marques-Porto Jr who has succeeded Mr Paulo Dyrceu Pinheiro;
(c) The Ambassador of the Argentine Republic, Mr Jose Luis Mignini who has succeeded Mr Alfredo Raul Morelli;
(d) The Ambassador of the Republic of El Salvador, Mr Jose Ricardo Paredes Osorio; and
(e) The Ambassador of the State of Eritrea Mr Tseggai Tesfazion, who has succeeded Mr Mohammed Nur Ahmed.
The curricula vitae of Mr Mochamad Slamet Hidayat, Mr João Gualberto Marques-Porto Jr, Mr Jose Luis Mignini, Mr Jose Ricardo Paredes Osorio, and Mr Tseggai Tesfazion are attached.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
7 AUGUST 2003
M. SLAMET HIDAYAT
AMBASSADOR
REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
BORN: 28 September 1953, Purbalingga, Indonesia
AGE: 49
MARITAL
STATUS: Married with three children
RELIGION:
Islam
EDUCATION:
1979
Faculty of Law, University of Jayabaya, Jakarta, Indonesia
1992 Master of Business Administration,
United States International University
CAREER: 1980-82 Attache, Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations, New York
1982-84 Third Secretary, Indonesian Embassy,
Vienna, Austria
1984-86 Chief of Commodity Section,
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Jakarta, Indonesia
1987-93 First Secretary / Head of Economic Section / Deputy Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Indonesian Embassy,
Nairobi, Kenya
1993-95 Deputy Director for UN Economic And Social Bodies, Department of Foreign Affairs, Jakarta, Indonesia
CAREER:
(cont'd)
1995-99 Minister-Counsellor,
Head of Economic Division 1, Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations, New York
1999-2000
Director for Multilateral Economic Coorperation,
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Jakarta, Indonesia
2001-2003
Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations, New York
7 Aug 2003 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Indonesia to Singapore
OTHER APPOINTMENTS:
1996 - 1997 Member, United Nations Staff Pension
Committee, New York
1997
Vice-President, Executive Board United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
1998
Spokesperson / Main Negotiator of the
Group of 77, New York
2000 - 2001
Executive Director, Common Fund for Commodities representing the countries of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore
2001 - 2002
Vice-Chairman,
United Nations Forum on Forest,
New York
OTHER APPOINTMENTS:
(cont'd)
2002
Chairman,
Drafting Group on Disarmament of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial Meeting, Johannesburg, South Africa
2002
Member of the Troika on the Pre-Summit on World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)
2002
Member of the Facilitators of UN Reform, New York
PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES:
1982 - 84 Industrial Development Board,
Vienna, Austria
1988 United Nations Commission For Human Settlement, Cartagena, Columbia
1990 - 1991 PREPCOM I-IV Summit on Environment and Development,
Geneva, Madrid, Nairobi
1988 - 92 Governing Council of UNEP,
Nairobi, Kenya
1989 - 1992 United Nations Commission for Human Settlements, Nairobi, Kenya
1992 1st General Conference of
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), Vienna, Austria
1994 Asia-Pacific Ministerial Meeting on the Role of Women in Development,
Jakarta, Indonesia
1994 Asia-Pacific Ministerial Meeting on Social Development, Manila, Philippines
1994 NAM Ministerial Meeting on Food Security, Bali, Indonesia
1994 International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, Egypt
1994 - 2002 United Nations General Assembly - 48th to 57th Sessions, New York
1995 World Summit on Social Development, Copenhagen, Denmark
1995 International Conference on Human
Settlement, Istanbul, Turkey
1995 - 1997 UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board Meeting, New York And Geneva
1995 - 1999 United Nations Commission on Population and Development,
New York
1995 - 1999 3rd-7th Meetings of United Nations Commission on Sustainable
Development, New York
1995 - 2000 Intergovernmental Follow-up on Coordinating Committee of the G-77, Teheran, Iran
ECOSOC Substantive Session,
Geneva (1995, 1997, 1999) and
New York (1996, 1998, 2000)
G-77 Ministerial Meeting on
Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation
1998 G-77 Inter-Chapter Meeting,
Geneva, Switzerland
1998 G-77 High Level Meeting on the South Summit, Jakarta, Indonesia
Jan 1999 Globalization and Problems of Development Meeting,
Havana, Cuba
Feb 1999 G-16 Meeting on Preparations for the Millennium Summit,
Amsterdam, Netherlands
1999 Special Dialogue of the
ECOSOC and the IMF Board of Executive Directors, New York
1999 Ministerial Meeting of the Cairns Group, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1999 - 2000 Executive Board of Common Fund for Commodities, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Feb 2000 UNCTAD X Conference,
Bangkok, Thailand
Apr 2000 South Summit Meeting,
Havana, Cuba
2000 2nd Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization, Seattle, USA
2000 Trade and Development Board
Of UNCTAD, Geneva, Switzerland
2000 ESCAP Commission Ministerial
Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand
2000 Ministerial Meeting of Asia -
Pacific Commission on Environment, Kitakyushu, Japan
2000 39th Meeting of Committee for Programme and Coordination,
New York
2001 9th Meeting of United Nations Commission on Sustainable
Development, New York
2001 Southeast Asia Davos Forum,
Hong Kong
2001 - 2002 1st-2nd Meetings of the Prepatory Committee on World Summit on Sustainable Development,
New York
2001 - 2002 1st-2nd Meeting of United Nations Forum on Forest, New York
2002 2nd Ministerial Meeting of International Governance on Environment,
Montreal, Canada
2002 Ministerial Meeting of the Prepatory Committee on World Summit on Sustainable Development,
Bali, Indonesia
2002 United Nations Conference on
Ageing, Madrid, Spain
2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD),
Johannesburg, South Africa
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7 August 2003
JO?O GUALBERTO MARQUES PORTO JR.
AMBASSADOR
FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL
BORN:
15 October 1938, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
AGE:
64
MARITAL
STATUS:
Married to Andrea Moreira Duque Marques-Porta
Has four children
EDUCATION: 1958 - 59 Brazilian School of Public Administration
1964-1965 Diplomatic Academy (Rio Branco Institute, Ministry of External Relations)
1968-1970 Post-graduate studies in International Economics and Political Science, George Washington University
1981 Advanced Diplomatic Studies, Rio Branco Institute
CAREER:
1966-1968 Assistant to the Head of the Trade Policy Division
1968-1969 Third Secretary, Brazilian Mission to the Organisation of American States, Washington, DC
1969-1970 Second Secretary, Brazilian Mission to the Organisation of American States, Washington, DC
CAREER:
(cont'd) 1971-1973 Second Secretary, Brazilian Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
1973-1974 First Secretary, Brazilian Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
1974-1975 First Secretary, Beirut, Lebanon
1975-1979 Deputy Head of the Trade Policy Division
1978 Counsellor
1979-1983 Counsellor, Brazilian Mission to the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium
1981 Charge d'Affaires a.i., Brazilian Mission to the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium
1985-1987 Assistant to the Head of the Economic Department in charge of the establishment of the International Trade Division, DCI
1987-1990 Minister-Counsellor, Brazilian Permanent Delegation to the International Economic Organisation, London, UK
1988-1990 Charge d'Affaires a.i., Brazilian Permanent Delegation to the International Economic Organisation, London, UK
1990-1992 Consul General, Vancouver, Canada
1992-1996 Head of the International Trade Department
1996-1999 Ambassador, Managua, Nicaragua
1999-2003 Consul General, Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR, People's Republic of China
CAREER:
(cont'd) 7 Aug 2003 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Brazil to Singapore
AWARDS AND DEOCRATIONS: High Officer, Rio Branco Order, 1993
Tamandare Merit Medal, Brazilian Navy, 1993
High Officer, Naval Merit Order, Brazilian Navy, 1993
High Officer, Merit Order of the German Republic, 1995
High Officer, National Order of Cote d'Ivoire, 1996
Grand Cross, Rio Branco Order, Brazil, 1998
Grand Cross, Jose de Marcoleta Order, Nicaragua, 1999
PUBLICATIONS: Brazil and the European Communities - Discussion of a Necessary Partnership, monograph for the Advanced Diplomatic Studies of the Ministry of External Relations, published by the International Relations Research Institute (IPRI), Brasilia, 1988
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7 August 2003
JOSE LUIS MIGNINI
AMBASSADOR
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
BORN:
26 January 1945, Cordoba, Argentina
AGE:
58
MARITAL
STATUS:
Married
Has three children
EDUCATION: 1963 High School Certificate, Escuela Superior de Comercio Manuel Belgrano, Cordoba
1969 Master of Arts in Political Science, Catholic University of Cordoba, Argentina
CAREER: 1971 Attache, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1973 Third Secretary, Consul for the Consulate-General of the Republic of Argentina, Zurich, Switzerland
1976 Second Secretary
1979 First Secretary, Economic Directorate,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1981 Consul, Consulate-General of the Argentine Republic, Santos, Brazil
1985 Counsellor - Consul General
1987 Chief, Organization of American States Section, International Organizations Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1988 Human Rights Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1989 Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Chief of Mission, Argentine Republic to the Republic of Venezuela
1995 Deputy Director, North Africa and Middle East Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1998 Director of the North Africa and Middle East Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1999 Ambassador of Argentina to Indonesia
2002 Ambassador of Argentina to East Timor with residence in Jakarta, Indonesia
7 Aug 2003 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Singapore, with residence in Jakarta
AWARDS & DECORATIONS: Decorated by the Governments of Venezuela and Lebanon
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7 August 2003
RICARDO PAREDES OSORIO
AMBASSADOR
REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR
BORN:
14 November 1950
AGE:
52
MARITAL
STATUS:
Married to Gloria Augspurg de Paredes
Has two children
EDUCATION:
1972-1977
Psychology, Jose Simeon Canas University, San Salvador, El Salvador
1981 Master of Business Administration, Los Andes University, Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia
CAREER:
1977-1981 Founder and Managing Director, T.C. Consultores.
1982-1983 Vice-Minister for Culture, Youth, Sports and Adult Education.
Founding Partner and Human Resources Manager, MotoCentro S.A.
1983-1988 Representative of Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd, I.D. Systems Division for El Salvador.
CAREER:
(cont'd)
Quality Advisor on Organisational Behaviour, Australian Quality Council.
Associated with Pacificom Inc. Involved in the promotion of Pacificom services in the Latin American region.
Senior Consultant and Subject Matter Expert, TechComm Group Ltd.
Senior Consultant and Subject Matter Expert, TARP Australia Pty Ltd.
1998 Consul-General, Melbourne, Victoria and Australia.
1999 Ambassador of El Salvador to Japan.
7 Aug 2003 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of El Salvador to Singapore, with residence in Tokyo
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7 August 2003
TSEGGAI TESFAZION
AMBASSADOR
STATE OF ERITREA
BORN:
1 January 1946, Asmara, Eritrea
AGE:
57
MARITAL
STATUS:
Married to Elsa Tecleab
Has one son
EDUCATION:
Diploma in Library Science from University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
CAREER: 1975-1979 Head, Eritrea People's Liberation Front (EPLF) Office in Khartoum, Sudan
1979-1988 Head, Documentation Centre, EPLF Department of Political Section
1988 - 1991 Representative of EPLF in Norway
1991- Jun 1993 Representative of the Provisional Government of Eritrea in Sweden
Jun 1993 - Mar 1995 Ambassador to Sweden
Concurrently accredited to Norway, Denmark, Finland
May 1995 -1996 Ambassador to South Africa
Concurrently accredited Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia
CAREER:
(cont'd) 1996- Nov 2002 Director General of the Department of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Eritrea
Feb 2003 to date Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
7 Aug 2003
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Eritrea to Singapore, with residence in Beijing
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7 August 2003