MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PRESS STATEMENT
The following new foreign Heads of Mission presented their diplomatic credentials to President S R Nathan in separate ceremonies at the Istana today:
(a) The High Commissioner of New Zealand, Dr Richard Sturge Grant, who has succeeded Mr Nigel Ivor Moore; and
(b) The Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia, Mr Aleksandar Broz, who has succeeded Mr Boris Mitrovic.
The curricula vitae of Dr Richard Sturge Grant and Mr Aleksander Broz are attached.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
26 AUGUST 2004
DR RICHARD STURGE GRANT
HIGH COMMISSIONER
NEW ZEALAND
BORN: 3 November 1945
AGE: 58
MARITAL STATUS: Married with two daughters
EDUCATION:
1964-1967
Victoria University (MA Hons)
1968-1970
Universite de Clermont-Ferrand (Doctorat d'Universite)
CAREER:
1968
Joined Department of External Affairs, Defence Division
1970-1971
Third Secretary, Pacific Division
1971-1975
Second Secretary, Paris
1975-1978
First Secretary, Economic Division
1978-1981
Counsellor, Vienna
1982-1985
Consul-General, Noumea
1985-1986
Director, European Division
1987-1989
Consul-General, Sydney
1990-1994
Ambassador, Bonn
1994-1997
Director, Australia Division
1997-1999
High Commissioner, London
1999-2002
Ambassador, Paris
2002-2003
Deputy Secretary, MFAT (Europe, Australia, Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy Liaison Unit)
26 Aug 04-to date
High Commissioner to Singapore
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26 August 2004
ALEKSANDAR BROZ
AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
BORN: 24 May 1941, Zagreb
AGE: 63
MARITAL STATUS:
Married
Has two children
EDUCATION:
LL.B., Zagreb University, 1969
CAREER:
1969-77
Prvomajska Co. - Clerk, Head of Export Dept, Foreign Trade Manager
1971-73
Member of Supervisory Committee of the company SACET (joint venture of FIAT and Crvena Zastava)
1972-74
Main negotiator and project manager for the construction of tool machine factory in Mexico (AHMSA)
1974-77
Member of Management Board of AHMSA
Member of the Examination Board of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, Foreign Trade section
1977-80
INA Oil Co. - Head of Refinery Equipment Branch, Import/Export Manager
1980-83
Under-Secretary for International Relations
1983-90
INA, Vice-Chairman for International Relations
1985-89
Vice-President of INA responsible for the realisation of the project for the construction of oil terminal in Matanzas on Cuba
1990-93
INA - Adviser to the General Manager
1993-98
Minister Counsellor, Embassy of Croatia in Moscow
1998-2001
Lecturer at the International Institute for Energy, London
1998-2002
Plenipotentiary Minister, Embassy of Croatia in Cairo
2002-2004
Department for North and West Europe, MFA
May 2004-to date
Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia (simultaneously non-resident Ambassador to Kingdom of Thailand and Republic of the Philippines)
26 Aug 2004-to date
Concurrently accredited as the Ambassador to Singapore
LANGUAGES:
English, German, Russian and Slovenian
(working knowledge of Italian and Spanish)
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26 August 2004