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 Ambassador of the Republic of Peru, Mr Jose Arturo Montoya, who has succeeded Mr Fernando Guillen;
(b) The Ambassador of the Republic of Poland, Mr Boguslaw Majewski, who has succeeded Mr Krzysztof Szumski; and
(c) The Ambassador of Mongolia, Mr Baasanjav Ganbold, who has succeeded Mr Agvaandorj Tsolmon.
The curricula vitae of Mr Jose Arturo Montoya, Mr Boguslaw Majewski, and Mr Baasanjav Ganbold are attached.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
30 DECEMBER 2004
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JOSE ARTURO MONTOYA
AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF PERU
BORN:
1 December 1944, Lima
AGE:
60
MARITAL
STATUS:
Married Tula Carmela Illmann Arco Parro
Has two children
EDUCATION:
Faculty of Humanities, Pontifical Catholic University, 1961 - 1962
School of Law, Pontifical Catholic University, 1963 - 1965
School of Law, Unversidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 1966 - 1967
Peruvian Diplomatic Academy, 1966 - 1967 and 1969 - 1976
Bachelor of Law, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 1971
CAREER:
1968
Third Secretary, Economic Affairs Directorate
1969
Third Secretary, Vice Consul, Leticia, Colombia
1971
Third Secretary, Vice Consul, New York
1972
Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations
1976
Head, Minister Office Cabinet
1976
Head, International Economic Policy Department, Economic Affairs Directorate
1977
Head, North America and Central America Department and Head, Liaison Department, Political and Diplomatic Affairs Directorate
1978
First Secretary, Peruvian Embassy in Japan
1981
Counsellor, Peruvian Embassy in Mexico and Alternate Representative to the Organization for Barring Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (OPANAL)
1984
Under Director, Peruvian Diplomatic Academy
1985
Director, Press and Information Directorate
1986
Director, United Nations and Non-Alignment
1987
Director, Cabinet of the Minister
1988
Minister, Peruvian Embassy in Italy
1990
Director of Maritime Affairs and General Director of America
1991
Under Secretary, Planning
1992
Director of Personnel, Training and Wellbeing
1993
Ambassador of Peru, Republic of Honduras
1997 - 2000
National Director, State's Protocol and Ceremonial
2000
Ambassador of Peru, Swiss Confederation and Principality of Liechtenstein
2003 - 2004
Director, Drugs Control, Under Secretariat for Multilateral Affairs
30 Dec 2004 - to date
Ambassador to Singapore
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30 December 2004
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BOGUSŁAW MAJEWSKI
AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF POLAND
BORN:
22 November 1961, Warsaw
AGE:
43
MARITAL
STATUS:
Married
Has two children
EDUCATION:
M.A. in Journalism, Moscow University of Łomonosow, 1985
CAREER:
1987-89
Senior expert of Radio and Television
1989-94
Third and Second Secretary, Embassy in Washington
1994-97
Department of Promotion and Information, MFA
1997-2001
Minister-Counsellor, Embassy in Washington
2001-2004
Director of Information Department, Ambassador, MFA
30 December 2004 - to date
Ambassador to Singapore
LANGUAGES:
English, Russian
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30 December 2004
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BAASANJAV GANBOLD
AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
MONGOLIA
BORN:
27 February 1963, Ulaanbaatar
AGE:
41
MARITAL STATUS:
Married
Has a son and two daughters
EDUCATION:
Pedagogical Institute of Russian Language, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Sep 1981 - Jun 1982
Russia Major: International relations with knowledge of foreign languages, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Moscow, Sep 1982 - Jun 1988
MA in Political Science (specialised in International Relations), University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, USA, Aug 1995 - Jun 1997
CAREER:
Jul 1988
- Sep 1989
Officer, Asia & Africa Department, Ministry of External Relations
Sep 1989
- Jun 1993
Third Secretary, Charge d'Affaires a.i. of Mongolia, Embassy of Mongolia to the DPRK, Pyongyang
Aug 1995
- Jun 1997
Research Fellow, East West Center, North East Asia Economic Forum, EWC, Honolulu
Aug 1997
- Oct 1998
Counsellor in charge of North American and Canadian Affairs, Asia and America Department, Ministry of External Relations
Oct 1998
- Sep 2000
Director, Public Affairs Department, Ministry of External Relations
Oct 1999
- Jun 2001
Dean, School of Foreign Service, National University of Mongolia
Mar 2001
- May 2003
State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Jul 2003
- May 2004
Counsellor, Asia and America Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
May 2004
to date
Ambassador, Embassy of Mongolia to Hanoi, Vietnam
30 Dec 2004
to date
Concurrently accredited as the Ambassador to Singapore
LANGUAGES:
Fluent in Korean and English. Native speaker's level in Russian.
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30 December 2004