The following foreign 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 Hungary,
His Excellency Ferenc Somogyi
(b) The Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey,
His Excellency Safak Gokturk
(c) The Ambassador of the Republic of Peru,
His Excellency Armando Raul Patino Alvistur
(d) The High Commissioner of the Republic of Malta,
His Excellency John M Rizzo Naudi Jr
The curricula vitae of His Excellency Ferenc Somogyi, His Excellency Safak Gokturk, His Excellency Armando Raul Patino Alvistur and His Excellency John M Rizzo Naudi Jr are attached.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
28 JANUARY 2010
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FERENC SOMOGYI
AMBASSADOR
REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY
BORN: 1 September 1945, Hartkirchen, Austria
AGE: 64
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Mrs Andrea Somogyine Bors, has three children
EDUCATION: Primary School in Budapest, Hungary (1952 - 1960)
Secondary School in Budapest, Hungary (1960-1964)
Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics, Budapest (1964-1968)
"University doctor" degree in world economics, Budapest, Hungary (1978)
College of Political Sciences, Budapest, Hungary (1975-1979)
CAREER: 1968 - 1969 Desk Officer, International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1969 - 197l Attache, Embassy of Hungary in Rangoon, Burma
1971 - 1973 Second Secretary, Embassy of Hungary in Lagos, Nigeria
1973 - 1980 Senior Desk Officer, African Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1980 - 1984 Deputy Permanent Representative, UN Mission of Hungary, New York
1984 - 1989 Head of Department for International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1989 - 1991 State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1992 - 1994 Chairman, Board of Directors of Export-Garantry (later Exim Bank)
Director, Branch of the Budapest University for Foreign Trade, operated in co-operation with the University of Humberside, Hull, United Kingdom
1994 - 1996 State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1996 - 1998 State Secretary for Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1998 - 2001 Director for European Integration, MATAV Hungarian Telecommunications Co. in Budapest
2001 - 2004 CEO, Stonebridge communications AD - Skopje (member of the MATAV Hungarian Telecommunications' group)
2004 - 2006 Minister for Foreign Affairs
2006 - 2007 Director for International Affairs, MATAV Hungarian Telecommunications
2007 - 2009 Ambassador to the United States of America, Washington DC
5 November 2009 Ambassador-designate to the Republic of Singapore
28 January 2010 Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore
OTHER APPOINTMENTS:
1989 - 1991
Head of the Hungarian delegation for the negotiations on the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary
1989 - 1992
Member of the Hungarian Olympic Committee
1994 Trustee, Board of Mc. Daniel College, Westminster, MD (USA)
1996 - 1998 Head of the Hungarian delegation at the negotiations on
1) Basic Treaty between Hungary and Slovakia
2) Basic Treaty between Hungary and Romania
3) Hungary's accession to the NATO
4) Hungary's accession to the European Union
1998 - 2002 Member, International Advisory Board of the Institute for European Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY
1998 - 2003 President, Hungarian Atlantic Council
1999 - 2001 Member of the Board of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary
2000 - 2003 Member, Bureau of the Atlantic Treaty Associations
2001 - 2003 Vice Chairman of Bureau of the Atlantic Treaty Associations
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January 2010
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SAFAK GOKTURK
AMBASSADOR
REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
BORN: 28 August 1957, Bonn
AGE: 52
MARITAL STATUS: Married, has two children
EDUCATION: University of Ankara, Faculty of Political Science (1979)
CAREER: 1979 - 1981 Attache, Department of East, Directorate General for Bilateral Political Affairs
1981 - 1982 Military service
1982 - 1982 Third Secretary, Directorate General for Eastern Europe and Far East
1982 - 1984 Third Secretary, Second Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Turkey, Lagos
1984 - 1988 Second Secretary, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Turkey to the United Nations
1988 - 1989 First Secretary, Department of Cyprus
1989 - 1992 First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Turkey, Athens
1992 - 1994 First Secretary, Counsellor, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Turkey, Teheran
1994 - 1996 Head of Section, Head of Department, Department for Personnel Affairs
1996 - 1999 Consul General, Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey, Frankfurt
1999 - 2001 Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Turkey to the United Nations
2001 - 2002 Head of Department, Department of United Nations
2002 - 2005 Minister-Deputy Director General, Deputy Directorate General for Middle East
2005 - 2009 Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt
1 October 2009 Ambassador-designate to the Republic Singapore
28 January 2010 Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore
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January 2010
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ARMANDO RAUL PATINO ALVISTUR
AMBASSADOR
REPUBLIC OF PERU
BORN: 29 September 1950, Lima
AGE: 59
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Maria Eugenia Galindo Rodriguez, has two children
EDUCATION: Arts and Humanities, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (1969- 1971)
Law Studies, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (1972)
International Relations Studies, Diplomatic Academy of Peru (1973 - 1975)
BA in International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of Peru (1978)
CAREER: 1976 Third Secretary of Chancellery, Department of Third World Countries and Non Aligned Movement, International Organisations Divisions, Under Secretariat for Foreign Policy
Third Secretary of Chancellery, Minister of Foreign Affairs office
1978 Third Secretary, Minister of Foreign Affairs office
Third Secretary, Embassy of Peru in Spain
1981 Second Secretary, Embassy of Peru in Spain
Second Secretary, Embassy of Peru in Australia
1984 First Secretary, Head of the Consular Section of Peru in Canberra, Australia
First Secretary, Direction of Planning
1985 First Secretary, Head of the Department of Economic Policy, Direction of Economic Affairs of the Secretariat for Economic Affairs and Integration
1986 First Secretary, Head of the Department of Industrial and Technological Policy, Direction of International Economic Policy
1987 First Secretary, Minister of Foreign Affairs office
1988 Counsellor, Minister of Foreign Affairs office
Counsellor, Embassy of Peru in Chile
1991 Minister Counsellor, Embassy of Peru in Chile
1993 Minister Counsellor, Director of South America
1994 Director of South America
1995 Minister, Chargé d'Affaires a.i., Embassy of Peru in Ecuador
1996 Minister, Embassy of Peru in Ecuador
1997 Director of Planning and Evaluation of Foreign Programs
1999 Ambassador of Peru to the Czech Republic
2005 Director General for Human Resources Development
2006 Director General for the European Community
Sep 2008 to 2009 Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba
6 November 2009 Ambassador-designate to the Republic of Singapore
28 January 2010 Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore
OTHER APPOINTMENTS: Assistant Professor, International Relations Theory 101 and 102 at the Diplomatic Academy of Peru (1976)
Assistant Professor, Introduction to International Relations 101 at the Diplomatic Academy of Peru (1985)
Represented Peru in consultation, coordination, and bilateral cooperation mechanisms with South American countries (1993 - 1994). Also served as Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Advisory Commission in 1997
Advisor for the Peruvian delegation in the negotiations to conclude the demarcation of the Peruvian-Ecuadorian border (1997 - 1998) and Member of the Peruvian-Ecuadorian Commission on Measures of Mutual Confidence and Security, established in the Brasilia Declaration of November 1997
Appointed Executive Secretary for Thematic Issues in the Fifth Latin America and Caribbean-European Union Summit (May 2008)
AWARDS/ DECORATION: Received decorations in Spain, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia and Paraguay
Peru's Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for Distinguished Services
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January 2010
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JOHN M RIZZO NAUDI JR
HIGH COMMISSIONER
REPUBLIC OF MALTA
BORN: 8 October 1954, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
AGE: 54
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Helga nee' Mifsud Bonnici, has three children
EDUCATION: Primary education at Stella Mares School, Balzan
Secondary education at St. Aloysius college, B'Kara
B.Sc (Hons) Civil and Structural Engineering, The City University , London, UK (1977 - 1981)
Satisfied Board of Examiners in Architectural Studies to be granted a warrant to practice as an Architect and Civil Engineer (A. & C.E.), University of Malta (1992 - 1994)
CAREER: 1981 - 1982 Junior Consulting Engineer, CH Dobbie and Partners (UK) (An engineering consultancy firm)
1982 - 1983 Acting Site Agent, Baldwin international Overseas Contractors, Libya
1983 - 1986 Architectural, Civil and Structural Engineering Design Consultant, MalConsult/MALIB (a building maintenance company)
1986 - 1994 Responsible for Site supervision and Project Management of Housing and Warehousing/Industrial Building Projects, Camarco International Limited
1989 Sub-Contracted by Perit C.L. Spiteri & Partners to prepare Pre-Tender Structural Designs and Drawings for the New Airport Terminal in Lupa
1994 - 2000 Architectural and Civil Engineering Consultant (Private practice), locally and overseas in Persian Gulf States and Libya
Mar 2001 - Feb 2003 Project Manager to Cost Controller, Mater Dei New Hospital project, Tal-Qroqq, Malta
Feb 2003 -Oct 2003 Consultant to Cost Controller, Mater Dei New Hospital project, Tal-Qroqq, Malta
Oct 2003 - Dec 2006 Architect and Civil Engineering, Structural Design Consultant (Private practice), Mekanika Limited
Cost Consultant, HSBC Bank PLC
Jan 2005 - to-date Member of the Board of Directors,
Kordin Grain Terminal Company
Member of HSBC Bank (Malta) PLC, Panel of Architects
4 August 2009 High Commissioner-designate to the Republic of Singapore
28 January 2010 High Commissioner to the Republic of Singapore
HOBBIES: Golf, fishing and reading
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January 2010