The following foreign Heads of Mission presented their credentials to President S R Nathan in separate ceremonies at the Istana today:
(a) The High Commissioner of the Independent State of Samoa,
His Excellency Lemalu Tate Simi
(b) The High Commissioner of the Republic of Botswana
His Excellency Sasara Chasala George
The curricula vitae of His Excellency Lemalu Tate Simi and His Excellency Sasara Chasala George are attached.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
26 MAY 2011
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LEMALU TATE SIMI
HIGH COMMISSIONER
INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA
(RESIDENT IN CANBERRA)
BORN: 19 October 1952, Apia, Samoa
AGE: 58
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Mdm Noumea
Has 4 children
EDUCATION: Samoa College, Apia, Samoa, 1972
Central Institute of Technology, New Zealand, 1977
(Studied Architectural Draughting)
CAREER: 1972 — 1974 Cadet Draughtsman, Ministry of Works Head Office, Wellington, New Zealand
1974 ― 1977 Architectural Draughtsman, Housing Corporation of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
1978 Senior Architectural Draughtsman, Department of Works, Apia, Samoa
1978 — 1982 Labour Inspector, Department of Labour, Apia, Samoa
1982 — 1984 Assistant Commissioner of Labour, Department of Labour, Apia, Samoa
1984 ― 2003 Permanent Head (Commissioner of Labour), Department of Labour, Apia, Samoa
CAREER
(cont'd) 2003 —2009 CEO, Ministry of Commerce Industry and Labour
2009 -
to date High Commissioner to Australia
26 May 2011 -
High Commissioner to the Republic of Singapore (Resident in Canberra)
OTHER APPOINTMENTS: Held other appointments such as a Member of the Public Service Board of Appeal (1986 — 1990), Director, National Revenues Board (2003 - to date), Director, Small Business Enterprises Board (2003 - to date), Director, Samoa Tourism Authority Board (2003 - to date) and Member, Investment Projects Committee (2005 - to date)
OTHER
ACTIVITIES: Represented Samoa at international conferences by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Heads of Investment Promotion Agencies Meetings (HIPAM), Codex Alimentarius Commission, and other International and Regional Conferences.
HOBBIES: Music, Art, Reading, Poetry, Rugby
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May 2011
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SASARA CHASALA GEORGE
HIGH COMMISSIONER
REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA
(RESIDENT IN BEIJING)
BORN: 17 December 1952, Tlokweng Village, Botswana
AGE: 58
MARITAL
STATUS: Married to Mrs Mmammidi Clementine George
Has 3 daughters
EDUCATION: BA (Political Science), University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland
CAREER: 1976 Joined the Department of Foreign Affairs
1978 - 1983 Second Secretary, Botswana High Commission in Lusaka, Zambia
1983 Recalled to the Department of Foreign Affairs
1985 - 1988 Counsellor and Deputy Ambassador, Botswana Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden
1988 - 1990 Counsellor and Deputy High Commissioner, Botswana High Commission in London, UK
1990 - 1994 Chief of Protocol
1994 - 1996 High Commissioner in Lusaka (with concurrent accreditations to Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia and Organisation of African Unity)
CAREER :
(cont'd) 1996 - 2005 Ambassador in Brussels (with concurrent accreditations to the European Union, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and UNESCO
2005 - 2007 Director of Europe and Americas, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
2008 - 2010 Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Jan 2011 -
to date Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
26 May 2011 High Commissioner to the Republic of Singapore (Resident in Beijing)
HOBBIES: Soccer, fishing, weight-lifting, walking, jogging, cycling and reading
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May 2011