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 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
His Excellency Tran Hai Hau
(b) The Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil
His Excellency Luis Fernando de Andrade Serra
(c) The Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq
His Excellency Dr Ismieal Shafiq Muhsin
(d) The Ambassador of the Republic of Angola
His Excellency Dr Fidelino Loy de Jesus Figueiredo
The curricula vitae of His Excellency Tran Hai Hau, His Excellency Luis Fernando de Andrade Serra, His Excellency Dr Ismieal Shafiq Muhsin and His Excellency Dr Fidelino Loy de Jesus Figueiredo are attached.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
25 AUGUST 2011
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TRAN HAI HAU
AMBASSADOR
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Age: 55
Date of Birth: 6 Oct 1955, Nam Dinh Province
Marital status: Married with two children
Qualification:
1977-1982 B.A. in International Relations from
University of Diplomacy
1993-1994 Studied English in New Zealand
Career:
1972-1975 Joined the Army
1982-1984 Desk Officer, Department of Asia II,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1984-1989 Attaché, then Third Secretary,
Embassy of Viet Nam in Cambodia
1989-1991 Consul, Consulate-General of Viet Nam Kompongsom, Cambodia
1991-1993 Desk Officer, then Assistant Director-General, Department of Asia II, MOFA
1994-1996 Assistant Director General, then Deputy Director General, Department of Southeast Asia, South Asia and South Pacific, MOFA
1996-1998 Consul General of Viet Nam
Sihanoukville, Cambodia
1998-2000 Minister Counsellor,
Embassy of Viet Nam in Cambodia
2000-2002 Deputy Director General, then Acting Director General for Department of Asia II
2003-2007 Ambassador of Viet Nam to New Zealand, Fiji and Samoa
2008 to 2011 Director General for the Department of Southeast Asia, South Asia and South Pacific, MOFA
25 Aug 2011 Ambassador to Singapore
Languages: English, French and Khmer
Hobby: Golf
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August 2011
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LUIS FERNANDO DE ANDRADE SERRA
AMBASSADOR
FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL
BORN: 4 December 1949, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
AGE: 60
MARITAL
STATUS: Married to Rosana Pinheiro Machado de Andrade Serra
They have 3 children, ages 30, 27 and 21
EDUCATION: Law Degree, Rio de Janeiro State University, 1972
(Formerly known as Guanabara State University)
CAREER: 1972 Joined Diplomatic Academy of Brazil
1974 Assistant, Frontier division
Assistant, South America Directorate
1975 Third Secretary, Embassy of Brazil in Santiago, Chile
1977 Third Secretary then Second Secretary,
Embassy of Brazil in the Vatican City
1980 First Secretary, Embassy of Brazil in the Vatican City.
1981 First Secretary and Charge d'Affaires, Embassy of Brazil in Tunis, Tunisia
1984 Acting Advisor and Head, Africa Directorate
CAREER:
(cont'd) 1986 Advisor and Acting Secretary, Office of Internal Control
Regional Delegate for Accounting and Finance
1988 Counsellor and Charge d'Affaires, Embassy of Brazil in Moscow, Russia
1991 Counsellor, Embassy of Brazil in Paris, France
1994 Deputy Head of the Office of Congressional Relations
1996 - 2003 Minister-Counsellor and Charge d'Affaires, Embassy of Brazil in Bonn, Germany
2003 Chief Advisor,
Ministry of Communications
2004 Chief Advisor,
National Telecommunications Agency
2006 Ambassador in Accra, Ghana (concurrently accredited to Burkina Faso)
25 August 2011 Ambassador to Singapore
LANGUAGES: English, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Some knowledge of Russian and German
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August 2011
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DR ISMIEAL SHAFIQ MUHSIN
AMBASSADOR
REPUBLIC OF IRAQ
(resident in Jakarta)
BORN: 7 September 1953
AGE: 57
MARITAL:
STATUS Married to Hashmia Flayeh Abdulhamed
Has six children
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science (Electrical Engineering), University of Technology, Baghdad, 1976
Master of Science (Electrical and Computer Engineering), University of Arizona, 1988
PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering),
University of Arizona, 1992
CAREER: Taught at various schools in California, including DeVry's Institute of Technology, Chapman University, National University and University of California
Senior Instructor, Hitachi Data Systems
Group Leader Engineer, Nippon Electric Company
Vice President, Research and Development,
AMi-Med, Irvine, California
2009 Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
July 2010 - to date Ambassador of Iraq to Indonesia
25 August 2011 Ambassador of Iraq to Singapore (resident in Jakarta)
LANGUAGES: Arabic and English
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August 2011
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DR FIDELINO LOY DE JESUS FIGUEIREDO
AMBASSADOR
REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA
BORN: 8 September 1937, Luanda, Angola
AGE: 73
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Mrs Christine de Figueiredo. Two children.
EDUCATION: Doctorate in Political Studies, College of Law and Political Science, University of Vienna
CAREER: 1967 - 1994 External Relations and Industrial Development Officer, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)
1994 Permanent Representative to the Organisation of the United Nations (UN-Vienna)
Permanent Representative to the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)
Resident Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency
Permanent Representative to the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
1995 - Aug 2011
Ambassador to Austria (with concurrent accreditation to Slovenia and Croatia since 2004)
25 Aug 2011 Ambassador to Singapore
LANGUAGES: Portuguese (mother tongue), German, French, English, Spanish and Italian
HONORARY DISTINCTIONS: "Order National du Mérite"
(National Order of Merit) of the Republic of Gabon
August 2011