Caption: (clockwise) Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia His Excellency Mansour Atyatallah Mohamed ALMazmoumi, High Commissioner of the Republic of Seychelles His Excellency Philippe Le Gall, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia His Excellency Andri Hadi and Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg His Excellency Marc Thill presented their credentials to President Tony Tan Keng Yam at the Istana today. [Photos: MICA]The following foreign Heads of Mission presented their credentials to President Tony Tan Keng Yam in separate ceremonies at the Istana today:
(a) The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
His Excellency Mansour Atyatallah Mohamed ALMazmoumi
(b) The High Commissioner of the Republic of Seychelles
His Excellency Philippe Le Gall
(c) The Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia
His Excellency Andri Hadi
(d) The Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
His Excellency Marc Thill
The curriculum vitae of His Excellency Mansour Atyatallah Mohamed ALMazmoumi, His Excellency Philippe Le Gall, His Excellency Andri Hadi and His Excellency Marc Thill are attached.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
26 JANUARY 2012
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MANSOUR ATYATALLAH MOHAMED
AL MAZMOUMI
AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
BORN : 1 Oct 1960, Gran
AGE : 51
MARITAL STATUS : Married with 5 children
EDUCATION:
1990 Bachelor degree in Sociology, University of Texas, Houston, USA
1992 Masters degree in Public Administration, University of Texas, Houston, USA
CAREER:
1981 Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1985 - 1996 Vice Consul at the General Consulate in Houston
1997 - 2001 Second Secretary at the Saudi Embassy in Hague, Netherlands
2001 - 2003 First Secretary, Acting Consul General in Geneva, Switzerland
2003 - 2007 Protocol Department, Jeddah, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2007 - 2011 Consul General to Aden, Republic of Yemen
16 Aug 2011 Ambassador-designate to Singapore
26 Jan 2012 Ambassador to Singapore
LANGUAGE : Arabic, English, Dutch and French
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PHILIPPE LE GALL
HIGH COMMISSIONER TO SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES
BORN: 8 August 1954, France
AGE: 57
NATIONALITY: Seychellois and French
MARITAL STATUS: Single
EDUCATION: Law and Political Science
CAREER:
1977 - 1978 Journalist, Oeust - France (a French regional newspaper)
1979 - 1983 Freelance reporter and press correspondent in South-East Asia
Lecturer, French language and history, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
1984 - 1991 Senior administrative positions in several Paris-based business schools
(the Center for Studies and Training) and cultural institutions (Paris Boys
Choir, Bernard Thomas Chamber Orchestra)
1992 - 2001 Adviser to the Minister of Culture
2001 - 2006 Special Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
11 May 2007 Ambassador of Seychelles to the People's Republic of China,
concurrently accredited to Japan, Korea, Cambodia, Laos, Viet Nam,
Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand
28 Nov 2011 High Commissioner -designate to Singapore
26 Jan 2012 High Commissioner to Singapore, resident in Beijing
OTHER APPOINTMENTS: Vice President of the Permanent Committee of French-
speaking Ambassadors posted in Beijing
AWARDS : Chevalier des Arts et Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters),
France (1998)
Indian Ocean Literary Award for 'The King's Garden' a collection of short
stories (2003)
Officier des Arts et Lettres (Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters), France
(2008)
LANGUAGE : English, French and Creole
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ANDRI HADI
AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
BORN: 12 February 1960, Bandung
AGE: 51
MARITAL STATUS: Married with 3 children
EDUCATION:
1986 Bachelors Degree in International Law, Padjajaran University, Bandung
1998 Master of International Human Rights Law, Monash University, Australia
2009 - present PhD Candidate in International Public Law, Faculty of Law, Padjajaran University, Bandung
CAREER:
1990 - 1992 Head of Section of North American Affairs I, Directorate General of Political
Affairs
1992 - 1996 Third Secretary, Political Affairs, Indonesian Embassy in Washington DC,
United States of America
1996 - 1998 Head of Sub-Division of the Minister's Administration, General Bureau,
Secretary General
1998 - 1999 Head of Section of Humanitarian Affairs, Directorate General of Political
Affairs
1999 - 2004 First Secretary, Information and Social-Cultural Affairs, Indonesian
Embassy in Ottawa, Canada
2004 - 2005 Director of Public Diplomacy, Directorate General of Information, Public
Diplomacy and International Treaty
2005 - 2007 Minister/Deputy Chief Mission, Indonesian Embassy in Washington DC,
United States of America
2007 - 2011 Director General for Information and Public Diplomacy, Directorate General
of Information and Public Diplomacy
5 December 2011 Ambassador-designate to Singapore
26 Jan 2011 Ambassador to Singapore
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MARC THILL
AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG
BORN: 16 March 1953, Luxembourg
AGE 58
MARITAL STATUS: Married with 2 children
EDUCATION: Law Degree, University of Liège, 1975
CAREER:
1977 - 1978 Attaché at the Ministère d'Etat, Service of Information and Press
1979 Attaché in the Cabinet of HE Gaston Thorn, Luxembourg Prime Minister
1979 - 1983 First Secretary at the Embassy of Luxembourg in Paris
Deputy Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the OECD
Liaison officer of Luxembourg to the UNESCO
1983 - 1985 Counsellor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Luxembourg
Assistant to the Representative of the Luxembourg Prime Minister at the ad
hoc committee for institutional questions
Assistant to the Representative of the Luxembourg Minister of Foreign
Affairs at the preparatory group for the intergovernmental conference
charged with the negotiations of the Single European Act
1986 - 1991 Legal adviser to Advocate General Jean Mischo at the Court of Justice of
the European Communities
1991 - 1996 Legal adviser to Judge Fernand Schockweiler at the Court of Justice of the
European Communities
1996 - 2003 Legal adviser to Judge Romain Schintgen at the Court of Justice of the
European Communities
1999 - 2004 Member of the Board of Directors to the Luxembourgish Olympic
Committee, President of the Judicial and Administrative Commission and
of the Administrative Bureau
2003 - 2005 Director for International Economic Relations at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
Full member of the 133 Committee of the European Union
Member of the Board of Directors of Luxair S A
Member of the Committee of Office du Ducroire of the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg
Member of the Board of Directors of the National Credit and Investment
Company
2005 - Aug 2011 Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to
Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (resident in
Vienna, Austria)
Concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Hungary and the Slovak
Republic
Jun 2007 Chairperson of the Extraordinary Conference of the States Parties to the
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. He was Chairperson of
the conference and his term ended when the conference was concluded.
14 Sept 2011 Ambassador to Thailand
16 Sept 2011 Ambassador-designate to Singapore
26 Jan 2012 Ambassador to Singapore, resident in Bangkok
(with concurrent accreditation to Viet Nam, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia,
ASEAN)
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26 January 2012