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 Republic of Mali
His Excellency Ousmane Tandia
(b) The Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan
His Excellency Dr Tamerlan Karayev
(c) The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand
His Excellency Marut Jitpatima
(d) The Ambassador of Mongolia
Her Excellency Banzragch Delgermaa
The curricula vitae of His Excellency Ousmane Tandia, His Excellency Dr Tamerlan Karayev, His Excellency Marut Jitpatima and Her Excellency Banzragch Delgermaa are attached.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
23 FEBRUARY 2012
OUSMANE TANDIA
AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF MALI
BORN: 19 April 1952, Kita (Kayes Region), Mali
AGE: 59
MARITAL
STATUS: Married to Mrs Tiguida Diarra Tandia
Has two daughters and one son
EDUCATION: Diploma of Basic School, Kita, Mali, 1959 - 1970
Badalabougou School, Bamako, Mali
Baccalaureate Philo-language (Diploma), 1970 - 1974
Higher Normal School (École Normale Supérieure, ENSUP) Bamako, Mali
Diploma l'ENSUP (Master), 1974 - 1978
University of Saarbruken, Federal Republic of Germany, 1981 - 1982
International Computing Laboratory and Intelligence Wall (LICI), Paris, Aug - Oct 1986
CAREER: 1978 - 1979 Professor of Secondary Education, Technical School,
Ministry of National Education, Mali
1979 - 1980 Department of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation International (DFAIC), Mali
1983 - 1985 Head of Section, Latin America Political Relations, Political Division, DFAIC, Mali
1986 - 1987 Directorate General of Political Affairs, Acting Head of Division, responsible for relations with countries in Europe and all of Americas, DFAIC, Mali
1987 - 1990 Directorate General of Political Affairs, Foreign Affairs Adviser & Division Chief, responsible for relations with countries in Europe and all of Americas, DFAIC, Mali
May - Dec 1991 Senior Counsellor, Head of Liaison Office, Embassy of Mali, Berlin
1991 Representative of Mali to the 35th Ordinary Session of International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
1992 - 1995 Senior Counsellor, Embassy of Mali, Bonn
1995 - 1998 Charge d` Affaires, Embassy of Mali, Pretoria
1998 - 1999 Assistant Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mali
2000 - 2002 Technical Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in charge of African Continent, Middle East and Americas
2002 - 2006 Chief of Protocol to the President of Mali
2006 - 2010 Ambassador to Libya with concurrent accreditation to Chad and Malta.
September 2010 to present Ambassador to India
23 February 2012 to present Ambassador to Singapore
OTHER APPOINTMENTS: Assistant Secretary General, Association of Citizens and Supporters Circle, Kita (ADERSCK), 1988 - 1991
Administrative Secretary, Youth Movement for Development of Touba District, Banamba (MJDT), 1989 - 1991
AWARDS: Decorated Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour of the French Republic, 2003
Decorated Knight of the National Order, 2010
LANGUAGES: English, French, German, Bambara, Sarakole and Malinke
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DR TAMERLAN ELMAR OGLU KARAYEV
AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN
BORN: 30 January 1952
AGE: 60
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Mrs Farida Karayeva
Has two sons
EDUCATION: PhD in Law, Faculty of Law, Azerbaijan State University, 1973
CAREER: 1973 - 1978 Prosecutor, Office of the Baky City Public Prosecutor, Department of Investigations
1978 - 1990 Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law, Doctor of Law, Professor, Azerbaijan State University
1990 - 1991 Member of the Supreme Council (Parliament) of Azerbaijan
1991 - 1992 Vice-Speaker of the Supreme Council
1992 - 1993 First Vice-Speaker of Milli Mejlis (Parliament)
1993 - 2001 Ambassador to the People's Republic of China.
2001 - 2006 Director, International Consulting Company
2004 - 2011 Ambassador to India, with concurrent accreditation to Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh (from 2006) and the Maldives (from 2007)
28 October 2011 to present Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Indonesia
23 February 2012 to present Ambassador to Singapore
LANGUAGES Azeri, Turkish, Russian, English
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February 2012
MR MARUT JITPATIMA
AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
KINGDOM OF THAILAND
BORN: 6 June 1954, Bangkok, Thailand
AGE: 57
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Mrs Jiraporn Jitpatima
Has one daughter
EDUCATION: B.A. (Law), Chulalongkorn University, 1976
M.A. (Public Administration), University of Detroit, 1978
CAREER:
1979 - 1980 Training Officer III, Agricultural Land Reform Office, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Training Officer III, Office of the Civil Service Commission, Office of the Prime Minister
1980 - 1981
Attaché, Africa and Arab Countries Division, Department of Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
1981 - 1983
Third Secretary, East Asia Division, Department of Political Affairs, MFA
1983 - 1984
Second Secretary, East Asia Division, Department of Political Affairs, MFA
1984 - 1986
Second Secretary, Royal Thai Embassy, Hanoi
1986 - 1987
Second Secretary, Social, Cultural and Information Division, Department of ASEAN Affairs, MFA
1987 - 1988
First Secretary, Social, Cultural and Information Division, Department of ASEAN Affairs, MFA
1988 - 1989
First Secretary, Economic and Financial Policy Division, Department of ASEAN Affairs, MFA
1989 - 1993
First Secretary, Royal Thai Embassy, Ottawa
1993 - 1995 Chief, Secretariat to the Department, Department of East Asian Affairs, MFA
1995 - 2000 Minister Counsellor, Royal Thai Embassy, Rabat
2000 - 2001
Director, Division III, Department of European Affairs, MFA
2001 - 2002 Director, North America Division, Department of American and South Pacific Affairs, MFA
2002 - 2006 Minister, Royal Thai Embassy, Jakarta
2006 - 2007 Minister, Department of Protocol, MFA
2007 - 2010 Minister, Royal Thai Embassy, Singapore
2010 - Jan 2012 Ambassador to Pakistan
23 February 2012 to present Ambassador to Singapore
AWARDS: Command (Third Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand, 1984
Command (Third Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant, 1988
Knight Command (Second Class) of the Most Noble of the Crown of Thailand, 1993
Knight Commander (Second Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant, 1998
Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand, 2002
The Chakrabarti Mala Medal, 2004
Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant, 2005
Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand, 2010
LANGUAGES:
Thai, English
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February 2012
MRS BANZRAGCH DELGERMAA
AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
MONGOLIA
BORN: 5 October 1959, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
AGE: 52
MARITAL:
STATUS Married to Mr Gombo Erdenebayar
EDUCATION: Secondary School # 23, Ulaanbaatar, 1977
Bachelors Degree in Law (Honours)
The University of Kubani, former Soviet Union, 1982
Language course, Leeds University, United Kingdom, 1992
Scholarship, California State Legislature, 1995
Ph.D in History, Siberia Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation, 2005
CAREER: 1982 - 1985 Researcher, General State Prosecutor, Ulaanbaatar
1986 - 1989 Lecturer, Mongolian State National University, Ulaanbaatar
1989 - 1990 Researcher, Academy of Sciences of Mongolia
1991 - 1993 Advisor, Standing Committee on Economic Affairs, Parliament of Mongolia
1993 - 1996 Director, Political Education Academy of Mongolia
1996 - 2000 Member of Parliament of Mongolia, Chair of Subcommittee on Human Rights and Secretary General of the Democratic Party
1996 - 2002 President of the Mongolian Shooting Sports Association, Member of the Executive Board of the Mongolian National Olympic Committee
2000 - 2002 National Advisor for Human Rights of the UNDP in the Mongolian National Commission of Human Rights
2002 - 2004 President, Board of Political Education Academy
2004 - 2006 Advisor for Social Policy to the Prime Minister of Mongolia
2003 - 2010 President, Mongolian Democratic Woman Union, Democratic Party
2010 - 2011 General Director, Post Graduate School of Social Science LIBERTY, Ulaanbaatar
23 February 2012 to present Ambassador to Singapore
AWARDS : Order of the Red Banner of Labour
LANGUAGE: English, Russian
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February 2012