The Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam presents his credentials to President Tony Tan [Photo: MCI]
![The Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam presents his credentials to President Tony Tan [Photo: MCI]](-/media/Images/MFA/Press-Releases/Archived/pr2015201501press201501290jcrcontentpararticlemfatextimage3imageimgjpg1463553073944 "The Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam presents his credentials to President Tony Tan [Photo: MCI]")
The Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam presents his credentials to President Tony Tan [Photo: MCI]
![The Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia presents his credentials to President Tony Tan [Photo: MCI]](-/media/Images/MFA/Press-Releases/Archived/pr2015201501press201501290jcrcontentpararticlemfatextimage30imageimgjpg1463553073548 "The Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia presents his credentials to President Tony Tan [Photo: MCI]")
The Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia presents his credentials to President Tony Tan [Photo: MCI]
![The High Commissioner of the Republic of Maldives presents her credentials to President Tony Tan [Photo: MCI]](-/media/Images/MFA/Press-Releases/Archived/pr2015201501press201501290jcrcontentpararticlemfatextimage31imageimgjpg1463553073550 "The High Commissioner of the Republic of Maldives presents her credentials to President Tony Tan [Photo: MCI]")
The High Commissioner of the Republic of Maldives presents her credentials to President Tony Tan [Photo: MCI]
The following foreign Ambassadors and High Commissioner presented their credentials to
President Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam in separate ceremonies at the Istana today:
(a) The Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
His Excellency Nguyen Tien Minh
(b) The Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia
His Excellency Peteris Vaivars
(c) The High Commissioner of the Republic of Maldives
Her Excellency Fathimath Inaya
Their curricula vitae are attached.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
29 JANUARY 2015
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HE PĒTERIS VAIVARS
AMBASSADOR TO THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF LATVIA
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1981 – 1986 |
Riga Polytechnical Institute, Faculty of Automatics and Computing Technique |
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1995 |
Clingendale Institute of International Relations, The Hague |
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2006 |
Oxford University, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies |
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1986 – 1988 |
Engineer, Deputy Chairman of the Student’s Trade Union, Riga Polytechnical Institute |
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1988 – 1990 |
Employee, Central Committee of the Latvian Youth Communist League |
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1990 – 1992 |
Senior Desk Officer, Latvian Youth Organisations Committee |
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1992 |
Director, SSTF Ltd. |
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1992 – 1995 |
Senior Desk Officer, Head of the Division of the Nordic and Baltic states, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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1995 – 1997 |
First Secretary, Latvian Embassy in Finland |
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1997 – 2000 |
Ambassador to Ukraine |
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1998 – 2000 |
Non-resident Ambassador to Romania and Moldova |
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2000 – 2006 |
Deputy State Secretary, Administrative - Legal Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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2003 – 2006 |
Non-resident Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro |
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2006 – 2013 |
Ambassador to Japan |
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2007 – Apr 2014 |
Non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Korea |
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29 Jan 2015 |
Deputy State Secretary, Administrative Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ambassador to Singapore |
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Jun 2004 |
Minister of Defence Award – Memory Medal for Advancing Latvia’s membership to NATO |
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Jan 2005 |
Letter of Honour of the Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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2013 |
Honorary Citizen of Rūjiena Town |
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Latvian, English, Russian |
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HE FATHIMATH INAYA
HIGH COMMISSIONER TO THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES
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8 March 1976 |
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2005 |
Master of International Studies, University of Sydney, Australia
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1999 - 2001 |
Bachelor of Arts in Development Studies and Asian Studies, Flinders University, Australia
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29 Jan 2015 |
High Commissioner of Maldives to Singapore |
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Dec 2013
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Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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May 2012 - Dec 2013 |
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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Nov 2009 - May 2012 |
Deputy Additional Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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Oct 2007 - Nov 2009 |
Director, Foreign Relations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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CAREER: (cont’d) |
Mar 2006 - Oct 2007 |
Assistant Director, Foreign Relations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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Dec 2005 - Mar 2006 |
Desk Officer, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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Dec 2001 - Jan 2005
Dec 1996 - Jan 1999
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Desk Officer, Foreign Relations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Desk Officer Trainee, Foreign Relations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Completed a number of professional training programmes and participated in a number of regional and international meetings, including SAARC summits and UN General Assembly meetings. |
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January 2015