The following new foreign Heads of Mission presented their diplomatic credentials to President S R Nathan in separate ceremonies at the Istana today:
(a) The Ambassador of the State of Israel, Mr Ilan Ben-Dov, who has succeeded Mr Itzhak Shoham;
(b) The Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mr Christiaan Cornelis Sanders, who has succeeded Mr Hendrik Jan Van Pesch; and
(c) The Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary, Mr Tamas Magda, who has succeeded Dr Gyorgy Nanovfszky.
The curricula vitae of Mr Ilan Ben-Dov, Mr Christiaan Cornelis Sanders and Mr Tamas Magda are attached.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
29 AUGUST 2005
ILAN BEN-DOV
AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
STATE OF ISRAEL
BORN:
24 June 1959, Israel
AGE:
46
MARITAL
STATUS:
Married with three children
EDUCATION:
Bar Ilan University — BA, Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology
Hebrew University of Jerusalem — Masters, International Relations
University of Vienna, Austria, Political Science and International Relations
CAREER:
1986 - 1990 Foreign Ministry Cadet, Training Department, Training Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, North America Division, Cultural and Scientific Affairs Division, Division for the United Nations and International Organizations
1990 - 1995 First and Second Secretary, Bonn, Germany
1995 - 1998 Western Europe Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
CAREER:
(cont'd) 1998 - 2002 Minister-Counsellor and Charge D'Affairs, Vienna, Austria
2002 - 2005 Director of Information and Internet Department, Media and Public Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
29 Aug 2005 - to date Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore
LANGUAGES: Hebrew, English, German
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29 August 2005
CHRISTIAAN CORNELIS SANDERS
AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
BORN: 25 June 1946, Voorburg, the Netherlands
AGE: 59
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Marianne L. AANDEWIEL
EDUCATION: Graduated Secondary Education, 1965
Political Science, University of Amsterdam, 1973
CAREER: 1974 Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Has worked at several departments of MFA
1986 - 1991 Counsellor at the Permanent Representation to NATO, Brussels
1991 - 1995 Ambassador, Muscat
1995 - 1997 Consul-General, Hong Kong
1997 - 1999 Director, Security Policy Department, MFA
1999 - 2005
Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva
29 Aug 05 -
to date Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore
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29 August 2005
TAMAS MAGDA
AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY
BORN: 28 May 1971 in Miskolc, Hungary
AGE: 34
MARITAL
STATUS: Married to Mrs Krisztina Magdane HORNYIK
Has three children
EDUCATION: Graduated from Faculty of International Relations, State University of International Relations (MGIMO), Moscow, 1989-94
Foreign Trade Manager, Budapest Foreign Trade Education Ltd, 1995
Completed International Course, Royal Spanish Diplomatic Academy, 1995
CAREER: 1994 Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1994-96 Desk Officer in charge of Spain and Portugal
1997 Member of the Cabinet of Dr Ferenc Somogyi, State Secretary for EU and NATO Affairs
Head, Integration State Secretariat, MFA
1997-2002 Diplomat in charge of EU Affairs, Hungarian Embassy in London
CAREER:
(cont'd) 2002-2004 Deputy Head of Cabinet of Foreign Minister Laszlo Kovac
2004 -
Jul 2005 Deputy Head of Cabinet of Foreign Minister Dr Ferenc Somogyi
29 Aug 2005 - to date Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore
LANGUAGES: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian
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29 August 2005