he 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 Ukraine, His Excellency Dr Viktor Mashtabei;
(b) The Ambassador of Ireland, His Excellency Richard O'Brien; and
(c) The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden, His Excellency Pär Ahlberger.
The curricula vitae of His Excellency Dr Viktor Mashtabei, His Excellency Richard O'Brien and His Excellency Pär Ahlberger are attached.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
1 SEPTEMBER 2006
DR VIKTOR MASHTABEI
AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
UKRAINE
BORN: 23 July 1944, Ukraine
AGE: 61
MARITAL STATUS: Married
Has one daughter
EDUCATION: PhD in History, Faculty of Philosophy, Kiev State University, 1968
CAREER: 1968 - 1971 Engineer, Postgraduate Student, Institute of Economy, USSR Academy of Sciences
1971 - 1979 Postgraduate Student, Junior Research Fellow, Institute of Cybernetics, USSR Academy of Sciences
1979 - 1989 Leading Research Fellow, Institute of Social and Economic Problems of Foreign States, USSR Academy of Sciences
1989 - 1991 Deputy Director-General, International Management Institute
Director, International Marketing Consulting Center
1991 - 1993 Deputy Head, International Marketing and Foreign Markets Section, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
CAREER
(cont'd) 1993 - 1998 Counsellor, Embassy of Ukraine in Belgium
Counsellor, Ukrainian Mission to the EU, Brussels
1998 - 2001 Deputy Head, Acting Head, EU Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2001 - 2004 Envoy, Embassy of Ukraine, UAE
2004 - 2005 Special Envoy, 6th Territorial Department (Middle East and Africa), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2005 -
May 2006 Director, Department of Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1 Sep 2006 Ambassador of Ukraine to Singapore
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1 September 2006
RICHARD O'BRIEN
AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
IRELAND
BORN: 6 August 1946, Dublin
AGE: 59
MARITAL STATUS: Married
EDUCATION: BA Honours, University of College Dublin, 1970
CAREER: 3 Jan 1972 Third Secretary (Economic Division), Department of Foreign Affairs
Mar 1973 Private Secretary to the Secretary General of the DFA
Apr 1974 Third Secretary, Embassy of Ireland, London
Jan 1976 First Secretary, Embassy of Ireland, London
Oct 1978 First Secretary (Political Division), DFA
Sep 1981 First Secretary, Embassy of Ireland, Washington, D.C.
Aug 1985 Counsellor (Press Section), DFA
Sep 1990 Ambassador to Poland, and concurrently accredited to Lithuania
CAREER:
(cont'd) Jul 1995 Ambassador to Australia, and concurrently accredited to Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
Aug 2002 to
Aug 2006 Ambassador to Egypt, and concurrently accredited to Jordan, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria
1 Sep 2006 Ambassador of Ireland to Singapore
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1 September 2006
PÄR AHLBERGER
AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
KINGDOM OF SWEDEN
BORN: 1962, Stockholm
AGE: 44
MARITAL STATUS: Married
Has two children
EDUCATION: B.A. (Political Science and Economics), University of Stockholm
Post Graduate Diploma, Johns Hopkins University, Bologna
CAREER: 1991 Researcher, Swedish National Defence Research Institute
1992 Officer, European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Geneva
1993 Trainee, Commission of the European Communities, Brussels
1993 Desk Officer, Ministry of Defence
1995 Special Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1997 Desk Officer, Ministry of Trade and Industry
CAREER:
(cont'd) 1998 First Secretary, Embassy of Sweden, Copenhagen
2000 Director, Office of the Minister of Trade
2002 to
Aug 2006 Deputy Head of Mission and Minister, Embassy of Sweden, Beijing
1 Sep 2006 Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Singapore
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1 September 2006