The following new foreign Head of Mission presented his diplomatic credentials to President S R Nathan at the Istana today:
Ambassador of the French Republic, His Excellency Pierre Buhler.
The curriculum vitae of His Excellency Pierre Buhler is attached.
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
28 SEPTEMBER 2006
PIERRE BUHLER
AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
FRENCH REPUBLIC
BORN: 21 March 1954
AGE: 52
EDUCATION: Graduate of the Ecole Nationale d'Administration , 1982
Graduate of the National School for Oriental Languages
Graduate of the Institute of Political Studies (Science Po), Paris
MA of Applied Economy
Graduate of Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC)
BA of Ethnology
BA of Law
CAREER: 1980 - 1982 Trainee of the Ecole Nationale d'Administration
1982 - 1983 Directorate of Europe, Quai d'Orsay (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
1983 - 1985 2nd Secretary, then 1st Secretary, French Embassy in Warsaw
1985 - 1986 1st Secretary, then 2nd Counsellor, French Embassy in Moscow
CAREER:
(cont'd) 1988 - 1990 Directorate for Strategic Affairs and Disarmament, Quai d'Orsay
1990 - 1993 Adjunct Chief of Policy Planning Staff, Quai d'Orsay
1993 - 1996 2nd Counsellor, French Embassy in Washington
1996 - 2001 Cultural Counsellor, Permanent Representative of the French Universities, New York
2001 - 2002 Diplomatic Counsellor of the Minister of Defence
2002 Secretary-General of the Conference of Ambassadors in Paris
2002 - 2006 Associate Professor in the Institute of Political Studies (IEP Paris)
10 - 27 Sept 2006 Ambassador-designate of the French Republic to the Republic of Singapore
28 September 2006 Ambassador of the French Republic to the Republic of Singapore
AWARDS/
DECORATIONS: Knight in the Legion d'Honneur
Knight in the National Order of Merite
LANGUAGES: German, English, Polish, Russian
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28 September 2006