MFA Press Statement: Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 25 August 2011

The following foreign Heads of Mission presented their credentials to President S R Nathan in separate ceremonies at the Istana today:

(a) The Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
His Excellency Tran Hai Hau

(b) The Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil
His Excellency Luis Fernando de Andrade Serra

(c) The Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq
His Excellency Dr Ismieal Shafiq Muhsin

(d) The Ambassador of the Republic of Angola
His Excellency Dr Fidelino Loy de Jesus Figueiredo

The curricula vitae of His Excellency Tran Hai Hau, His Excellency Luis Fernando de Andrade Serra, His Excellency Dr Ismieal Shafiq Muhsin and His Excellency Dr Fidelino Loy de Jesus Figueiredo are attached.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
25 AUGUST 2011

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TRAN HAI HAU

AMBASSADOR

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM

Age: 55

Date of Birth: 6 Oct 1955, Nam Dinh Province

Marital status: Married with two children

Qualification:

1977-1982 B.A. in International Relations from
University of Diplomacy

1993-1994 Studied English in New Zealand

Career:

1972-1975 Joined the Army

1982-1984 Desk Officer, Department of Asia II,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1984-1989 Attaché, then Third Secretary,
Embassy of Viet Nam in Cambodia

1989-1991 Consul, Consulate-General of Viet Nam Kompongsom, Cambodia

1991-1993 Desk Officer, then Assistant Director-General, Department of Asia II, MOFA

1994-1996 Assistant Director General, then Deputy Director General, Department of Southeast Asia, South Asia and South Pacific, MOFA

1996-1998 Consul General of Viet Nam
Sihanoukville, Cambodia

1998-2000 Minister Counsellor,
Embassy of Viet Nam in Cambodia

2000-2002 Deputy Director General, then Acting Director General for Department of Asia II

2003-2007 Ambassador of Viet Nam to New Zealand, Fiji and Samoa

2008 to 2011 Director General for the Department of Southeast Asia, South Asia and South Pacific, MOFA

25 Aug 2011 Ambassador to Singapore

Languages: English, French and Khmer

Hobby: Golf

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LUIS FERNANDO DE ANDRADE SERRA

AMBASSADOR

FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL

BORN: 4 December 1949, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

AGE: 60

MARITAL
STATUS: Married to Rosana Pinheiro Machado de Andrade Serra
They have 3 children, ages 30, 27 and 21

EDUCATION: Law Degree, Rio de Janeiro State University, 1972
(Formerly known as Guanabara State University)

CAREER: 1972 Joined Diplomatic Academy of Brazil

1974 Assistant, Frontier division

Assistant, South America Directorate

1975 Third Secretary, Embassy of Brazil in Santiago, Chile

1977 Third Secretary then Second Secretary,
Embassy of Brazil in the Vatican City

1980 First Secretary, Embassy of Brazil in the Vatican City.

1981 First Secretary and Charge d'Affaires, Embassy of Brazil in Tunis, Tunisia

1984 Acting Advisor and Head, Africa Directorate

CAREER:
(cont'd) 1986 Advisor and Acting Secretary, Office of Internal Control

Regional Delegate for Accounting and Finance

1988 Counsellor and Charge d'Affaires, Embassy of Brazil in Moscow, Russia

1991 Counsellor, Embassy of Brazil in Paris, France

1994 Deputy Head of the Office of Congressional Relations

1996 - 2003 Minister-Counsellor and Charge d'Affaires, Embassy of Brazil in Bonn, Germany

2003 Chief Advisor,
Ministry of Communications

2004 Chief Advisor,
National Telecommunications Agency

2006 Ambassador in Accra, Ghana (concurrently accredited to Burkina Faso)

25 August 2011 Ambassador to Singapore

LANGUAGES: English, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Some knowledge of Russian and German

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DR ISMIEAL SHAFIQ MUHSIN

AMBASSADOR

REPUBLIC OF IRAQ

(resident in Jakarta)

BORN: 7 September 1953

AGE: 57

MARITAL:
STATUS Married to Hashmia Flayeh Abdulhamed
Has six children

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science (Electrical Engineering), University of Technology, Baghdad, 1976

Master of Science (Electrical and Computer Engineering), University of Arizona, 1988

PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering),
University of Arizona, 1992

CAREER: Taught at various schools in California, including DeVry's Institute of Technology, Chapman University, National University and University of California

Senior Instructor, Hitachi Data Systems

Group Leader Engineer, Nippon Electric Company

Vice President, Research and Development,
AMi-Med, Irvine, California

2009 Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

July 2010 - to date Ambassador of Iraq to Indonesia

25 August 2011 Ambassador of Iraq to Singapore (resident in Jakarta)

LANGUAGES: Arabic and English

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DR FIDELINO LOY DE JESUS FIGUEIREDO

AMBASSADOR

REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA

BORN: 8 September 1937, Luanda, Angola

AGE: 73

MARITAL STATUS: Married to Mrs Christine de Figueiredo. Two children.

EDUCATION: Doctorate in Political Studies, College of Law and Political Science, University of Vienna

CAREER: 1967 - 1994 External Relations and Industrial Development Officer, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)

1994 Permanent Representative to the Organisation of the United Nations (UN-Vienna)

Permanent Representative to the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)

Resident Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency

Permanent Representative to the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

1995 - Aug 2011
Ambassador to Austria (with concurrent accreditation to Slovenia and Croatia since 2004)

25 Aug 2011 Ambassador to Singapore

LANGUAGES: Portuguese (mother tongue), German, French, English, Spanish and Italian

HONORARY DISTINCTIONS: "Order National du Mérite"
(National Order of Merit) of the Republic of Gabon

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