MFA Press Statement: Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 29 December 2011

The following foreign Heads of Mission presented their credentials to President Tony Tan Keng Yam in separate ceremonies at the Istana today:

(a) The Ambassador of the Russian Federation
His Excellency Leonid Moiseev

(b) The High Commissioner of the Republic of Fiji
His Excellency Ratu Seremaia Tuinausori Cavuilati

(c) The Ambassador of the Czech Republic
His Excellency Tomáš Smetánka

The curricula vitae of His Excellency Leonid Moiseev, His Excellency Ratu Seremaia Tuinausori Cavuilati and His Excellency Tomáš Smetánka are attached.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
29 DECEMBER 2011
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LEONID MOISEEV

AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
RUSSIAN FEDERATION

BORN: 1948

AGE: 63

MARITAL STATUS: Married to Madam Galina Moiseeva

EDUCATION:
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the MFA of USSR

CAREER:
1973 Started Diplomatic career

1974 - 1978 Diplomatic positions in the USSR Embassy in China

1981 - 1987 Diplomatic positions in the USSR Embassy in Japan

1990 - 1994 Diplomatic positions in the Russian Federation and subsequently Russian Embassy in China

1994 - 2001 First Deputy Director 1st Asia Department of MFA of the Russian Federation and subsequently Director for the 1st Asia Department of the Russian Federation

2001 - 2005 Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Australia, concurrently Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Nauru, Republic of Vanuatu and Republic of the Fiji Islands

2006 - 2011 Ambassador at Large of the Russian Federation for SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization)

Holds diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

29 December 2011 Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Singapore

AWARDS: Medal of Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II Degree (1998)
Medal of Order of Merit for the Fatherland, I Degree (2004)

LANGUAGES: Mandarin Chinese, English

HOBBIES: Swimming, Lawn Tennis

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RATU SEREMAIA TUINAUSORI CAVUILATI

HIGH COMMISSIONER TO SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF FIJI

MARITAL STATUS: Married
Has 2 children and 2 grandchildren

EDUCATION:
Ratu Kadavu School, 1963-68

Marist Brothers High School, 1969-70

Bachelor of Science, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, 1971-74

Post Graduate Diploma in Fisheries Science, Bombay, India, 1978-80

CAREER:
1976 Fisheries Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forests

1986 Chief Fisheries Officer

1990 Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Primary Industries (Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry)

1991 Permanent Secretary, Ministry for Primary Industries (Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)

1992 Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Tourism, Civil Aviation and External Trade

Mar 1997- Apr 2001 Fiji's Ambassador to Japan, concurrently accredited to the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea

Apr 2001- Nov 2001 Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, External Trade and Sugar

Nov 2001- Dec 2003 Secretary, Public Service Commission

Jan 2004 Acting Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade

May 2004- May 2009 Fiji's Permanent Representative to the European Union, ACP Group and Europe-based Multilateral Institutions

Oct 2009 Fiji's Roving Ambassador/High Commissioner to the Pacific Islands Countries (Non-MSG)

Nov 2010 Fiji's non-resident Ambassador to Indonesia

June 2011 Fiji's first resident Ambassador to Indonesia

29 December 2011 High Commissioner of the Republic of Fiji to Singapore (resident in Jakarta)

INTERESTS:
Music, Arts, Religious Activities and Sports [Represented Fiji in Rugby (Sevens and Fifteen Codes) 1973 - 97 and a keen golfer]

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TOMÁŠ SMETÁNKA

AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
CZECH REPUBLIC

BORN: 1959

AGE: 51

MARITAL STATUS: Married
Has three children

EDUCATION:
Department of Oriental and African Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, Charles University, Prague (1978 - 1983)

Postgraduate Course in Arabic. Cairo University. Cairo, Egypt (1983 - 1984)

Times Mirror Fellowship Program for Central European Journalists, Times Mirror Center. Washington D. C. (1990)

CAREER:
1985 - 1988 Translator and interpreter

1988 - 1989 Teacher, School of Foreign Languages

1990 - 1993 Reporter, Commentator, Deputy Editor, Editor-in-chief, Lidove Noviny Daily

1994 - 1995 Director, Middle East and North Africa Department, MFA

1996 - 2001 Ambassador to Jordan

2001 - 2004 Ambassador to the People's Republic of China

2004 - 2008 Ambassador to the Republic of Korea

2008 - 2009 Coordinator of the EU Presidency for the Middle East and North Africa, Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the EU, Brussels

2009 Director, Middle East and North Africa Department, MFA

October 2011 - present Ambassador to Indonesia

29 December 2011 Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Singapore (resident in Jakarta)

LANGUAGES: English, Arabic, French and Russian

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