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MFA Press Statement: Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 22 April 2015

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22 April 2015

Photo credits: MCI The following foreign Ambassadors presented their credentials to President Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam in separate ceremonies at the Istana toda...

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Photo credits: MCI

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

(a)   The Ambassador of the Russian Federation

His Excellency Andrey Tatarinov

(b)   The Ambassador of the Republic of Suriname

His Excellency Lloyd Lucien Pinas

(c)   The Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic

His Excellency Pericles Boutos

Their curricula vitae are attached.        

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE 

22 APRIL 2015

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HE ANDREY TATARINOV

 

AMBASSADOR TO THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

BORN:

1 January 1951

AGE:


64

MARITAL

STATUS:


Married with a son

EDUCATION:

1973

Graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)





CAREER:

1973

Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs



1973 –1977

Attaché, Embassy in Vietnam



1978 – 1982

3rd Secretary, 2nd Secretary, South-East Asia Division, MFA



1982 –1988


1st Secretary, Counsellor, Embassy in Vietnam



1998 –1992

Expert, General Secretariat, MFA



1992 –1997

Minister-Counsellor, Embassy in Thailand





1997 – 2001

Deputy Director, HR Department, MFA



2001 – 2004


Ambassador to Vietnam






2004 – 2007



2004 – 2007

Deputy Director, ASEAN & Asia-Pacific-Region Affairs Department, MFA


Special MFA Envoy for ASEAN & Asia-Pacific-Region States



Jan 2008 – Nov 2008

Director, Department of the Asia-Pacific Region, MFA



Nov 2008 – Oct 2012

Ambassador to New Zealand






Oct 2012


Director, 3rd Asia Department, MFA  



22 Apr 2015 

Ambassador to Singapore

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April 2015

HE LLOYD LUCIEN PINAS

AMBASSADOR TO THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

REPUBLIC OF SURINAME

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BORN:

17 February 1972





AGE:

43





MARITAL

STATUS:

Married to Olivera Stojanovic Pinas with two daughters





EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s Degree, Academy for Higher Art and Culture, Suriname, 1996




Master’s Degree, Educational Sociology, Anhui University, China, 2005




Ph.D., History of Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), 2008





CAREER:

1991

Junior Reporter at Suriname News Station






Radio News Reporter at Suriname Broadcasting Station (SRS)





1994 - 1998

PR/Information Officer at Ministry of Agriculture






Chinese Language Trainer





CAREER:

(cont’d)



Interpreter/ Assistant to the Ambassador, Embassy of Suriname in  Beijing





2008 - 2010

Researcher, USTC



Aug 2011 to date

Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China





22 Apr 2015

Ambassador to Singapore







LANGUAGES:

Dutch, English, Mandarin



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April 2015

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HE PERICLES BOUTOS

 

AMBASSDOR TO THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

 

HELLENIC REPUBLIC

 

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BORN:

12 February 1958 in Athens, Greece







AGE:

57





MARITAL STATUS:

Married to Galina Matsukatova

Has a son and a daughter





EDUCATION:

Degree in Economics, London School of Economics, University of London, 1979




MSc in Monetary Economics, London School of Economics, University of London, 1982






CAREER:

1986 - 1988

A5 Middle East Department, MFA





1988 - 1991

A2 Turkey and Cyprus Department, MFA





1991 - 1994

Embassy of Greece in Vienna, Austria





1994 - 1998

Consul, Consulate of Greece in Venice, Italy





1998 - 2000

A4 Turkey Department, MFA





2000 - 2002


Consul-General, Consulate-General of Greece in  Novorossiysk, Russian Federation



2003

Sabbatical Leave

CAREER:

(Cont'd)

2004

Liaison Officer, Protocol Department, Athens Olympics Organizing Committee





2004 - 2005

Deputy Director, A7 United States and Canada Department, MFA





2005 - 2009

Bilateral Relations Desk Officer,

A4 Turkey Department, MFA





2009 - 2011

Deputy Director, A4 Turkey Department, MFA





2011 - 2012

Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Greece in Helsinki, Finland





2012 - 2014

Director, Telecommunications and Information Technology Department, MFA





16 Dec 2014

Ambassador to Thailand





22 Apr 2015

Ambassador to Singapore





LANGUAGES:

English, French and Italian









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