MFA Press Statement - Presentation of Credentials

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PRESS STATEMENT

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

(a) The Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr Mochamad Slamet Hidayat who has succeeded Dr Johan Syahperi Saleh;

(b) The Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Mr João Gualberto Marques-Porto Jr who has succeeded Mr Paulo Dyrceu Pinheiro;

(c) The Ambassador of the Argentine Republic, Mr Jose Luis Mignini who has succeeded Mr Alfredo Raul Morelli;

(d) The Ambassador of the Republic of El Salvador, Mr Jose Ricardo Paredes Osorio; and

(e) The Ambassador of the State of Eritrea Mr Tseggai Tesfazion, who has succeeded Mr Mohammed Nur Ahmed.

The curricula vitae of Mr Mochamad Slamet Hidayat, Mr João Gualberto Marques-Porto Jr, Mr Jose Luis Mignini, Mr Jose Ricardo Paredes Osorio, and Mr Tseggai Tesfazion are attached.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
7 AUGUST 2003

M. SLAMET HIDAYAT
AMBASSADOR
REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA

BORN: 28 September 1953, Purbalingga, Indonesia

AGE: 49

MARITAL
STATUS: Married with three children

RELIGION:
Islam

EDUCATION:

1979
Faculty of Law, University of Jayabaya, Jakarta, Indonesia

1992 Master of Business Administration,
United States International University

CAREER: 1980-82 Attache, Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations, New York

1982-84 Third Secretary, Indonesian Embassy,
Vienna, Austria

1984-86 Chief of Commodity Section,
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Jakarta, Indonesia

1987-93 First Secretary / Head of Economic Section / Deputy Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Indonesian Embassy,
Nairobi, Kenya

1993-95 Deputy Director for UN Economic And Social Bodies, Department of Foreign Affairs, Jakarta, Indonesia

CAREER:
(cont'd)

1995-99 Minister-Counsellor,
Head of Economic Division 1, Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations, New York

1999-2000
Director for Multilateral Economic Coorperation,
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Jakarta, Indonesia

2001-2003

Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations, New York

7 Aug 2003 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Indonesia to Singapore

OTHER APPOINTMENTS:

1996 - 1997 Member, United Nations Staff Pension
Committee, New York

1997
Vice-President, Executive Board United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

1998
Spokesperson / Main Negotiator of the
Group of 77, New York

2000 - 2001
Executive Director, Common Fund for Commodities representing the countries of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore

2001 - 2002
Vice-Chairman,
United Nations Forum on Forest,
New York

OTHER APPOINTMENTS:
(cont'd)

2002
Chairman,
Drafting Group on Disarmament of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial Meeting, Johannesburg, South Africa

2002
Member of the Troika on the Pre-Summit on World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)

2002
Member of the Facilitators of UN Reform, New York

PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES:

1982 - 84 Industrial Development Board,
Vienna, Austria

1988 United Nations Commission For Human Settlement, Cartagena, Columbia

1990 - 1991 PREPCOM I-IV Summit on Environment and Development,
Geneva, Madrid, Nairobi

1988 - 92 Governing Council of UNEP,
Nairobi, Kenya

1989 - 1992 United Nations Commission for Human Settlements, Nairobi, Kenya

1992 1st General Conference of
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), Vienna, Austria

1994 Asia-Pacific Ministerial Meeting on the Role of Women in Development,
Jakarta, Indonesia

1994 Asia-Pacific Ministerial Meeting on Social Development, Manila, Philippines

1994 NAM Ministerial Meeting on Food Security, Bali, Indonesia

1994 International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, Egypt

1994 - 2002 United Nations General Assembly - 48th to 57th Sessions, New York

1995 World Summit on Social Development, Copenhagen, Denmark

1995 International Conference on Human
Settlement, Istanbul, Turkey
1995 - 1997 UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board Meeting, New York And Geneva

1995 - 1999 United Nations Commission on Population and Development,
New York

1995 - 1999 3rd-7th Meetings of United Nations Commission on Sustainable
Development, New York

1995 - 2000 Intergovernmental Follow-up on Coordinating Committee of the G-77, Teheran, Iran

ECOSOC Substantive Session,
Geneva (1995, 1997, 1999) and
New York (1996, 1998, 2000)

G-77 Ministerial Meeting on
Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation

1998 G-77 Inter-Chapter Meeting,
Geneva, Switzerland

1998 G-77 High Level Meeting on the South Summit, Jakarta, Indonesia

Jan 1999 Globalization and Problems of Development Meeting,
Havana, Cuba

Feb 1999 G-16 Meeting on Preparations for the Millennium Summit,
Amsterdam, Netherlands

1999 Special Dialogue of the
ECOSOC and the IMF Board of Executive Directors, New York

1999 Ministerial Meeting of the Cairns Group, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1999 - 2000 Executive Board of Common Fund for Commodities, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Feb 2000 UNCTAD X Conference,
Bangkok, Thailand

Apr 2000 South Summit Meeting,
Havana, Cuba

2000 2nd Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization, Seattle, USA

2000 Trade and Development Board
Of UNCTAD, Geneva, Switzerland

2000 ESCAP Commission Ministerial
Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand

2000 Ministerial Meeting of Asia -
Pacific Commission on Environment, Kitakyushu, Japan

2000 39th Meeting of Committee for Programme and Coordination,
New York

2001 9th Meeting of United Nations Commission on Sustainable
Development, New York

2001 Southeast Asia Davos Forum,
Hong Kong

2001 - 2002 1st-2nd Meetings of the Prepatory Committee on World Summit on Sustainable Development,
New York

2001 - 2002 1st-2nd Meeting of United Nations Forum on Forest, New York

2002 2nd Ministerial Meeting of International Governance on Environment,
Montreal, Canada

2002 Ministerial Meeting of the Prepatory Committee on World Summit on Sustainable Development,
Bali, Indonesia

2002 United Nations Conference on
Ageing, Madrid, Spain

2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD),
Johannesburg, South Africa

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7 August 2003

JO?O GUALBERTO MARQUES PORTO JR.
AMBASSADOR
FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL

BORN:
15 October 1938, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

AGE:

64

MARITAL
STATUS:
Married to Andrea Moreira Duque Marques-Porta
Has four children

EDUCATION: 1958 - 59 Brazilian School of Public Administration

1964-1965 Diplomatic Academy (Rio Branco Institute, Ministry of External Relations)

1968-1970 Post-graduate studies in International Economics and Political Science, George Washington University

1981 Advanced Diplomatic Studies, Rio Branco Institute

CAREER:
1966-1968 Assistant to the Head of the Trade Policy Division

1968-1969 Third Secretary, Brazilian Mission to the Organisation of American States, Washington, DC

1969-1970 Second Secretary, Brazilian Mission to the Organisation of American States, Washington, DC

CAREER:
(cont'd) 1971-1973 Second Secretary, Brazilian Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

1973-1974 First Secretary, Brazilian Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

1974-1975 First Secretary, Beirut, Lebanon

1975-1979 Deputy Head of the Trade Policy Division

1978 Counsellor

1979-1983 Counsellor, Brazilian Mission to the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium

1981 Charge d'Affaires a.i., Brazilian Mission to the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium

1985-1987 Assistant to the Head of the Economic Department in charge of the establishment of the International Trade Division, DCI

1987-1990 Minister-Counsellor, Brazilian Permanent Delegation to the International Economic Organisation, London, UK

1988-1990 Charge d'Affaires a.i., Brazilian Permanent Delegation to the International Economic Organisation, London, UK

1990-1992 Consul General, Vancouver, Canada

1992-1996 Head of the International Trade Department

1996-1999 Ambassador, Managua, Nicaragua

1999-2003 Consul General, Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR, People's Republic of China
CAREER:
(cont'd) 7 Aug 2003 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Brazil to Singapore

AWARDS AND DEOCRATIONS: High Officer, Rio Branco Order, 1993
Tamandare Merit Medal, Brazilian Navy, 1993
High Officer, Naval Merit Order, Brazilian Navy, 1993
High Officer, Merit Order of the German Republic, 1995
High Officer, National Order of Cote d'Ivoire, 1996
Grand Cross, Rio Branco Order, Brazil, 1998
Grand Cross, Jose de Marcoleta Order, Nicaragua, 1999

PUBLICATIONS: Brazil and the European Communities - Discussion of a Necessary Partnership, monograph for the Advanced Diplomatic Studies of the Ministry of External Relations, published by the International Relations Research Institute (IPRI), Brasilia, 1988

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7 August 2003

JOSE LUIS MIGNINI
AMBASSADOR
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC

BORN:
26 January 1945, Cordoba, Argentina

AGE:
58

MARITAL
STATUS:
Married
Has three children

EDUCATION: 1963 High School Certificate, Escuela Superior de Comercio Manuel Belgrano, Cordoba

1969 Master of Arts in Political Science, Catholic University of Cordoba, Argentina

CAREER: 1971 Attache, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1973 Third Secretary, Consul for the Consulate-General of the Republic of Argentina, Zurich, Switzerland

1976 Second Secretary

1979 First Secretary, Economic Directorate,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1981 Consul, Consulate-General of the Argentine Republic, Santos, Brazil

1985 Counsellor - Consul General

1987 Chief, Organization of American States Section, International Organizations Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1988 Human Rights Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1989 Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Chief of Mission, Argentine Republic to the Republic of Venezuela

1995 Deputy Director, North Africa and Middle East Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1998 Director of the North Africa and Middle East Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1999 Ambassador of Argentina to Indonesia

2002 Ambassador of Argentina to East Timor with residence in Jakarta, Indonesia

7 Aug 2003 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Singapore, with residence in Jakarta

AWARDS & DECORATIONS: Decorated by the Governments of Venezuela and Lebanon

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7 August 2003

RICARDO PAREDES OSORIO
AMBASSADOR
REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR

BORN:
14 November 1950

AGE:
52

MARITAL
STATUS:

Married to Gloria Augspurg de Paredes
Has two children
EDUCATION:

1972-1977
Psychology, Jose Simeon Canas University, San Salvador, El Salvador
1981 Master of Business Administration, Los Andes University, Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia

CAREER:
1977-1981 Founder and Managing Director, T.C. Consultores.

1982-1983 Vice-Minister for Culture, Youth, Sports and Adult Education.

Founding Partner and Human Resources Manager, MotoCentro S.A.

1983-1988 Representative of Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd, I.D. Systems Division for El Salvador.

CAREER:
(cont'd)

Quality Advisor on Organisational Behaviour, Australian Quality Council.

Associated with Pacificom Inc. Involved in the promotion of Pacificom services in the Latin American region.

Senior Consultant and Subject Matter Expert, TechComm Group Ltd.

Senior Consultant and Subject Matter Expert, TARP Australia Pty Ltd.

1998 Consul-General, Melbourne, Victoria and Australia.

1999 Ambassador of El Salvador to Japan.

7 Aug 2003 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of El Salvador to Singapore, with residence in Tokyo

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7 August 2003

TSEGGAI TESFAZION
AMBASSADOR
STATE OF ERITREA

BORN:
1 January 1946, Asmara, Eritrea

AGE:
57

MARITAL
STATUS:
Married to Elsa Tecleab
Has one son

EDUCATION:
Diploma in Library Science from University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

CAREER: 1975-1979 Head, Eritrea People's Liberation Front (EPLF) Office in Khartoum, Sudan

1979-1988 Head, Documentation Centre, EPLF Department of Political Section

1988 - 1991 Representative of EPLF in Norway

1991- Jun 1993 Representative of the Provisional Government of Eritrea in Sweden

Jun 1993 - Mar 1995 Ambassador to Sweden

Concurrently accredited to Norway, Denmark, Finland

May 1995 -1996 Ambassador to South Africa

Concurrently accredited Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia

CAREER:
(cont'd) 1996- Nov 2002 Director General of the Department of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Eritrea

Feb 2003 to date Ambassador to the People's Republic of China

7 Aug 2003
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Eritrea to Singapore, with residence in Beijing

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7 August 2003