MFA Press Statement - Appointment of Singapore's Ambassador to the Union of Myanmar

The Government has appointed Mr T Jasudasen, 52, as Singapore's next Ambassador to the Union of Myanmar. He will assume post on 8 November 2004.

Mr Jasudasen was Singapore's Ambassador to the French Republic from 1997 to 2004. He joined the Ministry in 1977 and has served at the Singapore Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, the Singapore Embassy in Manila and the Singapore High Commission in Kuala Lumpur. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was Director of the Asean Directorate and Director, Policy, Planning and Analysis Directorate IV.

Mr Jasudasen graduated with an Honours degree in Law from the University of Singapore. He also received a degree in Public Administration from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration in Paris, France. He is married to Mdm Patricia Margaret Ibbotson and they have three children.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
27 OCTOBER 2004

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY

Mr T Jasudasen is currently Singapore's Ambassador-Designate to the Union of Myanmar.

Born in Malaysia on 20 June 1952, Mr Jasudasen completed his school education at Raffles Institution and the National Junior College, Singapore, in 1970. He graduated with an Honours degree in Law from the University of Singapore in 1977. He became the first Singapore student to attend the Ecole Nationale d?Administration, France, in 1983/84 on a Singapore/French Government Scholarship.

Mr Jasudasen joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a Foreign Service Officer in 1977. His first overseas posting was at the Singapore Permanent Mission to the UN in New York from 1979 to 1981. He served as Counsellor and Charge d'Affaires at the Singapore Embassy in Manila from 1988 to 1990. He then served as Minister-Counsellor and Deputy High Commissioner at the Singapore High Commission in Kuala Lumpur from 1991 to 1994.

He returned to the Ministry headquarters in 1994 where he was initially appointed Director of the Asean Directorate and later as Director, Policy, Planning and Analysis Directorate IV.

Mr Jasudasen was Singapore?s Ambassador to the French Republic from July 1997 to September 2004. He was concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Portugal, Spain and Israel.

Mr Jasudasen was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 1990 and the Long Service Medal in 2000. The French Government made him a Commander of the "Palmes Academiques" in April 2002. In September 2004 he was awarded the "Legion d'Honneur" with the rank of officer.

He is married to Mdm Patricia Margaret Ibbotson and they have a son and twin daughters.

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