MFA Press Statement : Foreign Heads of Mission Presented their Credentials to President Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam in Separate Ceremonies at the Istana Today
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25 April 2013
The following foreign Heads of Mission presented their credentials to President Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam in separate ceremonies at the Istana today: (a) The Ambassador of the Portuguese Republic His E...
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The following foreign Heads of Mission presented their credentials to President Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam in separate ceremonies at the Istana today:
(a) The Ambassador of the Portuguese Republic His Excellency Afonso Henriques Abreu de Azeredo Malheiro
(b) The High Commissioner of the Republic of South Africa Her Excellency Hazel Francis Ngubeni
The curricula vitae of His Excellency Afonso Henriques Abreu de Azeredo Malheiro and Her Excellency Hazel Francis Ngubeni are attached.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
25 APRIL 2013
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AFONSO HENRIQUES ABREU DE AZEREDO MALHEIRO |
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AMBASSADOR |
PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC |
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BORN: | 27 May 1958, Lisbon | ||
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AGE: | 54 | ||
MARITAL STATUS: | Married to Mdm Rocio del Pilar Mesia Medina | ||
EDUCATION: | Bachelor of Science in Economics, University of Nice, France | ||
Master of Science in Economics, University of Paris I- Sorbonne, France | |||
Diplôme d’Études Supérieures (Specialised Graduate Degree) in International Marketing, University of Paris I- Sorbonne, France | |||
CAREER: | 1983 - 1985 | Directorate General (DG) for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Lisbon; Advisor to the Secretary of State for International Cooperation | |
1985 - 1986 | Department of International Marketing, Banque Franco-Portugaise, Paris, France | ||
1987 | Officer in charge of bilateral cultural affairs, DG for Political Affairs, MFA, Lisbon | ||
CAREER: (Cont’d) | 1988 - 1990 | Administrator for the European Development Fund (ERDF), European Commission, Brussels, Belgium - responsible for Portugal's desk | |
1990 - 1992 | DG for Multilateral Affairs, MFA (in charge of UN Economic Commission, UNIDO-United Nations Industrial Development Organization and IAEA-International Atomic Energy Agency) | ||
1993 - 1996 | Head of the Orient Foundation in Goa, India; Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University Lusíada, Lisbon and Chair of International Cooperation and Development | ||
1996 | Advisor to the Director-General for Political Affairs, MFA | ||
1997 - 1999 | Head of the Office of Special Political Affairs: Timor-Leste, MFA | ||
1999 - 2000 | Head of the Advanced Portuguese Observation Mission on the referendum for the independence of Timor-Leste, Interests Section of Portugal in Jakarta; Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Portugal, Jakarta | ||
Mar - Aug 2001 | Auditor, NATO's Defence College Senior Course, Rome | ||
2001 - 2005 | Counsellor, Delegation of Portugal to NATO, Brussels | ||
2005 - 2008 | Consul-General in Marseille, France and Monaco | ||
CAREER: (Cont’d) | 2008 - 2011 | Head of the Asia-Pacific Department, MFA; Asia-Europe Meeting Senior Official | |
2 May 2011 | Chargé d’Affaires en pied, Embassy of Portugal, Singapore | ||
16 Mar 2012 to date | Governor for Portugal, Asia-Europe Foundation | ||
25 Apr 2013 | Ambassador of Portugal to Singapore | ||
LANGUAGES: | Fluent in Portuguese, French, English and Spanish Basic German | ||
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HE HAZEL FRANCIS NGUBENI
HIGH COMMISSIONER TO SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
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BORN: | 27 April 1961 | |
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AGE: | 51 | |
MARITAL STATUS: | Divorced | |
EDUCATION: | University of Western Cape, Tygerberg Hospital School of nursing in South Africa, 1981 Graduated from the University of Western Cape, Tygerberg Hospital School of nursing in South Africa. Additional Diplomas, all health related include: Intensive Care, Occupational Health and Case Management | |
CAREER: | 1982 - 1988 | Senior Nursing Sister, various Netcare Hospitals |
1989 - 1990 | Occupational Health Nursing, De Beers | |
1991 - 1999 | Occupational Health Nursing, South African Airways | |
1998 - 2002 | Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) for the Department of Education (Assisted the Department of Education with training/testing and collection of statistics) | |
2002 - 2008 | Case-Management/Coding in Private Healthcare/Teaching of Student Nurses | |
(Worked in various private hospitals in a senior capacity. An interest in management lead her to hospital/health/economics/cost tariffs and coding) | ||
2009 | Training on HIV/AIDS treatment, Right to Care/USAID (Joined USAID (Right To Care), at the onset of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, to study, understand and assist with the type of cares required) | |
2008 - 2013 | Occupational Health/Call Centre/Teaching of Student Nurses (Approached by private business to formulate a health related training programme for several call centers across South Africa, due to keen interest in educating others) | |
2008 - 2013 | Entrepreneurship (Ran own business - an occupational health company -which focus primarily on health in the workplace, safety standards, hazardous material and meeting the Department of Labour prerequisites) | |
25 April 2013 | High Commissioner to Singapore | |
LANGUAGES: | English, Afrikaans, Sepedi and IsiZulu | |
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