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MFA Press Statement: Appointment of Singapore's Non-Resident Ambassador to Hungary

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19 July 2012

The Government has appointed Justice (Ret.) MPH Rubin asSingapore’s next Ambassador to Hungary.He will be resident in Singapore. Justice (Ret.) MPH Rubin was appointed as Singapore’s High Commissi...

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The Government has appointed Justice (Ret.) MPH Rubin as Singapore’s next Ambassador to Hungary.  He will be resident in Singapore. 

Justice (Ret.) MPH Rubin was appointed as Singapore’s High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa from October 2005 to February 2009, with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Botswana, the Republic of Namibia, the Republic of Zimbabwe, the Kingdom of Lesotho and the Kingdom of Swaziland.  He then served as Singapore’s High Commissioner to New Zealand from April 2009 to June 2012 and was concurrently accredited to the Republic of the Fiji Islands from August 2010 to January 2012.  He is currently an Ambassador-at-Large in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Justice (Ret.) Rubin had a distinguished legal career before joining the Singapore Foreign Service in 2005.  He was called to the Singapore Bar in 1974.  He served in the Straits Times Group and was in private law practice before he was appointed to the Bench of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1991 as a Judicial Commissioner.  He was then made a Supreme Court Judge in 1994.  Justice (Ret.) Rubin retired from the Singapore Judiciary in February 2005. He was awarded The Meritorious Service Medal in 2005 by the President of the Republic of Singapore for his distinguished contributions to the Singapore Judiciary.


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 MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE

19 JULY 2012