MFA Press Statement: Presentation of Credentials

The following new foreign Head of Mission presented his diplomatic credentials to President S R Nathan at the Istana today:

Ambassador of the French Republic, His Excellency Pierre Buhler.
The curriculum vitae of His Excellency Pierre Buhler is attached.

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
28 SEPTEMBER 2006

PIERRE BUHLER

AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE

FRENCH REPUBLIC

BORN: 21 March 1954

AGE: 52

EDUCATION: Graduate of the Ecole Nationale d'Administration , 1982

Graduate of the National School for Oriental Languages

Graduate of the Institute of Political Studies (Science Po), Paris

MA of Applied Economy

Graduate of Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC)

BA of Ethnology

BA of Law

CAREER: 1980 - 1982 Trainee of the Ecole Nationale d'Administration

1982 - 1983 Directorate of Europe, Quai d'Orsay (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

1983 - 1985 2nd Secretary, then 1st Secretary, French Embassy in Warsaw

1985 - 1986 1st Secretary, then 2nd Counsellor, French Embassy in Moscow

CAREER:
(cont'd) 1988 - 1990 Directorate for Strategic Affairs and Disarmament, Quai d'Orsay

1990 - 1993 Adjunct Chief of Policy Planning Staff, Quai d'Orsay

1993 - 1996 2nd Counsellor, French Embassy in Washington

1996 - 2001 Cultural Counsellor, Permanent Representative of the French Universities, New York

2001 - 2002 Diplomatic Counsellor of the Minister of Defence

2002 Secretary-General of the Conference of Ambassadors in Paris

2002 - 2006 Associate Professor in the Institute of Political Studies (IEP Paris)

10 - 27 Sept 2006 Ambassador-designate of the French Republic to the Republic of Singapore

28 September 2006 Ambassador of the French Republic to the Republic of Singapore

AWARDS/
DECORATIONS: Knight in the Legion d'Honneur

Knight in the National Order of Merite

LANGUAGES: German, English, Polish, Russian
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28 September 2006