MFA Press Statement: Presentation of Credentials

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PRESS STATEMENT

PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS

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

(a) The Ambassador of the Russian Federation, Mr Andrey N Rozhkov, who has succeeded Mr Sergey B Kiselev; and

(b) The Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr Francois Balumuene Nkuna, who has succeeded Mr Beltchika Kalubye Mulutshi.

The curricula vitae of Mr Andrey N Rozhkov and Mr Francois Balumuene Nkuna are attached.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
30 JUNE 2005

FRANCOIS BALUMUENE NKUNA

AMBASSADOR

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

BORN:
9 September 1952

AGE:
53

MARITAL
STATUS:
Married
Has nine children

EDUCATION: Petit College Saint Clement de Kananga (Primary), 1960 - 1966

Petit Seminaire de Kabwe (Kasai Occidental)
(Secondary), 1966 - 1972

Bachelor in Economic Sciences, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Kinshasa, 1974 - 1979

CAREER:
1980 Second Secretary, Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

1982 Second Counsellor (in charge of external staff management)

1983 First Counsellor of Embassy, Head of Division

1984-1988 First Counsellor, Embassy of DRC, Madrid

CAREER:
(cont'd) 1988 Head, Latin America Division,
America, Asia, Oceania Directorate
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC)

1989 Advisor to Foreign Minister on Multilateral Affairs

1991 Division of the External Staff,
Administrative and Financial Affairs Directorate, MFAIC

1993 Assigned to the Division of Ordinary Passports of Chancellery and Litigations Directorate

1996 Assistant to General Secretary of MFAIC
(Covering budgetary, financial and banking matters)

1997 Director, Europe Directorate

Jan 1999 Advisor to Foreign Minister on International Cooperation Affairs

Feb 2000 Diplomatic and Administrative Assistant to the Deputy General Commissioner to the United Nations Organisations Mission in the DRC (MONUC).
(in charge of finances, logistics and foreign policy)

July 2000 Charge d'Affaires Ad Interim, Embassy of DRC, Pretoria

Mar 2003 Minister Plenipotentiary (Second Class)

Apr 2003 Ambassador-designate of DRC to New Delhi

CAREER:
(cont'd) Aug 2004 - to date Ambassador to the Republic of India (simultaneously non-resident Ambassador to Republic of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka)

30 Jun 2005 - to date Concurrently accredited as Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore

LANGUAGES: French: Fluent
Spanish and English: Advanced level

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30 June 2005

ANDREY N ROZHKOV

AMBASSADOR

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

BORN: 1944

AGE: 61

MARITAL STATUS: Married
Has two daughters

EDUCATION: 1968 Graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs

CAREER: 1970-1975 Posted to the USSR Embassy in the Republic of Singapore

1977-1982 Posted to the USSR Embassy in the People's Republic of China

1986-1989 Posted to the USSR Embassy in Afghanistan

1997-2001 Minister-Counsellor, Embassy of the Russian Federation in the People's Republic of China

Since 2001 Deputy Director, 1st Asia Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

30 Jun 2005 - to date Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore

LANGUAGES: English and Chinese
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30 June 2005