MFA Press Statement: Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 23 February 2012

The following foreign Heads of Mission presented their credentials to President Tony Tan Keng Yam in separate ceremonies at the Istana today:

(a) The Ambassador of the Republic of Mali
His Excellency Ousmane Tandia

(b) The Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan
His Excellency Dr Tamerlan Karayev

(c) The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand
His Excellency Marut Jitpatima

(d) The Ambassador of Mongolia
Her Excellency Banzragch Delgermaa

The curricula vitae of His Excellency Ousmane Tandia, His Excellency Dr Tamerlan Karayev, His Excellency Marut Jitpatima and Her Excellency Banzragch Delgermaa are attached.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
23 FEBRUARY 2012

OUSMANE TANDIA

AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE

REPUBLIC OF MALI

BORN: 19 April 1952, Kita (Kayes Region), Mali

AGE: 59

MARITAL
STATUS: Married to Mrs Tiguida Diarra Tandia
Has two daughters and one son

EDUCATION: Diploma of Basic School, Kita, Mali, 1959 - 1970

Badalabougou School, Bamako, Mali
Baccalaureate Philo-language (Diploma), 1970 - 1974

Higher Normal School (École Normale Supérieure, ENSUP) Bamako, Mali
Diploma l'ENSUP (Master), 1974 - 1978

University of Saarbruken, Federal Republic of Germany, 1981 - 1982

International Computing Laboratory and Intelligence Wall (LICI), Paris, Aug - Oct 1986

CAREER: 1978 - 1979 Professor of Secondary Education, Technical School,
Ministry of National Education, Mali

1979 - 1980 Department of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation International (DFAIC), Mali

1983 - 1985 Head of Section, Latin America Political Relations, Political Division, DFAIC, Mali

1986 - 1987 Directorate General of Political Affairs, Acting Head of Division, responsible for relations with countries in Europe and all of Americas, DFAIC, Mali

1987 - 1990 Directorate General of Political Affairs, Foreign Affairs Adviser & Division Chief, responsible for relations with countries in Europe and all of Americas, DFAIC, Mali

May - Dec 1991 Senior Counsellor, Head of Liaison Office, Embassy of Mali, Berlin

1991 Representative of Mali to the 35th Ordinary Session of International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna

1992 - 1995 Senior Counsellor, Embassy of Mali, Bonn

1995 - 1998 Charge d` Affaires, Embassy of Mali, Pretoria

1998 - 1999 Assistant Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mali

2000 - 2002 Technical Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in charge of African Continent, Middle East and Americas

2002 - 2006 Chief of Protocol to the President of Mali

2006 - 2010 Ambassador to Libya with concurrent accreditation to Chad and Malta.

September 2010 to present Ambassador to India

23 February 2012 to present Ambassador to Singapore

OTHER APPOINTMENTS: Assistant Secretary General, Association of Citizens and Supporters Circle, Kita (ADERSCK), 1988 - 1991

Administrative Secretary, Youth Movement for Development of Touba District, Banamba (MJDT), 1989 - 1991

AWARDS: Decorated Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour of the French Republic, 2003

Decorated Knight of the National Order, 2010

LANGUAGES: English, French, German, Bambara, Sarakole and Malinke

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DR TAMERLAN ELMAR OGLU KARAYEV

AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE

REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN

BORN: 30 January 1952

AGE: 60

MARITAL STATUS: Married to Mrs Farida Karayeva
Has two sons

EDUCATION: PhD in Law, Faculty of Law, Azerbaijan State University, 1973

CAREER: 1973 - 1978 Prosecutor, Office of the Baky City Public Prosecutor, Department of Investigations

1978 - 1990 Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law, Doctor of Law, Professor, Azerbaijan State University

1990 - 1991 Member of the Supreme Council (Parliament) of Azerbaijan

1991 - 1992 Vice-Speaker of the Supreme Council

1992 - 1993 First Vice-Speaker of Milli Mejlis (Parliament)

1993 - 2001 Ambassador to the People's Republic of China.

2001 - 2006 Director, International Consulting Company

2004 - 2011 Ambassador to India, with concurrent accreditation to Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh (from 2006) and the Maldives (from 2007)

28 October 2011 to present Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Indonesia

23 February 2012 to present Ambassador to Singapore

LANGUAGES Azeri, Turkish, Russian, English

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MR MARUT JITPATIMA

AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE

KINGDOM OF THAILAND

BORN: 6 June 1954, Bangkok, Thailand

AGE: 57

MARITAL STATUS: Married to Mrs Jiraporn Jitpatima
Has one daughter

EDUCATION: B.A. (Law), Chulalongkorn University, 1976

M.A. (Public Administration), University of Detroit, 1978

CAREER:
1979 - 1980 Training Officer III, Agricultural Land Reform Office, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives

Training Officer III, Office of the Civil Service Commission, Office of the Prime Minister

1980 - 1981
Attaché, Africa and Arab Countries Division, Department of Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)

1981 - 1983
Third Secretary, East Asia Division, Department of Political Affairs, MFA

1983 - 1984
Second Secretary, East Asia Division, Department of Political Affairs, MFA

1984 - 1986
Second Secretary, Royal Thai Embassy, Hanoi

1986 - 1987
Second Secretary, Social, Cultural and Information Division, Department of ASEAN Affairs, MFA

1987 - 1988
First Secretary, Social, Cultural and Information Division, Department of ASEAN Affairs, MFA

1988 - 1989
First Secretary, Economic and Financial Policy Division, Department of ASEAN Affairs, MFA

1989 - 1993
First Secretary, Royal Thai Embassy, Ottawa

1993 - 1995 Chief, Secretariat to the Department, Department of East Asian Affairs, MFA

1995 - 2000 Minister Counsellor, Royal Thai Embassy, Rabat

2000 - 2001
Director, Division III, Department of European Affairs, MFA

2001 - 2002 Director, North America Division, Department of American and South Pacific Affairs, MFA

2002 - 2006 Minister, Royal Thai Embassy, Jakarta

2006 - 2007 Minister, Department of Protocol, MFA

2007 - 2010 Minister, Royal Thai Embassy, Singapore

2010 - Jan 2012 Ambassador to Pakistan

23 February 2012 to present Ambassador to Singapore

AWARDS: Command (Third Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand, 1984

Command (Third Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant, 1988

Knight Command (Second Class) of the Most Noble of the Crown of Thailand, 1993

Knight Commander (Second Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant, 1998

Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand, 2002

The Chakrabarti Mala Medal, 2004

Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant, 2005

Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand, 2010

LANGUAGES:
Thai, English

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February 2012

MRS BANZRAGCH DELGERMAA

AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE

MONGOLIA

BORN: 5 October 1959, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

AGE: 52

MARITAL:
STATUS Married to Mr Gombo Erdenebayar

EDUCATION: Secondary School # 23, Ulaanbaatar, 1977

Bachelors Degree in Law (Honours)
The University of Kubani, former Soviet Union, 1982

Language course, Leeds University, United Kingdom, 1992

Scholarship, California State Legislature, 1995

Ph.D in History, Siberia Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation, 2005

CAREER: 1982 - 1985 Researcher, General State Prosecutor, Ulaanbaatar

1986 - 1989 Lecturer, Mongolian State National University, Ulaanbaatar

1989 - 1990 Researcher, Academy of Sciences of Mongolia

1991 - 1993 Advisor, Standing Committee on Economic Affairs, Parliament of Mongolia

1993 - 1996 Director, Political Education Academy of Mongolia

1996 - 2000 Member of Parliament of Mongolia, Chair of Subcommittee on Human Rights and Secretary General of the Democratic Party

1996 - 2002 President of the Mongolian Shooting Sports Association, Member of the Executive Board of the Mongolian National Olympic Committee

2000 - 2002 National Advisor for Human Rights of the UNDP in the Mongolian National Commission of Human Rights

2002 - 2004 President, Board of Political Education Academy

2004 - 2006 Advisor for Social Policy to the Prime Minister of Mongolia

2003 - 2010 President, Mongolian Democratic Woman Union, Democratic Party

2010 - 2011 General Director, Post Graduate School of Social Science LIBERTY, Ulaanbaatar

23 February 2012 to present Ambassador to Singapore

AWARDS : Order of the Red Banner of Labour

LANGUAGE: English, Russian

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February 2012