MFA Press Statement: Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 26 February 2015

AGE:

55 years old

MARITAL

STATUS:

Married to Mrs Yupadee Bunnag with two children

EDUCATION:

B.A. (Government), Chulalongkorn University

M.A. (International Politics and Economics), University of Detroit, U.S.A.

National Defense College, Class 2553 (2010), Thailand

CAREER:

1983

Policy and Planning Analysis Officer, National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB)

1984

Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Attaché, Office of the Director-General, ASEAN-Thailand

1985

Third Secretary, Americas Division, Department of Political Affairs

Third Secretary, Office of the Director-General, ASEAN-Thailand

CAREER (cont’d):

1987

Second Secretary, Americas Division, Department of Political Affairs

Adviser to the Thai Delegation to the 41^st UNGA, New York

1989

Second Secretary, Royal Thai Embassy, Washington D.C.

1990

First Secretary, Royal Thai Embassy, Washington D.C.

1993

Counsellor, Department of Economic Affairs

1995

Counsellor, News Division, Department of Information

1996

Counsellor, Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

1997

Director, Translation Division, Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs

1998

Director, News Division, Department of Information

Director, Broadcasting Division, Department of Information

2001

Deputy Director-General, Department of Information, and Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

2003

Minister, Royal Thai Embassy, London

2007

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Thailand to the Union of Myanmar

2010

Director-General, Department of Protocol

CAREER (cont’d):

2012

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Thailand to the Republic of Poland

26 Feb 2015

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Thailand to the Republic of Singapore

AWARDS/ DECORATIONS:

Highest awards:

Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant, 2012.

Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand, 2007.

BORN:

1 July 1954, Salahuddin, Iraq

AGE:

60

RELIGION:

Islam

MARITAL

STATUS:

Married to Mrs Assma Mohammed Ahmed

Has a daughter and a son

EDUCATION:

1977                     B.A. from the College of Arts, English                                    Department, Al-Mustansiriyah University

2007                     M.A. Arts in Education from the High Arab                              Institute for Psychological and Educational                                       Studies

2010                     Started PhD programme in the High Arab                              Institute for Psychological and Educational                              Studies

CAREER:

1978 – 1980

Interpreter, Defence Magazine of Army Flight

1980 – 1985

English Teacher, Balad Agricultural School

1985 – 1989

English Teacher, Trade School

1989 – 1994

Headmaster, Al-Salam Industrial School

1994 – 1999

English Teacher, Biology Institute, El-Bieda, Libya

CAREER

(cont’d):

1999 – 2001

English Teacher, Abu Baker Scientific Institute, Libya

2001 – 2002

English Teacher, Shat Institute for Computer Language

2003 – 2006

Headmaster of Dholoyia Preparatory School

2009

Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iraq

19 Nov 2013

to date

Ambassador to Indonesia

Feb 2014

to date

26 Feb 2015

Ambassador to ASEAN

Ambassador to Singapore

LANGUAGES:

Arabic and English

AGE :

56

MARITAL STATUS:

Married to Gisèle Owassa Okemba

Has 3 children

EDUCATION:

Masters in Sociology

Diploma in Diplomatic Studies, Oxford University Foreign Service Programme

CAREER:

1984

Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1986 - 1987

Head of Eastern and Southern Africa Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1987 - 1988

Head of the Organisation of Africa Unity Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1989 - 1990

Chargé de Mission, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

1990 - 1993

Diplomatic Attaché, Office of the Head of State

1993 - 1996

Diplomatic Advisor of the Prime Minister

1996 - 1997

Junior Minister, Public Service and Administrative Reforms

CAREER:

(cont’d)

2000 - 2005

Diplomatic Advisor of the Minister of Foreign Affairs

2005 - 2012

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

9 Oct 2012
 - to date

26 Feb 2015

Ambassador to China

Ambassador to Singapore

AWARDS:

Grand Officier : Ordre National du Mèrite (Congo)

Commander : Lègion d’Honneur (France)

LANGUAGE:

French and English