MFA Press Statement: Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 26 January 2012

Caption: (clockwise) Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia His Excellency Mansour Atyatallah Mohamed ALMazmoumi, High Commissioner of the Republic of Seychelles His Excellency Philippe Le Gall, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia His Excellency Andri Hadi and Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg His Excellency Marc Thill presented their credentials to President Tony Tan Keng Yam at the Istana today. [Photos: MICA]
 

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 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
His Excellency Mansour Atyatallah Mohamed ALMazmoumi

(b) The High Commissioner of the Republic of Seychelles
His Excellency Philippe Le Gall

(c) The Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia
His Excellency Andri Hadi

(d) The Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
His Excellency Marc Thill

The curriculum vitae of His Excellency Mansour Atyatallah Mohamed ALMazmoumi, His Excellency Philippe Le Gall, His Excellency Andri Hadi and His Excellency Marc Thill are attached.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
26 JANUARY 2012

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MANSOUR ATYATALLAH MOHAMED
AL MAZMOUMI

AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE

KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

BORN : 1 Oct 1960, Gran

AGE : 51

MARITAL STATUS : Married with 5 children

EDUCATION:

1990 Bachelor degree in Sociology, University of Texas, Houston, USA

1992 Masters degree in Public Administration, University of Texas, Houston, USA

CAREER:

1981 Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1985 - 1996 Vice Consul at the General Consulate in Houston

1997 - 2001 Second Secretary at the Saudi Embassy in Hague, Netherlands

2001 - 2003 First Secretary, Acting Consul General in Geneva, Switzerland

2003 - 2007 Protocol Department, Jeddah, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2007 - 2011 Consul General to Aden, Republic of Yemen

16 Aug 2011 Ambassador-designate to Singapore

26 Jan 2012 Ambassador to Singapore

LANGUAGE : Arabic, English, Dutch and French

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PHILIPPE LE GALL

HIGH COMMISSIONER TO SINGAPORE

REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES

BORN: 8 August 1954, France

AGE: 57

NATIONALITY: Seychellois and French

MARITAL STATUS: Single

EDUCATION: Law and Political Science

CAREER:

1977 - 1978 Journalist, Oeust - France (a French regional newspaper)

1979 - 1983 Freelance reporter and press correspondent in South-East Asia

Lecturer, French language and history, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok

1984 - 1991 Senior administrative positions in several Paris-based business schools
(the Center for Studies and Training) and cultural institutions (Paris Boys
Choir, Bernard Thomas Chamber Orchestra)

1992 - 2001 Adviser to the Minister of Culture

2001 - 2006 Special Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

11 May 2007 Ambassador of Seychelles to the People's Republic of China,
concurrently accredited to Japan, Korea, Cambodia, Laos, Viet Nam,
Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand

28 Nov 2011 High Commissioner -designate to Singapore

26 Jan 2012 High Commissioner to Singapore, resident in Beijing

OTHER APPOINTMENTS: Vice President of the Permanent Committee of French-
speaking Ambassadors posted in Beijing

AWARDS : Chevalier des Arts et Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters),
France (1998)

Indian Ocean Literary Award for 'The King's Garden' a collection of short
stories (2003)

Officier des Arts et Lettres (Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters), France
(2008)

LANGUAGE : English, French and Creole

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ANDRI HADI

AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE

REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA

BORN: 12 February 1960, Bandung

AGE: 51

MARITAL STATUS: Married with 3 children

EDUCATION:

1986 Bachelors Degree in International Law, Padjajaran University, Bandung

1998 Master of International Human Rights Law, Monash University, Australia

2009 - present PhD Candidate in International Public Law, Faculty of Law, Padjajaran University, Bandung

CAREER:

1990 - 1992 Head of Section of North American Affairs I, Directorate General of Political
Affairs

1992 - 1996 Third Secretary, Political Affairs, Indonesian Embassy in Washington DC,
United States of America

1996 - 1998 Head of Sub-Division of the Minister's Administration, General Bureau,
Secretary General

1998 - 1999 Head of Section of Humanitarian Affairs, Directorate General of Political
Affairs

1999 - 2004 First Secretary, Information and Social-Cultural Affairs, Indonesian
Embassy in Ottawa, Canada

2004 - 2005 Director of Public Diplomacy, Directorate General of Information, Public
Diplomacy and International Treaty

2005 - 2007 Minister/Deputy Chief Mission, Indonesian Embassy in Washington DC,
United States of America

2007 - 2011 Director General for Information and Public Diplomacy, Directorate General
of Information and Public Diplomacy

5 December 2011 Ambassador-designate to Singapore

26 Jan 2011 Ambassador to Singapore

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MARC THILL

AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE

GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG

BORN: 16 March 1953, Luxembourg

AGE 58

MARITAL STATUS: Married with 2 children

EDUCATION: Law Degree, University of Liège, 1975

CAREER:

1977 - 1978 Attaché at the Ministère d'Etat, Service of Information and Press

1979 Attaché in the Cabinet of HE Gaston Thorn, Luxembourg Prime Minister

1979 - 1983 First Secretary at the Embassy of Luxembourg in Paris

Deputy Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the OECD

Liaison officer of Luxembourg to the UNESCO

1983 - 1985 Counsellor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Luxembourg

Assistant to the Representative of the Luxembourg Prime Minister at the ad
hoc committee for institutional questions

Assistant to the Representative of the Luxembourg Minister of Foreign
Affairs at the preparatory group for the intergovernmental conference
charged with the negotiations of the Single European Act

1986 - 1991 Legal adviser to Advocate General Jean Mischo at the Court of Justice of
the European Communities

1991 - 1996 Legal adviser to Judge Fernand Schockweiler at the Court of Justice of the
European Communities

1996 - 2003 Legal adviser to Judge Romain Schintgen at the Court of Justice of the
European Communities

1999 - 2004 Member of the Board of Directors to the Luxembourgish Olympic
Committee, President of the Judicial and Administrative Commission and
of the Administrative Bureau

2003 - 2005 Director for International Economic Relations at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs

Full member of the 133 Committee of the European Union

Member of the Board of Directors of Luxair S A

Member of the Committee of Office du Ducroire of the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg

Member of the Board of Directors of the National Credit and Investment
Company

2005 - Aug 2011 Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to
Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (resident in
Vienna, Austria)

Concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Hungary and the Slovak
Republic

Jun 2007 Chairperson of the Extraordinary Conference of the States Parties to the
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. He was Chairperson of
the conference and his term ended when the conference was concluded.

14 Sept 2011 Ambassador to Thailand

16 Sept 2011 Ambassador-designate to Singapore

26 Jan 2012 Ambassador to Singapore, resident in Bangkok
(with concurrent accreditation to Viet Nam, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia,
ASEAN)

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26 January 2012