MFA Press Statement: Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 27 January 2011

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

(a) The Ambassador of the Delegation of the European Union,
His Excellency Marc Albert Ungeheuer

(b) The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain,
His Excellency Federico Palomera Guez

(c) The Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba,
Her Excellency Enna Esther Viant Valdes

(d) The High Commissioner of the Republic of Mozambique,
His Excellency Carlos Agostinho do Rosario

The curricula vitae of His Excellency Marc Albert Ungeheuer, His Excellency Federico Palomera Guez, Her Excellency Enna Esther Viant Valdes and His Excellency Carlos Agostinho do Rosario are attached.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
27 JANUARY 2011

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MARC ALBERT UNGEHEUER
AMBASSADOR
DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

BORN: 19 May 1961, Differdange, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg

AGE: 49

MARITAL STATUS: Married to Mdm Wilai Umbun; Has three children

EDUCATION: Bachelor in Private and Business Law, University of Besancon, France, 1981-1984

Masters in Business Law and Masters in International and European Law, University of Paris (Sorbonne), 1984-1986

Diploma in International Relations, Institute of Political Science of Paris (IEP), 1986 - 1988

CAREER: 1988 - 1990 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of International Economic Affairs

1990 - 2002 Seconded to the Permanent Representation of Luxembourg to the European Union, Brussels

1995 - 1997 Assistant to the Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the European Union (Antici Group), Brussels

1997 Chairman of the Asia Working Group during the Luxembourg EU Presidency

1998 - 2002 Deputy Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the European Union, Brussels

2002 - 2007 Ambassador to China, with concurrent accreditation to Viet Nam, Mongolia, Singapore and Lao PDR

Sep 2007 Ambassador to Thailand, with concurrent accreditation to Viet Nam, Singapore, Lao PDR, Malaysia, ASEAN and Indonesia

27 Jan 2011 Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore

LANGUAGE: Luxembourgish , French, German and English

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FEDERICO PALOMERA GUEZ
AMBASSADOR
KINGDOM OF SPAIN

BORN: 20 November 1951, Madrid, Spain

AGE: 59

MARITAL STATUS: Married to Mdm Asa Gim Choi

EDUCATION: Bachelor Degree in Law, Diplomatic School of Madrid, 1973

Master degree in International Studies, Diplomatic School of Madrid

CAREER: 1979 First Secretary, Spanish Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon

1981 First Secretary, Spanish Embassy in Rabat, Morocco

1984 Deputy Chief of Mission, Spanish Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand

1988 Head of Continental Asia Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1989 Cultural Counsellor, Spanish Embassy in Cairo, Egypt

1992 Counsellor of Technical Cooperation, Spanish Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica

1996 Deputy General Consul in New York, USA

1999 Deputy General Director of International Scientific Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2001 Head of Economic Relations for Africa and Middle East, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2002 General Consul in Melbourne, Australia

2005 General Consul in Edinburgh, UK

1 Aug 2010 Advisor in the Cabinet of the Undersecretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

27 Jan 2011 Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore

AWARDS: Comendador de la Orden del Merito Civil (Commander of the Order of Civil Merit), 1984

Comendador de la Orden de Isabel la Católica (Commander of the Order of Isabel the Catholic), 1999

LANGUAGES: English, French, German (Spoken only) and Italian (Spoken only)

HOBBIES: Swimming and Writing

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ENNA ESTHER VIANT VALDES
AMBASSADOR
REPUBLIC OF CUBA
(RESIDENT IN JAKARTA)

BORN: 27 July 1957, Havana City

AGE: 53

MARITAL STATUS: Married; Has two daughters

EDUCATION: Bachelor in International Political Relations, Raúl Roa García Higher Institute of International Relations, Havana, Cuba

PhD Graduate, Diplomatic Academy of Moscow, Russia

Studied in Diplomatic Academy of the People's Republic of China

CAREER: 1981 Officer, Asia and Oceania Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cuba

1985 - 1988 Third Secretary, Cuban Embassy, Cambodia

1988 - 1998 Third Secretary, Asia and Oceania Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1998 Cuban Chargé d'Affaires to Cambodia

1998 - 2001 First Secretary, Cuban Embassy, People's Republic of China

2000 Cuban Chargé d'Affaires to Mongolia, with residence in China

2001 - 2004 First Secretary, Asia and Oceania Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2004 - 2008 Cuban Ambassador to Sri Lanka, with concurrent accreditation to Maldives

2008 - 2009 Deputy Director, International Cooperation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2009 Official, Asia and Oceania Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2010 Cuban Chargé d'Affaires to Philippines

3 Dec 2010
- to date Ambassador of Cuba to Indonesia

27 Jan 2011 Concurrently Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore (Resident in Jakarta)

LANGUAGES Spanish, English and French

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CARLOS AGOSTINHO DO ROSARIO
HIGH COMMISSIONER
REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
(RESIDENT IN JAKARTA)

BORN: 26 October 1954, Maxixe, Province of Inhambane

AGE: 56

MARITAL STATUS: Married to Verónica Lázaro Lucas; Has three children

EDUCATION: Master of Science (MSc.) in Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development, Imperial College at Wye, University of London

Bachelor in Economics, University Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique

CAREER: 1987-1994 Governor of Province of Zambezia

1994- Dec 1999 Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries

May 2002 - Jul 2009 High Commissioner to the Republic of India

2004 - Jul 2009 Concurrently High Commissioner to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Nov 2009 - to date Ambassador of Mozambique to Indonesia

27 Jan 2011 Concurrently High Commissioner to the Republic of Singapore (Resident in Jakarta)

OTHER APPOINTMENTS: 1989-2002 Member of the Central Committee of Frelimo Party

1994 Member of the Mozambican Parliament

2006 - Jul 2009 Dean of the African Heads of Missions accredited to the Republic of India

2008 - Jul 2009 Dean of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Republic of India

LANGUAGES: Portuguese, English, Spanish

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January 2011