MFA Press Statement: Presentation of Credentials ceremony, 28 January 2016

AGE:

57

MARITAL STATUS:

Married with two children

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Arts (1980) and Master of Arts (1982) in Political Science, University of Peshawar

Master of Arts in Defence and Strategic Studies (2010), National Defence University of Pakistan

LANGUAGES:

Urdu, Pashto, English, Persian and Italian

CAREER:

Oct 1983

Joined Foreign Service of Pakistan

1983 - 1985

Section Officer, Foreign Service Headquarters

1986 - 1989

Diplomatic Assignment in Rome

1989 - 1993

Section Officer, Foreign Service Headquarters

1993 - 1994

Director, Foreign Service Headquarters

1994 - 1997

Consul-General in Mashhad, Iran

CAREER:

(cont’d)

1997 - 2001

First Secretary, Pakistan Embassy in Prague

2001 - 2002

Director (Southeast Asia and the Pacific)

2002 - 2003

Director (United Nations)

2003 - 2006

Counsellor and Charge D’Affaires, Pakistan Embassy in Brussels

2006 - 2009

Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission, Pakistan Embassy in Tehran

Aug 2009 -

-      Mar 2012

Director General (Europe-I)

Mar 2012

Dec 2015

28 Jan 2016

Pakistan Ambassador to Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Suriname, and Guyana

High Commissioner to Singapore

AGE:

55

EDUCATION:

Bachelor in Civil Engineering, USA, 1987

CAREER:

1987 - 1989

Civil Engineer, Qatar Ministry of Public Works

1989 - 1990

Geographic System Information Project Coordinator, Qatar Ministry of Agriculture and Municipal

1990 - 1994

Assistant Manager, Qatar Geographic Information Centre

1994 - 1997

Manager, Office of the Minister of Agriculture and Municipal

1997

Transferred to the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Nov 1996 – Sept 2001

Manager of Information and Research Department, Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Sept 2001 – Dec 2004

Ambassador to Syria

CAREER:

(cont'd)

Dec 2004 – Nov 2010

Ambassador to Thailand

Nov 2014 – Dec 2015

28 Jan 2016

Ambassador to Vietnam

Ambassador to Singapore

AGE:

41

MARITAL STATUS:

Married to Rosentino dos Anjos Amado Ribeiro Hei, with whom she has one daughter, Rosejiza Nabilan Magno Hei

EDUCATION:

Economics Degree, Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Economic Atma Bakti (under the Sebelas Maret Foundation), Solo, Indonesia, 2000

Master in Public Management, Victoria University, New Zealand, 2013

CAREER:

1999 –  June 2000

Popular Education Coordinator (Volunteer), The Law, Basic Rights and Justice Foundation (renamed HAK Association in 2002)

June 1999 – September 2001

Co-Founder, Sahe Institute for Liberation (SIL)

Head, Advocacy Division, SIL

CAREER (cont’d):

November 1999 – June 2000

Advocacy Division, Communication Forum for East Timor Women (FOKUPERS)

2000

Lecturer (Human Rights), National University of Timor-Leste

2000 – Present

Member, FRETILIN Party

2001

Member, Organising Committee, East Timor Women’s Network

June 2001 – August 2001

Consultant, UN Population Fund (UNFPA)

September 2001 – May 2002

FRETILIN Representative, Constituent Assembly

2002 – 2006

Board Member, HAK Association

May 2002 – July 2005

Member, National Parliament

Secretary, Committee of Economics and Finance, National Parliament

2004 – 2007

Board Member, FOKUPERS

July 2005 – May 2007

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

May 2007 – August 2007

Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

CAREER (cont’d):

February 2014 –August 2014

November 2014 to July 2015

April 2015 – November 2015

28 Jan 2016

Appointed by Prime Minister of Timor-Leste as a Member of Commission of Preparation for CPLP summit (CPC-CPLP), February 2014-August 2014;

Member of Review Committee for Policy Leader Group, The Asia Foundation; 

Appointed by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste as a Member of the Gabinete de Apoio a Presidência Rotativa da Comunidade dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa, GAPR-CPLP, (Office to Support the Presidency of CPLP)

Ambassador to Singapore

LANGUAGES:

English, Bahasa Indonesia, Portuguese and Tetum

Born:

4 October 1960

Age:

55

Marital Status:

Married to Mrs Norawan Chasawath

EDUCATION:

-

Bachelor of Arts (Spanish)

Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

-

Certificate of Chinese Study,

The Chinese People’s University, China

CAREER:

1987

Attaché, Southeast Asia Division

Department of Political Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand (MFA)

1988

Attaché, Reception Division,

Department of Protocol, MFA

1989

Third Secretary, Reception Division, Department of Protocol, MFA

-

Third Secretary, Royal Thai Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam

CAREER:

(cont’d)

1991

Second Secretary, Royal Thai Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam

-

Second Secretary, Royal Thai Embassy in Beijing, China

1994

Second Secretary, Department of East Asian Affairs, MFA

-

First Secretary, Department of East Asian Affairs, MFA

1995

First Secretary, Royal Thai Embassy in Beijing, China

2000

First Secretary, Division III, Department of East Asian Affairs, MFA

-

Counsellor, Division III, Department of East Asian Affairs, MFA

2003

Minister-Counsellor, Department of East Asian Affairs, MFA

2005

Chief, Royal Thai Consulate-General in Chengdu, China

2009

Bureau Chief, Asset Procurement and Management Bureau, Office of the Permanent Secretary, MFA

Apr 2012

Deputy Director-General, Department of East Asian Affairs, MFA

Oct 2012

Dec 2015

28 Jan 2016

Director-General, Department of Consular Affairs, MFA

Ambassador  to Singapore

DECORATIONS:

1992

Commander (Third Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand

DECORATIONS

(cont’d)

1996

Commander (Third Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant

2001

Knight Commander (Second Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand

2006

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

2009

Knight Commander (First Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand

2012

Knight Commander (First Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant

2013

The Chakrabarti Mala Medal