MFA Press Statement: Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 29 January 2015

BORN:

25 April 1959,  Nam Dinh Town,  Nam Dinh Province

AGE:

55

MARITAL

STATUS:

Married with two sons

EDUCATION:

1981

Bachelor of  International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

1991

Post-graduate studies in International Relations, Moscow Diplomatic Academy

1994

Post-graduate studies in International Law, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, the Netherlands

Degree in Political theory

CAREER:

1995-1998

Deputy Director General, ASEAN Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1999-2002

Minister-Counsellor, Deputy Chief of Mission, Vietnam Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia

2003-2004

Deputy Chief, Vietnam National Secretariat for Asia-Europe Summit Meeting (ASEM)

CAREER (cont’d):

2005-2007

Deputy Chief, Administration Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;  and  Personal Secretary to Foreign Minister  NGUYEN DY NIEN, and then to Deputy Prime Minister cum Minister of Foreign Affairs PHAM GIA KHIEM.

2007-2010

Minister, Deputy Chief of Mission, Vietnam Embassy in Washington DC, USA

2011- 2014

Director-General, ASEAN Department, Ministry  of  Foreign Affairs

29 Jan 2015

Ambassador to Singapore

LANGUAGE:

English

AGE:

51

MARITAL STATUS:

Married

EDUCATION:

1981 – 1986

Riga Polytechnical Institute, Faculty of Automatics and Computing Technique  

1995

Clingendale Institute of International Relations, The Hague

2006

Oxford University, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies

CAREER:

1986 – 1988

Engineer, Deputy Chairman of the Student’s Trade Union, Riga Polytechnical Institute

1988 – 1990

Employee, Central Committee of the Latvian Youth Communist League

1990 – 1992

Senior Desk Officer, Latvian Youth Organisations Committee

1992

Director, SSTF Ltd.

1992 – 1995

Senior Desk Officer, Head of the Division of the Nordic and Baltic states, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

CAREER:

(Cont’d)

1995 – 1997

First Secretary, Latvian Embassy in Finland

1997 – 2000

Ambassador to Ukraine

1998 – 2000

Non-resident Ambassador to Romania and Moldova

2000 – 2006

Deputy State Secretary, Administrative - Legal Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2003 – 2006

Non-resident Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro

2006 – 2013

Ambassador to Japan

2007 – Apr 2014

Non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Korea

Aug 2013 to date

29 Jan 2015         

Deputy State Secretary, Administrative Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ambassador to Singapore

AWARDS:

Jun 2004

Minister of Defence Award – Memory Medal for Advancing Latvia’s membership to NATO

Jan 2005

Letter of Honour of the Minister of Foreign Affairs

2013

Honorary Citizen of Rūjiena Town

LANGUAGES:

Latvian, English, Russian

AGE:

38

MARITAL

STATUS:

Married with one child

EDUCATION:

2005

Master of International Studies,

University of Sydney, Australia      

1999 - 2001

Bachelor of Arts in Development Studies and Asian Studies,

Flinders University, Australia

CAREER:

29 Jan 2015

High Commissioner of Maldives to Singapore

Dec 2013
to date

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

May 2012 - Dec 2013

Joint Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Nov 2009 - May 2012

Deputy Additional Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Oct 2007 -  Nov 2009

Director, Foreign Relations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

CAREER:

(cont’d)

Mar 2006 -  Oct 2007

Assistant Director, Foreign Relations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Dec 2005 - Mar 2006

Desk Officer, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Dec 2001 - Jan 2005

Dec 1996 -  Jan 1999

Desk Officer, Foreign Relations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Desk Officer Trainee, Foreign Relations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS/ EXPERIENCE:

Completed a number of professional training programmes and participated in a number of regional and international meetings, including SAARC summits and UN General Assembly meetings.