MFA Press Statement: Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 30 December 2010

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 United Arab Emirates,
His Excellency Mohammad Ahmed Hamel Al Qubaisi

(b) The Ambassador of Iceland,
His Excellency Gudmundur Eiriksson

(c) The Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic,
His Excellency Jeenbek Kulubaev

The curricula vitae of His Excellency Mohammad Ahmed Hamel Al Qubaisi, His Excellency Gudmundur Eiriksson and His Excellency Jeenbek Kulubaev are attached.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
30 DECEMBER 2010

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MOHAMMAD AHMED HAMEL AL QUBAISI
AMBASSADOR
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

BORN: 1 January 1958

AGE: 52

MARITAL STATUS: Married with two wives, Has seven children

EDUCATION: High School

CAREER:
Aug 1987 Vertical Pilot
Oct 1999 Air Force Security Officer
Oct 1999 Acting Head of Air Force Security and Reconnaissance Section
Oct 1999 Head of Air Force Security and Intelligence Section
Oct 1999 Deputy Commander of Khalifa Bin Zayed Air College (Instructor)
Mar 2000 Staff Air Force Reconnaissance
Mar 2000 Head of Security Department
Apr 2000 Head of Reconnaissance Department
Apr 2000 Staff Security
Apr 2002 Military Attaché to the USA
Jul 2006 Commander of Batain Air Base
Jul 2007 Director of Manpower in Air Force and Air Defense
Mar 2008 Retired as a Staff General Pilot
12 November 2009 Ambassador-designate to the Republic of Singapore
30 December 2010 Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore

OTHER APPOINTMENTS:
Representative of an international defence equipment and spare parts sourcing group
Chairman, Boomerang Systems Middle East LLC

HOBBIES:
Photography, Travelling, Fishing, Squash,

LANGUAGES:
English, Arabic
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GUDMUNDUR EIRIKSSON
AMBASSADOR
ICELAND
(RESIDENT IN NEW DELHI)

BORN: 26 October 1947

AGE: 63

MARITAL STATUS: Married to Mdm Thorey Vigdis Olafsdottir; Has four children

EDUCATION:
LL.M., Columbia University, 1974
LL.B. (Honours), King's College, University of London, 1973
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Civil
Engineering, Rutgers College, 1970

CAREER:
1974 - 1976 Law of the Sea Officer, Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the Law of The Sea, New York
1977 - 1980 Assistant Legal Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1980 - 1996 Legal Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1996 - 2002 Judge, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (President of the Chamber for Fisheries Disputes, 1999 - 2002)
2001 - 2003 Director of the Department of International Law and Human Rights
Studies and Dean for Cooperative Programmes, Secretary of the Council,
University for Peace, Costa Rica
2003 - 2005 Ambassador of Iceland to Canada (with concurrent accreditation to Nicaragua, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela and Peru)
2005 - 2007 Professor and Head of the Department of International Law and Human Rights Studies, University for Peace, Costa Rica
2008 - 2009 Ambassador of Iceland to South Africa
2009 - to date Ambassador of Iceland to India
30 December 2010 - to date Concurrently Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore (resident in New Delhi)

OTHER APPOINTMENTS:
1977 Special Consultant, Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea, New York
1984 - 1985 Visiting Scholar, University of Virginia Law School
1987 - 1996 Member, United Nations International Law Commission (Rapporteur 1990; First Vice-Chairman 1993)
1987 - 1996 Lecturer, University of Iceland
1994 - 1995 Visiting Professor of Law, University of New Mexico School of Law
2008 Chairman, Icelandic National Committee on International Humanitarian Law

AWARDS: Knight Commander of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon

LANGUAGES: Icelandic, English

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JEENBEK KULUBAEV
AMBASSADOR
THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
(RESIDENT IN BEIJING)

BORN: 5 April 1963, Kyrgyz Republic

AGE: 47

MARITAL STATUS: Married to Mdm Zhanamanova Kulkair; Has two children

EDUCATION: Higher education

CAREER:
1992 - 1995 Second Secretary, then First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1995 - 1996 Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1996 - 1997 Head of Asian Countries Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1997 - 1998 Deputy Director of Second Political Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1998 - 2000 Counsellor, Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in Beijing
2001 - 2002 Deputy Director of First Political Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2002 - 2003 Head of Eastern Countries Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2003 - 2004 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
2004 - 2006 Deputy Secretary-General, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Beijing
2006 - 2007 Ambassador-at-large and Director of the Department of International Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dec 2007- Jun 2009 Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to Malaysia
Jul 2009 - to date Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the People's Republic of China
30 December 2010 - to date Concurrently Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore (resident in Beijing)

LANGUAGES:
Kyrgyz, Russian, Mandarin, English

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