Simon Tensing de Cruz

Simon Tensing de Cruz (born 2 February 1954 in the United Kingdom)[1] is a Singaporean diplomat and is currently the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Singapore to Ukraine.

Ambassador Simon Tensing de Cruz

De Cruz graduated from the University of Singapore with a degree in political science in 1979 and joined the Singaporean Ministry of Foreign Affairs the same year.[2]

In 1996, he was appointed as Ambassador of Singapore to the Philippines,[3] a position he held until 1999,[1] when he was appointed as the island republic's Ambassador to Myanmar in 2000 and held that position until 2004.[1][2]

After serving in a department of the Singapore Foreign Ministry, he was appointed as the High Commissioner of Singapore to Papua New Guinea on 29 May 2006.[1]

On 24 September 2008, de Cruz was appointed as Ambassador of Singapore to Russia,[4] and presented his Letter of Credence to President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev on 27 February 2009.[5]

On completing his tenure in Moscow in 2012, Simon Tensing de Cruz continued to serve in his capacity as an Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to Ukraine (with residence in Singapore).

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "MFA Press Statement: Appointment of Singapore's High Commissioner To The Independent State of Papua New Guinea". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore). 29 May 2006. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
  2. 1 2 "Simon Tensing de Cruz appointed Ambassador to Myanmar". Channel News Asia. 3 January 2000.
  3. ↑ "News 5 Tonight". Television Corporation of Singapore. 24 April 1996. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "MFA Press Statement: Appointment of Singapore's Ambassador to the Russian Federation and Ukraine and Singapore's Ambassador to the Federal Republic Of Germany". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore). 24 September 2008. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  5. ↑ Послы иностранных государств, вручившие верительные грамоты Президенту России (in Russian). Presidential Press and Information Office. 27 February 2009. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2009.


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