Simon Tensing de Cruz
Simon Tensing de Cruz (born 2 February 1954)[1] is a Singaporean diplomat who has been serving as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Singapore to Ukraine.
Early life and education edit
De Cruz was born in the United Kingdom on 2 February 1954 to Gerald Evelyn de Cruz and Coral Alma Phipps.[2] His elder sister is Justice Judith Prakash.[3] He also has one younger half-brother, Adam.[2]
He graduated from the University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore) in 1979, majoring in political science before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) that year.[4]
Career edit
In 1996, he was appointed as Singapore's Ambassador to the Philippines,[5] a position he held until 1999,[1] when he was appointed as the Ambassador of Singapore to Myanmar in 2000 and held that position until 2004.[1][4]
After serving in a department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was appointed as Singapore's High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea on 29 May 2006.[1]
On 24 September 2008, de Cruz was appointed as Singapore's Ambassador to Russia,[6] and presented his Letter of Credence to President Dmitry Medvedev on 27 February 2009.[7]
On completing his tenure in Moscow in 2012, he continued to serve in his capacity as Singapore's Ambassador to Ukraine.
References edit
- ^ a b c d . Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore). 29 May 2006. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
- ^ a b Asad Latif (2015). The life and times of Gerald de Cruz : a Singaporean of many worlds. Singapore: ISEAS Publishing, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. ISBN 978-981-4620-69-7. OCLC 921296739.
- ^ "Judith Prakash". Singapore Women's Hall of Fame.
- ^ a b "Simon Tensing de Cruz appointed Ambassador to Myanmar". Channel NewsAsia. 3 January 2000.
- ^ . Television Corporation of Singapore. 24 April 1996. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.