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 the Russian Federation.
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]
References
- 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. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- 1 2 "Simon Tensing de Cruz appointed Ambassador to Myanmar". Channel News Asia. 3 January 2000.
- ↑ "News 5 Tonight". Television Corporation of Singapore. 24 April 1996. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- ↑ "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. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- ↑ Послы иностранных государств, вручившие верительные грамоты Президенту России (in Russian). Presidential Press and Information Office. 27 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-04.