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 with concurrent accreditation to Ukraine,[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]- 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 4 March 2009.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 "Simon Tensing de Cruz appointed Ambassador to Myanmar". Channel NewsAsia. 3 January 2000.
- ↑ "News 5 Tonight". 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. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
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