Singapore has appointed its first Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
He is Kemal Siddique, a released issued today by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated.
Siddique, the Executive Director of Tony K Siddique & Associates Pte Ltd, will be resident in Singapore.
He currently serves as Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Denmark and Special Envoy of Asia-Middle East Dialogue for Economic/Business Issues. He is also a Special Envoy to Ukraine.
Siddique joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in August 1970, served as Counsellor at the Singapore Embassy in Jakarta from 1971 to 1973 and Charge d’Affaires ad interim at the Singapore Embassy in Bonn from 1973 to 1978.
He was also Deputy Director for Western Europe and North America from 1978 to 1982 and Director for Southeast Asia from 1982 to 1984.
Prior to his current appointment as Non-Resident Ambassador to Denmark, he served as Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Norway, Sweden and Finland.
In 1996, he retired from the civil service and moved to the private sector.
Siddique was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) and the Public Service Star by the Singapore government.
The German government conferred the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for his contribution in promoting Singapore-German Relations.
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