Ajit Singh (diplomat)

Ajit Singh (born September 25, 1938 in Muar , Johor ) is a former Malaysian diplomat who was Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from 1993 to 1998 . He bears the honorary title Dato (Datuk).

biography

After attending school, he studied history at the University of Malaya , where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA History) in 1963 .

He then joined the Malaysian Diplomatic Service in August 1963 and, in addition to working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, found posts in the foreign missions in Australia , Ethiopia and New York City in the first few years . In 1980 he first became ambassador to Vietnam before he was ambassador to Austria from 1982 to 1985 . After he was between 1985 and 1989 Ambassador to Brazil and as such also in Bolivia , Colombia , Peru and Venezuela accredited .

In July 1989 he was appointed Director General for Malaysia at the ASEAN headquarters and in this position he took part in numerous meetings of the organization until July 1992. He was then Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany from July to November 1992 .

His many years of diplomatic experience, he represented Malaysia also at several international meetings like the United Nations General Assembly , of the Special Committee United Nations (UN) against Apartheid , the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Narcotics Commission (UNCND). He was also head of the Malaysia delegation at numerous meetings of the Movement of Non-Aligned States , the Commonwealth of Nations and the APEC .

After his election by the heads of state and government of the ASEAN countries, he was Secretary General of ASEAN from January 1, 1993 to December 31, 1997 as successor to Rusli Noor . In this function, he was responsible for the organization's numerous activities, which included, in particular, intensifying cooperation between the member states. He was succeeded as ASEAN Secretary General Rodolfo C. Severino , to whom he was defeated in his candidacy for a further five-year term.

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