Lee Chiong Giam

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Lee Chiong Giam is a Singaporean diplomat.

Career

In 1967, Lee entered the civil service. He has held various positions in the ministries of health and foreign affairs and with the People's Association, a government agency overseeing social organizations and neighborhood services. 1979 Lee was director of the "Regional and Economic Division" in the Singapore Foreign Ministry. From 1982 to 1989 he was Singapore's High Commissioner for Papua New Guinea. In parallel, Lee was Chief Executive Director of the People's Association from 1983 to 1999.

From 1997 to 2005, Lee was the Singapore High Commissioner for Fiji. On October 26th, he was appointed Singaporean High Commissioner for Pakistan and Singaporean Ambassador to East Timor . Lee held the offices until 2014. All posts as diplomatic delegate had Singapore as their official seat, as the country does not have an embassy in the other countries.

In 2015, Lee went into retirement.

Awards

In 1979 Lee was awarded the Public Administration Medal in silver and in 1999 the Public Administration Medal in gold. In May 2000, the Friend of Labor Award from the Singapore National Trade Union Congress followed for Lee's services to the trade union movement.

In 2012 he received the Insígnia des Ordem de Timor-Leste from East Timor’s President José Ramos-Horta . In addition, Lee was awarded the Public Service Star in Singapore.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Singapore National Library Board: BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY , January 2019 , accessed November 9, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b Creative Arts: Board Member: Mr Lee Chiong Giam , accessed on November 9, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b Tommy Thong Bee Koh, Li Lin Chang: The Little Red Dot: Reflections by Singapore's Diplomats, Volume 1 , 2005. Limited preview in the Google Book Search.
  4. ^ MFA Press Statement: Appointment of Singapore's High Commissioner, October 26, 2005.
  5. ^ A b Mr Lee Chiong Giam, The Public Service Star, 2012 , accessed November 9, 2019.
  6. ↑ MFA Diplomatic Academy Annual Report 2014, p. 23 , accessed on November 9, 2019.
  7. ↑ Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Diplomatic Missions.
  8. ↑ Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam , Singapore Minister of Justice: Farewell lunch for Ambassadors Chew Tai Soo and Lee Chiong Giam , 2015 , accessed November 9, 2019.
  9. ↑ Decreto do Presidente da República n. ° 39/2012 de 19 de Maio , accessed on September 18, 2019.
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Lee is the family name here, Chiong Giam is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Lee Chiong Giam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Singaporean diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century