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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PRESS STATEMENT

 

 

PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY

THE AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY AND

THE AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF YEMEN

 

The Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary and the Ambassador of the Republic Yemen presented their Credentials to President Ong Teng Cheong at the Istana today.

 

  Ambassador Lajos Tamas of Hungary, who is resident in Jakarta, succeeds Dr Joszef Nyerki.

 

  Ambassador Abdul Wahed Mohamed Fara, who is resident in Jakarta, succeeds Mr Yahya Zaid Al-Radhi.

 

  The curricula vitae of Ambassadors Lajos Tamas and Abdul Wahed Mohamed Fara are attached.

 

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

17 MARCH 1998

 

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LAJOS TAMAS

AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE

HUNGARY

 

BORN:

21 September 1945 in Pecs, Hungary

 

 

AGE:

52

 

 

MARITAL

Married Edit Hornyak

STATUS:

Has 3 children

 

 

EDUCATION:

Graduated from the Faculty of International Relations, Budapest University of Economics, 1969

 

 

CAREER:

1969

Joined the Hungarian Foreign Service

 

 

 

 

1969-72

Attaché, Hungarian Embassy in Hanoi

 

 

 

 

1975-79

Desk Officer for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia

 

 

 

 

1979-83

First Secretary, Hungarian Embassy in Hanoi

 

 

 

 

1983-88

Director, Asia-Pacific Department, Hungary

 

 

 

 

1988-94

Ambassador to Cambodia

 

 

 

 

1995-97

Deputy Director-General, Asia-Pacific Department, Hungary

 

 

 

 

1997

to date

Ambassador to Indonesia

 

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March 1998

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ABDUL WAHED MOHAMED FARA

AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE

REPUBLIC OF YEMEN

 

BORN:

1949

 

AGE:

 

49

 

MARITAL

STATUS:

 

Married

Have five children

 

EDUCATION:

Bachelorious degree in Law, Baghdad University, 1972

 

 

CAREER:

 

1972-1973

Legal Advisor

 

1973-1976

First Judge

 

 

 

 

1977-1979

Charge d’Affaires of the Republic of Yemen to the Republic of Iraq in Baghdad

 

 

 

 

1979-1983

Director General of Arabic Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yemen

 

 

 

 

1983-1987

Ambassador of Yemen to the State of Kuwait

 

 

 

 

1984-1987

Non-Resident Ambassador of Bahrain, Qatar and the Sultanate of Oman

 

 

 

 

1987-1990

Ambassador of Yemen to the Republic of Tunisia and the Permanent Representative to the Arab League

 

 

 

 

1988-1990

Non-Resident Ambassador of Yemen to the Kingdom of Morocco

 

 

 

 

1990-1995

Director General for Planning Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yemen

 

 

 

 

1995-to date

Ambassador of Yemen to Indonesia

 

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March 1998