Ong Keng Yong
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Ong Keng Yong is a Singapore
an diplomat. He was the Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) from 2003 to 2007.
Ong was educated at the University of Singapore and Georgetown University
in Washington DC, USA, receiving a Master of Arts (MA) in Arab Studies. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore in June 1979. He has been on diplomatic postings to Saudi Arabia (1984–1988), Malaysia (1989–1991) and the United States of America (1991–1994). From 1994 to 1996, he was spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1996 to 1998, he was Ambassador and High Commissioner of Singapore to India and Nepal. From 1998 to 2002, he worked as an important aide to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong
, leaving that job in 2002. From 1999 to 2002, Ong was concurrently Chief Executive Director of the People's Association in Singapore, as well as Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts.
In 2008, he was at the Centre for Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.
Currently, Ong is Ambassador-At-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore. He is also the Non-Resident Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Concurrently, Ong is Director of the Institute of Policy Studies at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
an diplomat. He was the Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, commonly abbreviated ASEAN rarely ), is a geo-political and economic organization of ten countries located in Southeast Asia, which was formed on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Since then, membership has...
(ASEAN) from 2003 to 2007.
Ong was educated at the University of Singapore and Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
in Washington DC, USA, receiving a Master of Arts (MA) in Arab Studies. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore in June 1979. He has been on diplomatic postings to Saudi Arabia (1984–1988), Malaysia (1989–1991) and the United States of America (1991–1994). From 1994 to 1996, he was spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1996 to 1998, he was Ambassador and High Commissioner of Singapore to India and Nepal. From 1998 to 2002, he worked as an important aide to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong
Goh Chok Tong
Goh Chok Tong is the Senior Minister of Singapore and the chairman of the central bank of Singapore, the Monetary Authority of Singapore. He also served as the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore from 28 November 1990 to 12 August 2004, succeeding Lee Kuan Yew, the former Prime...
, leaving that job in 2002. From 1999 to 2002, Ong was concurrently Chief Executive Director of the People's Association in Singapore, as well as Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts.
In 2008, he was at the Centre for Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.
Currently, Ong is Ambassador-At-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore. He is also the Non-Resident Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Concurrently, Ong is Director of the Institute of Policy Studies at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.