Career Talk: Dialogue with Mr Bilahari Kausikan, Perm Sec, MFA, Singapore

Introduction

In this interactive session, Mr Bilahari Kausikan, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, shared his insights on Singapore's foreign policy, including on the role of international law, and answered any questions participants had about Singapore's foreign policy and diplomacy. This event was for students' participation only.

About the Speaker

Mr Bilahari Kausikan is currently the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr Kausikan was educated at Raffles Institution, the University of Singapore and Columbia University in New York. In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he has served on the North America Desk, as First Secretary in the Singapore Embassy in Washington DC, as Director for Southeast Asia, Director for East Asia and the Pacific and as Deputy Secretary for Southeast Asia. He has also served as the Press Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and as the Ministry’s Spokesman. Mr Kausikan served as the Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from 1995 to 1998 with concurrent accreditation as High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador to Mexico. Prior to this appointment, he served as Ambassador to the Russian Federation from 1994 to 1995, with concurrent accreditation as Ambassador to Finland. In August 2001, Mr Kausikan was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Gold). In December 2002, he was awarded the "Order of Bernardo O’Higgins" with the rank of "Gran Cruz" by the President of the Republic of Chile. Mr Kausikan was the Second Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from August 2001 to August 2010.

Photo Gallery

[nggallery id=23]