Albert Chua (born 1968) is a

Singaporean Singaporeans are the citizens and nationals of the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is home to a people of a variety of ethno-racial-religious origins, with the city-state itself being a multi-racial, multi-cultural, m ...

civil servant and diplomat who is the

Permanent Secretary A permanent secretary is the most senior Civil Service (United Kingdom), civil servant of a department or Ministry (government department), ministry charged with running the department or ministry's day-to-day activities. Permanent secretaries are ...

of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore. He also served as Permanent Representative of

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to the

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from 2011 to 2013.

Education

He was educated at

Raffles Institution Raffles Institution (RI) is an independent educational institution in Singapore. Founded in 1823, it is the oldest school in the country. It provides secondary education for boys only from Year 1 to Year 4, and pre-university education for both b ...

, the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a Public university, public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus university, campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and twenty-six schools of ...

(BA, English Literature, 1990) and

Harvard Kennedy School The John F. Kennedy School of Government, commonly referred to as Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), is the school of public policy of Harvard University, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard Kennedy School offers master's de ...

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

(MPA, 2000).

Career

Chua joined the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ...

in 1992, serving as Deputy Trade Representative at the Singapore Trade Office in Taipei from March 1994 to February 1997, and Deputy Secretary (Policy) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from August 2001 to February 2004. He served as a Principal Private Secretary to then Senior Minister

Goh Chok Tong Goh Chok Tong (born 20 May 1941) is a Singaporean former politician who served as the second prime minister of Singapore from 1990 to 2004 and as a senior minister of Singapore from 2004 to 2011. He served as the secretary-general of the Peo ...

from August 2004 to September 2007, and was appointed Singaporean High Commissioner to Australia from March 2008 to June 2011. He was appointed Permanent Secretary (Foreign Affairs) in April 2022, having formerly been Permanent Secretary ( Sustainability and the Environment). He also served as a board member of the Middle East Institute and the Institute of South Asian Studies.

Awards

He received a Gold

Public Administration Medal The Pingat Pentadbiran Awam (English: Public Administration Medal) is a Singaporean decoration instituted in 1963 and has three grades: * Emas (Gold) * Perak (Silver) * Gangsa (Bronze) The medal may be awarded to any of the following persons ...

in 2017.

References

1968 births Living people Permanent secretaries of Singapore Raffles Institution alumni Alumni of the University of East Anglia Harvard Kennedy School alumni Permanent representatives of Singapore to the United Nations {{UN-bio-stub