Albert Chua Explained

Albert Chua
Office:Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore)
Term Start:April 2022
Predecessor:Chee Wee Kiong
Office2:Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
Term Start2:October 2017
Term End2:March 2022
Predecessor2:Choi Shing Kwok
Successor2:Stanley Loh
Office3:Singaporean Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Term Start3:August 2011
Term End3:June 2013
Predecessor3:Vanu Gopala Menon
Successor3:Karen Tan
Birth Place:Singapore
Term End4:June 2011
Term Start4:March 2008
Office4:Singaporean High Commissioner to Australia

Albert Chua (born 1968) is a Singaporean civil servant and diplomat who served as Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations from 2011 to 2013.[1]

He was educated at Raffles Institution, the University of East Anglia (BA, English Literature, 1990) and Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University (MPA, 2000). He served as Singaporean High Commissioner to Australia from March 2008 to June 2011, and as Principal Private Secretary to then Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong from 2004 to 2006.[2] He was appointed Permanent Secretary, (Foreign Affairs) in April 2022, having formerly been Permanent Secretary (Sustainability and the Environment).[3]

He received a Gold Public Administration Medal in 2017.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Permanent Representative of Singapore Presents Credentials . www.un.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203013315/http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/bio4310.doc.htm . 2013-12-03.
  2. Web site: New NMPs mark start of term. AsiaOne. 26 September 2014. 2 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140902061657/http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/new-nmps-mark-start-term. dead.
  3. Web site: Public Service Division announces new permanent secretary appointments, retirements from Apr 1 . . 7 February 2023.
  4. Web site: Recipients . . 9 February 2023.