Singapore appoints envoy to Nepal

Singapore, March 19

The Singapore Government has appointed Mr Calvin Eu Mun Hoo, 54, as Singapore's Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, resident in New Delhi.

Mr Eu is currently Singapore's High Commissioner to India, with concurrent accreditation to the Kingdom of Bhutan. He will present his credentials to the President of Nepal Ram Baran Yadav on 20 March 2009.

Mr Eu obtained his Bachelor of Arts (1978) and Bachelor of Social Science (Honours Class II Upper) Degree in Political Science (1979) from the University of Singapore. In 1986, he obtained the Master of International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, USA under the Fulbright scholarship.

Mr Eu joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in June 1979. He was First Secretary in the Singapore Embassy in Jakarta (1981 to 1985), First Secretary and later Counsellor in the Singapore Embassy in Bangkok (1989 to 1992) and Charge d'Affaires in the Singapore Embassy in Yangon in 1994. At the Ministry HQ, he served as Director of Policy, Planning and Analysis Directorate I (South East Asia and ASEAN political matters) from 1993 to 1994, Director of Policy, Planning and Analysis Directorate III (East Asia and the Pacific) from 1996 to 1997 and Director of Policy, Planning and Analysis Directorate I (South East Asia and Regional Policy) from 1997 to 1999. Mr Eu was subsequently appointed the first resident Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to the Union of Myanmar from June 1994 to September 1996. He was Singapore's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand from January 1999 to December 2001. Prior to Mr Eu's appointment to the Republic of India, he was Singapore's Ambassador to the Republic of Korea from February 2002 to September 2006, with concurrent accreditation as Singapore's Ambassador to Mongolia.

Mr Eu is a senior officer in the Administrative Service. He has attended numerous international, regional and ASEAN conferences and meetings. He has also served as a member of the board of various Singapore statutory boards and agencies which included East Asian Institute Management Board, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Policy Committee, and Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Executive Committee.

Mr Eu is married to Madam Linda Choo and they have three sons.