Kishore Mahbubani
Singaporean academic, diplomat and geopolitical consultant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kishore Mahbubani PPA (born 24 October 1948) is a Singaporean diplomat and geopolitical consultant who served as Singapore Permanent Representative to the United Nations between 1984 and 1989, and again between 1998 and 2004, and President of the United Nations Security Council between 2001 and 2002.[1]
Kishore Mahbubani | |
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President of the United Nations Security Council | |
In office January 2001 – May 2002 | |
Preceded by | Sergey Lavrov |
Succeeded by | Habib Ben Yahia |
Singapore Permanent Representative to the United Nations | |
In office 1998–2004 | |
President | Ong Teng Cheong S. R. Nathan |
In office 1984–1989 | |
President | Devan Nair Wee Kim Wee |
Personal details | |
Born | Kishore Mahbubani (1948-10-24) 24 October 1948 (age 75) Colony of Singapore |
Spouses | Gretchen Gustafson
(m. 1975, divorced)Anne King Markey (m. 1985) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | University of Singapore (BA) Dalhousie University (MA) |
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Website | mahbubani |
After stepping down, he remained serving as a senior advisor at the National University of Singapore while engaging in a nine-month sabbatical at various universities, including Harvard University's Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.[2] He is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute.[3] In 2019, Mahbubani was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Between 2004 and 2017, he served as Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.[4]