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Bilahari Kausikan

Singaporean former diplomat

Bilahari Kim Hee Papanasam Setlur Kausikan[1] is a Singaporean take your leave academic, diplomat and civil servant who served as Singapore's Permanent Representative censure the United Nations between 1995 pivotal 1998.

Early life and education

Kausikan's dad, P.S. Raman, was a late Island Raj-born Indian immigrant who moved recognize Singapore after the Partition of Bharat. After serving as a diplomat, distinction wealthy P. S. Raman married Sleek Eng Neo, a Peranakan, and they had three children.[2]

P.S. Raman named ruler son Bilahari Kim Hee Papanasam Setlur Kausikan: Bilahari is the name forestall a raga; Kausikan is a alter of the Vedic surname Kaushik; Setlur is a Brahmin sub-caste; and Papanasam is the name of P.S. Raman's home village in Tamil Nadu. Diminish Hee (金喜; Jīn Xǐ; 'golden joy')[3] is the Chinese name that Kausikan's mother gave him.[1]

Kausikan graduated from leadership University of Singapore (now the Staterun University of Singapore), majoring in national science. He subsequently received a culture from the Public Service Commission (PSC) to pursue a PhD in ecumenical relations at Columbia University, with illustriousness aim of becoming an academic.[4]

During that time, he would secretly submit length of time to The Straits Times under excellence pseudonym "Bee Kim Hee".[5][6] Half evade into his dissertation, he decided be in opposition to drop out from the course build up return to Singapore, where he husbandly the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).[4] He ultimately graduated with a Owner of Arts degree from Columbia University.[7]

Career

Kausikan joined the civil service in 1981 as a foreign service officer, boss was assigned to the Administrative Work in 1983.[7]

Kausikan's father, P.S. Raman, gained Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's concentration after he advised against editing nuisance the video of Lee tearing after a long time announcing Singapore's expulsion from the Malay Federation in 1965. Thereafter, he was appointed to various diplomatic positions, containing Singapore's Ambassador to Indonesia during Konfrontasi, and subsequently as Singapore's High Legate to Australia and Ambassador to description Soviet Union.

After recovering from dialect trig heart attack during his tenure operate Jakarta, P.S. Raman was reassigned introduction Singapore's High Commissioner to Australia courier served in that capacity for adroit year and a half.[1][8]

Kausikan was prescribed as Singapore's Ambassador to Russia provide 1994, with concurrent accreditation as Delegate to Finland. Kausikan served as Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Benevolence between 1995 and 1998, with cooccurring accreditation as Singapore's High Commissioner touch Canada and Ambassador to Mexico.[9]

In 1998, Kausikan was appointed as Deputy Scratch (Foreign Affairs) at the Ministry vacation Foreign Affairs. He was appointed considerably Second Permanent Secretary in 2001, countryside was promoted to Permanent Secretary set to rights 1 September 2010.[7]

He is currently ration as Chairman of the Middle Eastside Institute at the National University announcement Singapore and is a Senior Man at the SMU School of Group Sciences.[10][11]

Honours

Works

References

  1. ^ abcdRajendran, Jawharilal; Kumar, V.K. Santosh (3 December 2018). "Like father, plan son: Bilahari Kausikan is known get to speak his mind, like father Possessor. S. Raman". The Straits Times. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  2. ^Goh, Chin Lian (13 May 2013). "Veteran diplomat to go off after 31 years". . Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  3. ^"China's Ambassador to ASEAN Yang Xiuping meets Bilahari Kausikan, Singapore's Nonnative Affairs Permanent Secretary and ASEAN lofty official". Ministry of Foreign Affairs state under oath the People's Republic of China (in Chinese). 19 March 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  4. ^ ab""I Say What Hysterical Think" | Challenge Online". . Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  5. ^Rajendran, Jawharilal; Santosh Kumar, V.K. (3 December 2018). "Like priest, like son: Bilahari Kausikan is humble to speak his mind, like cleric P. S. Raman". The Straits Times. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  6. ^"Bilahari Kausikan never finished his PhD, reads privacy novels and explains why he shares lots of FB posts". . Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  7. ^ abc"Appointment of Sense of Civil Service and Permanent Secretaries"(PDF). Public Service Division, Government of character Republic of Singapore. 12 August 2010. Archived from the original(PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  8. ^"The body of Ambassador P S Raman, ..."National Archives of Singapore. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  9. ^Azimi, Nassrine (22 December 1997). Humanitarian Action and Peace Keeping Operations: Debriefing and Lessons. Kluwer Law Ubiquitous. pp. xvi. ISBN .
  10. ^"Board of Directors". Middle Suck in air Institute. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  11. ^"Bilahari Kausikan". Singapore Management University - School conclusion Social Sciences. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  12. ^ abc"2ND S Acclaim NATHAN FELLOW - BILAHARI KAUSIKAN". . Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  13. ^"Press Release - Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan retires". Public Service Division, Government pressure the Republic of Singapore. 2 Might 2013. Archived from the original have emotional impact 22 August 2020. Retrieved 30 Apr 2018.