Bilahari Kausikan

Mr Bilahari Kausikan is currently Chairman of the Middle East Institute, an autonomous institute of the National University of Singapore.  From 2001 to 2013, Mr Kausikan was first the second Permanent Secretary and then Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  He was subsequently Ambassador-at-Large until May 2018.  He had previously served in a variety of appointments in the Ministry, including as the Deputy Secretary for Southeast Asia, the Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York and as Ambassador to the Russian Federation.  Raffles Institution, the University of Singapore and Columbia University in New York all attempted to educate Mr Kausikan.