Singapore / Botswana / Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 26 May 2011
SINGAPORE, Singapore, May 26, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following foreign Head of Mission presented its credentials to President S R Nathan in ceremony at the Istana today:
SASARA CHASALA GEORGE
HIGH COMMISSIONER
REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA
(RESIDENT IN BEIJING)
BORN: 17 December 1952, Tlokweng Village, Botswana
AGE: 58
MARITAL
STATUS: Married to Mrs Mmammidi Clementine George
Has 3 daughters
EDUCATION: BA (Political Science), University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland
CAREER: 1976 Joined the Department of Foreign Affairs
1978 – 1983 Second Secretary, Botswana High Commission in Lusaka, Zambia
1983 Recalled to the Department of Foreign Affairs
1985 – 1988 Counsellor and Deputy Ambassador, Botswana Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden
1988 – 1990 Counsellor and Deputy High Commissioner, Botswana High Commission in London, UK
1990 – 1994 Chief of Protocol
1994 – 1996 High Commissioner in Lusaka (with concurrent accreditations to Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia and Organisation of African Unity)
1996 – 2005 Ambassador in Brussels (with concurrent accreditations to the European Union, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and UNESCO
2005 – 2007 Director of Europe and Americas, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
2008 – 2010 Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Jan 2011 -
to date Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China
26 May 2011 High Commissioner to the Republic of Singapore (Resident in Beijing)
HOBBIES: Soccer, fishing, weight-lifting, walking, jogging, cycling and reading
SOURCE
Singapore – Ministry of Foreign Affairs
