Singapore / Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 26 January 2012
SINGAPORE, Singapore, January 26, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 26 January 2012
The High Commissioner of the Republic of Seychelles
His Excellency Philippe Le Gall
PHILIPPE LE GALL
HIGH COMMISSIONER TO SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES
BORN: 8 August 1954, France
AGE: 57
NATIONALITY: Seychellois and French
MARITAL STATUS: Single
EDUCATION: Law and Political Science
CAREER:
1977 – 1978 Journalist, Oeust – France (a French regional newspaper)
1979 – 1983 Freelance reporter and press correspondent in South-East Asia
Lecturer, French language and history, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
1984 – 1991 Senior administrative positions in several Paris-based business schools
(the Center for Studies and Training) and cultural institutions (Paris Boys
Choir, Bernard Thomas Chamber Orchestra)
1992 – 2001 Adviser to the Minister of Culture
2001 – 2006 Special Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
11 May 2007 Ambassador of Seychelles to the People’s Republic of China,
concurrently accredited to Japan, Korea, Cambodia, Laos, Viet Nam,
Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand
28 Nov 2011 High Commissioner -designate to Singapore
26 Jan 2012 High Commissioner to Singapore, resident in Beijing
OTHER APPOINTMENTS: Vice President of the Permanent Committee of French-
speaking Ambassadors posted in Beijing
AWARDS : Chevalier des Arts et Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters),
France (1998)
Indian Ocean Literary Award for ‘The King’s Garden’ a collection of short
stories (2003)
Officier des Arts et Lettres (Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters), France
(2008)
LANGUAGE : English, French and Creole
SOURCE
Singapore – Ministry of Foreign Affairs
