Albert Chua
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Albert Chua
| image = File:Albertchua.jpg
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| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|list=PPA(E)}}
| office = Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore)
| term_start = April 2022
| term_end =
| predecessor = Chee Wee Kiong
| successor =
| office2 = Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
| monarch =
| term_start2 = October 2017
| term_end2 = March 2022
| predecessor2 = Choi Shing Kwok
| successor2 = Stanley Loh
| office3 = Singaporean Permanent Representative to the United Nations
| term_start3 = August 2011
| term_end3 = June 2013
| predecessor3 = Vanu Gopala Menon
| successor3 = Karen Tan
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1968}}
| birth_place = Singapore
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| alma_mater = University of East Anglia {{small|(BA)}}
Harvard University {{small|(MPA)}}
| office 4 =
| term_end4 = June 2011
| term_start4 = March 2008
| office4 = Singaporean High Commissioner to Australia
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Albert Chua (born 1968) is a Singaporean civil servant and diplomat who is the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore.{{cite news |title=ASEAN: The Next 50 Years |url=https://asiasociety.org/new-york/events/asean-next-50-years |access-date=8 September 2024 |work=Asia Society |date=September 23, 2016}} He also served as Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations from 2011 to 2013.{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/bio4310.doc.htm |title=New Permanent Representative of Singapore Presents Credentials |website=www.un.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203013315/http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/bio4310.doc.htm |archive-date=2013-12-03}}
Education
He was educated at Raffles Institution, the University of East Anglia (BA, English Literature, 1990) and Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University (MPA, 2000).
Career
Chua joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1992, serving as Deputy Trade Representative at the Singapore Trade Office in Taipei from March 1994 to February 1997, and Deputy Secretary (Policy) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from August 2001 to February 2004.{{Cite web |title=MFA Press Statement Appointment Of Singapores High Commissioner To Australia |url=https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Newsroom/Press-Statements-Transcripts-and-Photos/2008/02/MFA-Press-Statement--Appointment-Of-Singapores-High-Commissioner-To-Australia |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=www.mfa.gov.sg |language=en}}
He served as a Principal Private Secretary to then Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong from August 2004 to September 2007, and was appointed Singaporean High Commissioner to Australia from March 2008 to June 2011.{{cite web|title=New NMPs mark start of term|url=http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/new-nmps-mark-start-term|website=AsiaOne|access-date=26 September 2014|archive-date=2 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902061657/http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/new-nmps-mark-start-term|url-status=dead}} He was appointed Permanent Secretary (Foreign Affairs) in April 2022, having formerly been Permanent Secretary (Sustainability and the Environment).{{cite web |title=Public Service Division announces new permanent secretary appointments, retirements from Apr 1 |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/public-service-division-announces-new-permanent-secretary-appointments-retirements-apr-1-2519456 |website=CNA (TV network) |access-date=7 February 2023}}
He also served as a board member of the Middle East Institute and the Institute of South Asian Studies.{{cite web |title=ASEAN: The Next 50 Years |url=https://asiasociety.org/new-york/events/asean-next-50-years |website=Asia Society |access-date=8 September 2024}}
Awards
He received a Gold Public Administration Medal in 2017.{{cite web |title=Recipients |url=https://www.pmo.gov.sg/National-Day-Awards/Recipients?page=1&keywords=albert%20chua&award=The%20Public%20Administration%20Medal%20(Gold)&year= |website=Prime Minister's Office (Singapore) |access-date=9 February 2023}}
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Category:Harvard Kennedy School alumni
Category:Permanent representatives of Singapore to the United Nations
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