Emran bin Bahar

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Emran bin Bahar

| image = United States, Brunei, and Laos Announce English Language Program for ASEAN Chairmanship.jpg

| office = Ambassador of Brunei to Laos

| termstart = 29 March 2012

| termend =

| predecessor = Kasmirhan Tahir

| successor =

| office1 = Ambassador of Brunei to Russia

| termstart1 = 29 May 2009

| termend1 = 2012

| predecessor1 = Janin Erih

| successor1 = Haini Hashim

| office2 = Permanent Representative of Brunei to the United Nations

| termstart2 = 27 April 2006

| termend2 = 2008

| predecessor2 = Shofry Abdul Ghafor

| successor2 = Latif Tuah

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1961|08|9}}

| birth_place = Brunei

| alma_mater = {{ubil|Keele University (BA)|Australian National University (MA; PhD)}}

| caption = Ambassador Emran (2nd left) in 2015

| native_name = {{no bold|امرن بن بهار}}

}}

Emran bin Bahar (born 9 August 1961){{Cite web |title=NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM PRESENTS CREDENTIALS {{!}} Meetings Coverage and Press Releases |url=https://press.un.org/en/2006/bio3758.doc.htm |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=press.un.org}} is a Bruneian diplomat and is currently the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Negara Brunei Darussalam to the Russian Federation.

Education

Bahar graduated from Keele University with a B.A. in international relations and continued studies for his master's degree in international relations at the Australian National University in 1994; from which received his PhD in 1998.{{cite web|url=http://www.mindef.gov.bn/MOD_Brunei/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=369 |title=Dr.Haji Emran Bin Bahar |date=18 December 2008 |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Brunei) |accessdate=2009-06-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929143835/http://www.mindef.gov.bn/MOD_Brunei/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=369 |archivedate=2011-09-29 }}

Career

Early in the 1990s, Emran was an administrative officer in the Political Department,{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=llK2AAAAIAAJ&q=Emran+bin+Bahar |title=JASA: A New Era of Cooperation : Proceedings of the First Japan-Southeast Asia Conference, Kuala Lumpur, November 24-27, 1989 |date=1990 |publisher=Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia |isbn=978-967-947-123-6 |language=en}} and as of 2008, Emran was working as a Deputy Permanent Secretary 1 at the Ministry of Defence.{{Cite web |title=News_Test - MINDEF welcomes UBD Scholars |url=https://www.mindef.gov.bn/airforce/Lists/News_Test/DispForm.aspx?ID=1541&ContentTypeId=0x01005A98E14FB0FEBF4EA84BFF035D91D657 |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=www.mindef.gov.bn}} He has been assigned as the ambassador to the United Nations (UN).{{Cite book |last=USA |first=IBP |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zNayDwAAQBAJ&dq=Emran+bin+Bahar&pg=PA28 |title=Brunei Air force Handbook - Strategic Information and Weapon Systems |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1-4330-0429-2 |pages=28 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Turner |first=B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ipPlDQAAQBAJ&dq=Emran+bin+Bahar&pg=PA233 |title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2009: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World |date=2017-01-12 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-349-74027-7 |pages=233 |language=en}} On 9 April 2012, Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah granted permission for two recently appointed Brunei envoys, including Emran (Brunei Ambassador to Laos), to attend. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah gave each envoy their individual letters of credentials on 29 March.{{Cite web |title=Sultanate - News {{!}} Negara Brunei Darussalam {{!}} Deputy Sultan receives newly appointed Brunei envoys |url=http://www.sultanate.com/news_server/2012/10_apr_4.html |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=www.sultanate.com}} In addition to this, he was the director of Policy Planning Department in 2013.{{Cite book |last=USA |first=IBP |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q22yDwAAQBAJ&dq=Emran+bin+Bahar&pg=PA135 |title=Brunei Ecology and Nature Protection Handbook |date=2013 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1-4387-0633-7 |pages=135 |language=en}}