किशोर महबूबानी Kishore Mahbubani
किशोर महबूबानी Kishore Mahbubani
Singaporean diplomat for thirty-three years, twice Ambassador to the United Nations and twice President of the Security Council. Founding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Distinguished Fellow at the National University of Singapore.
- 33 Years in Singapore’s Foreign Service: 1971 to 2004.
- 2 Terms as Ambassador to the UN: 1984 to 1989 and 1998 to 2004.
- 2 Months presiding over the Security Council: January 2001 and May 2002.
- 11 Books: From Can Asians Think? (2001) to Can Asians Think of Peace? (2025).
The facts
- Name
- Kishore Mahbubani. In Chinese, 马凯硕 (Mǎ Kǎishuò) (Wikipedia)
- Born
- 24 October 1948, Singapore, to a Hindu Sindhi family displaced by the Partition of India (Wikipedia)
- Education
- President’s Scholar (1967). First-class honours in philosophy, University of Singapore (1971). MA in philosophy, Dalhousie University, Canada (Zurich Insurance Group board biography)
- Diplomat
- Singapore Foreign Service, 1971 to 2004. Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry, 1993 to 1998 (Zurich Insurance Group board biography)
- At the UN
- Ambassador twice. President of the Security Council in January 2001 and May 2002 (Zurich Insurance Group board biography)
- Academic
- Founding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS, 2004 to 2017. Distinguished Fellow, NUS Asia Research Institute, since July 2019 (Zurich Insurance Group board biography)
- Honours
- Public Administration Medal (Gold), Singapore, 1998. Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2019. Named among Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers, 2010 and 2011 (Wikipedia)
- Books
- Eleven, including Has China Won? (2020) and the memoir Living the Asian Century (2024) (Wikipedia)
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