Singapore / Liberia / Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 20 December 2012

SINGAPORE, Singapore, December 20, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Her Excellency Youngor Telewoda, Ambassador of the Republic of Liberia, presented her credentials to President Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam in a ceremony at the Istana today.

The curriculum vitae of Her Excellency Youngor Telewoda is attached.

BORN: 3 September 1952, Firestone, Margibi County, Liberia

AGE: 60

MARITAL STATUS : Single

EDUCATION: High School Diploma, College of West Africa, Monrovia, Liberia, 1967 - 1970

Bachelor of Business Administration (Management), University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia, 1971 - 1974

Master of Business Administration, Pace University, New York, USA, 1976 - 1979

Diploma in Project Planning and Budgeting for Rural Development in Third World Countries, University of Bradford, England, April - July 1982

CAREER:

1981 - 1984

Assistant Budget Director (Administration), Bureau of the Budget, Executive Mansion, Monrovia, Liberia

1983 - 1985

Principal Budget Analyst (Technical Services), Bureau of the Budget, Executive Mansion, Monrovia, Liberia

1985 - 1987

Counsellor (Economic Affairs), Liberian Permanent Mission, United Nations, New York

1988 - 1992

Minister Counsellor, Liberian Permanent Mission, United Nations, New York

1993 - 1997

Chargé d' Affaires, a.i, Liberian Embassy, Brussels, Belgium

1997 - 2002

Minister Counsellor/Deputy Chief of Mission, Liberian Embassy, Brussels, Belgium

Jan 2000 - Sep 2002

Minister Plenipotentiary, Liberian Embassy, Brussels, Belgium

Sep 2002 - Sep 2003

Chargé d' Affaires, a.i, Liberian Embassy, Brussels, Belgium

Sep 2003 - Dec 2010

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Belgium, The Netherlands, The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and the European Union

Sep 2011 to present

Ambassador to Japan

20 Dec 2012

Ambassador to Singapore