Bilahari Kausikan
Bilahari Kausikan
Chairman, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore; Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore; former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
Bilahari Kausikan is currently Chairman of the Middle East Institute, an autonomous institute of the National University of Singapore, and Ambassador-at-Large in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore. From 2001 to May 2013, Mr Kausikan was first the second Permanent Secretary and subsequently Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He had previously served in a variety of appointments, including as the Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York and as Ambassador to the Russian Federation. Raffles Institution, the University of Singapore and Columbia University in New York all attempted to educate Mr Kausikan.
