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Vanu Gopala Menon

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Vanu Gopala Menon (born September 8, 1960) became the Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations on September 16, 2004,[1] a position he held until August 2011. As an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,[2] Menon is the personal representative of the President of Singapore.

Menon was educated at the National University of Singapore, taking a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration in 1985. He then joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, serving as First Secretary at Singapore's UN mission in New York (March 1988 – April 1991). Returning to study on a Raffles Scholarship at the London School of Economics, he was awarded a Master of Science in International Relations in 1994. Menon then served in the Singapore High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (November 1994 – November 1997). On his return to Singapore, he joined the Policy, Planning and Analysis Directorate of the Ministry, rising to become its Director[1] (December 1998 – October 2001).[3] He left that position for Geneva where he represented Singapore to the UN, whilst also serving as Singapore's Ambassador to Turkey[1] (December 2001 – August 2004).[3]

Menon is married to Mrs Jayanthi Menon and they have a son & a daughter.[1] [4]


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  1. ^ a b c d "New Permanent Representative of Singapore Presents Credentials". un.org. September 16, 2004. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  2. ^ "Singapore Permanent Mission – United Nations". mfa.gov.sg. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Ambassador of Singapore Vanu Gopala Menon to Speak at Adelphi on April 27". events.adelphi.edu. March 30, 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  4. ^ [2014-Oct-29] MFA Press Statement: Appointment of Singapore's High Commissioner to Malaysia, Non-Resident Ambassador to the African Union and Non-Resident Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, mfa.gov.sg, archived from the original on 2017-09-19, retrieved September 19, 2017