Albert Chua
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore)
Assumed office
April 2022
Preceded byChee Wee Kiong
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
In office
October 2017  March 2022
Preceded byChoi Shing Kwok
Succeeded byStanley Loh
Singaporean Permanent Representative to the United Nations
In office
August 2011  June 2013
Preceded byVanu Gopala Menon
Succeeded byKaren Tan
Singaporean High Commissioner to Australia
In office
March 2008  June 2011
Personal details
Born1968
Singapore
Alma materUniversity of East Anglia (BA)
Harvard University (MPA)

Albert Chua (born 1968) is a Singaporean civil servant and diplomat who served as Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations from 2011 to 2013.[1]

He was educated at Raffles Institution, the University of East Anglia (BA, English Literature, 1990) and Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University (MPA, 2000). He served as Singaporean High Commissioner to Australia from March 2008 to June 2011, and as Principal Private Secretary to then Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong from 2004 to 2006.[2] He was appointed Permanent Secretary, (Foreign Affairs) in April 2022, having formerly been Permanent Secretary (Sustainability and the Environment).[3]

He received a gold Public Administration Medal in 2017.[4]

References

  1. "New Permanent Representative of Singapore Presents Credentials". www.un.org. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03.
  2. "New NMPs mark start of term". AsiaOne. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  3. "Public Service Division announces new permanent secretary appointments, retirements from Apr 1". CNA (TV network). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  4. "Recipients". Prime Minister's Office (Singapore). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
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