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Vivian Balakrishnan (Tamil: விவியன் பாலகிருஷ்ணன், romanized: Viviyaṉ Pālakiruṣṇaṉ; born 1961) is a Singaporean politician, diplomat and former ophthalmologist who has been serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2015.
Vivian Balakrishnan. 188,273 likes · 1,162 talking about this. Singapore's Foreign Minister and MP for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.
Dr Balakrishnan was a ministerial facilitator for many rounds of negotiations between 2011 to 2015 that led to the Paris Agreement on climate change at the United Nations. He initiated the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act in 2014 to deter offending local and overseas entities that cause haze.
Dr Balakrishnan was the Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative from 2014 to 2021. He led the conceptualisation and implementation of key initiatives such as the National Digital Identity (Singpass), integrated digital services (LifeSG and MyInfo) and digital finance (PayNow and SGQR).
2 days ago · During a bilateral meeting with Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on July 27, he said that Western media and analysts were studying the Singapore political model to find ways to ...
Feb 28, 2022 · SINGAPORE: Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Monday (Feb 28) delivered a ministerial statement on the situation in Ukraine, in which he detailed Singapore's response and announced...
Feb 28, 2022 · Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan’s Ministerial Statement on the Situation in Ukraine and its Implications. 28 February 2022. Mr Speaker Sir, We are witnessing an unprovoked military invasion of a sovereign State as we speak.
Dr Vivian Balakrishnan is the Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs and he is joining me now. Tell me about this then. Neither (President) Xi Jinping nor the other Permanent Five Members are here, except for President (Joe) Biden.
Oct 13, 2022 · SINGAPORE - Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan met the World Health Organisation's (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Geneva on Thursday and had an in-depth...
Mar 19, 2024 · Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan (left) meets Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh at the Palestinian Prime Minister’s Office in Ramallah, West Bank, on March...
