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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.
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).
Vivian Balakrishnan. 188,156 likes · 13,552 talking about this. Singapore's Foreign Minister and MP for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.
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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.
Learn about Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore's Foreign Minister and MP for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC. He is a former eye surgeon, a co-founder of Dads-for-Life, and a champion of smart nation and climate change initiatives.
Dr Balakrishnan has been the Minister of Foreign Affairs for nearly a decade, a Minister in Singapore for nearly two decades or more. In fact, I first met you when you were the Youth Minister in the 2000s. But thanks so much for doing this interview so soon after the Indian elections.
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.
