Ong Keng Yong

Ong Keng Yong
11th Secretary General of ASEAN
In office 2003–2007
Preceded by	Rodolfo Severino Jr.
Succeeded by	Surin Pitsuwan
Personal details
Born	1954 Singapore
Alma mater	University of Singapore Georgetown University
Profession	Diplomat
Religion	Free Thinker

Ong Keng Yong (Chinese: 王景荣; pinyin: Wáng Jǐngróng, born 1954) is a Singaporean diplomat. He was the Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from 2003 to 2007.^[1]

Ong was educated at the University of Singapore and Georgetown University in Washington DC, USA, receiving a Master of Arts (MA) in Arab Studies. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore in June 1979. He has been on diplomatic postings to Saudi Arabia (1984–1988), Malaysia (1989–1991) and the United States of America (1991–1994). From 1994 to 1996, he was spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1996 to 1998, he was Ambassador and High Commissioner of Singapore to India and Nepal. From 1998 to 2002, he worked as an important aide to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, leaving that job in 2002. From 1999 to 2002, Ong was concurrently Chief Executive Director of the People's Association in Singapore, as well as Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts.

In 2008, he was at the Centre for Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

Currently, Ong is Ambassador-At-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore. He is also the Non-Resident Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Concurrently, Ong is Director of the Institute of Policy Studies at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.

Political offices
Preceded by Rodolfo Severino Jr.	Secretaries General of ASEAN 2003-2007	Succeeded by Surin Pitsuwan

References

1. ^ http://www.aseansec.org/9574.htm

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Name	Ong, Keng Yong
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Date of birth	1954
Place of birth	Singapore
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