SINGAPORE, 27 JANUARY 2025 – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore announced that the foreign Heads of Mission from Indonesia, Georgia and Côte d’Ivoire presented their credentials to Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam in separate ceremonies held at the Istana on 27 January 2026. The presentation of credentials formally marked the beginning of their tenures as ambassadors to Singapore.
His Excellency Hotmangaradja Pandjaitan
The Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia
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Ambassador Hotmangaradja Pandjaitan arrived in Singapore on 22 January 2026 to formally take up his appointment as Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Singapore. Before assuming this role, he served as Special Assistant to the Minister of Defence for Strategic Environment from 2019 to 2024.
This appointment represents his second ambassadorial assignment, following his posting as Indonesia’s Ambassador to the French Republic between 2014 and 2018. His distinguished public service career also includes his role as Secretary at the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs of Indonesia.
A retired Lieutenant General of the Indonesian Armed Forces, Ambassador Pandjaitan is a graduate of the Indonesian Armed Forces Academy (Special Forces Command), class of 1977, and held a number of senior military leadership positions during his career. He earned a Doctorate from Padjadjaran University in 2011 and is the father of two children.
His Excellency Tornike Nozadze
The Ambassador of Georgia
Before his appointment as Ambassador of Georgia to Singapore, Ambassador Tornike Nozadze served as Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of Georgia in Indonesia, with concurrent accreditation to ASEAN, the Philippines, Singapore, and Timor-Leste. Alongside his role in Singapore, he also holds concurrent accreditation as Ambassador of Georgia to Indonesia.
Ambassador Nozadze joined Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2017 as Director of the Strategic Communications Department, and later served as Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of Georgia in Finland from 2019 to 2023. Prior to his diplomatic career, he held positions as Adviser to the State Minister from 2014 to 2015 and Deputy Head of the European Integration Department from 2013 to 2014 at the Office of the State Minister of Georgia for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration. He also serves as an Associate Professor at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.
He holds dual Master of Arts and Master of Science degrees in European Studies from the University of Twente in the Netherlands and Wilhelms-Universität Münster in Germany. Ambassador Nozadze earned a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the University of Berkshire in the United Kingdom, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from the Georgian Technical University. Ambassador Nozadze is married and has two daughters.
His Excellency IPO Gbolié Désiré Wulfran
The Ambassador of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
Ambassador IPO Gbolié Désiré Wulfran holds a Master’s degree in Private Economy from the Université Nationale d’Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire and obtained a postgraduate qualification with a major in Diplomacy from the National School of Administration in Abidjan in 1991.
From February 2006 to January 2010, he served as Deputy Director of Workforce Management and Scheduling within the Department of Human Resources in Abidjan. His diplomatic career includes appointments as Second Counsellor for Economic Affairs at the Embassy of Côte d’Ivoire to the People’s Republic of China from 1997 to 2005, First Counsellor at the Embassy of Côte d’Ivoire in Brussels from 2010 to 2014, and Minister Counsellor at the Embassy of Côte d’Ivoire to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and the European Union from 2014 to 2017.
Ambassador Wulfran subsequently served as Deputy Permanent Representative of Côte d’Ivoire to the United Nations between 2018 and 2024, before being appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire to Japan on 14 June 2024.
Born on 20 March 1964 in Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire, Ambassador Wulfran is married and has three children.
Source: MFA
