SINGAPORE - Mr Tony Kemal Siddique, a veteran diplomat who was most recently Special Envoy for Arctic Affairs, died on Friday night (July 17) of a heart attack.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Mr Tony Kemal Siddique, a veteran diplomat who was most recently Special Envoy for Arctic Affairs, died on Friday night of a heart attack.Mr Siddique leaves behind his wife Sharon, their daughters Sophia and Samira, and two grand-daughters, Misha and Roxy.
After retiring from the civil service in 1996, he went into the private sector and founded a strategic advisory firm, where he was executive director. Mr Siddique was an"operator par excellence" whom former president S R Nathan sent for when he"needed the impossible done", he said. "In the 2000s, he single-handedly got us observer status in the Arctic Council," he added. Singapore is the only small island observer state in the Arctic Council.Veteran diplomat Verghese Matthews, who was Singapore's former Non-Resident High Commissioner to the Republic of Fiji, said:"Tony was a larger than life personality. Whenever he was present, he would invariably be the centre of attention and lead the conversation.
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