Albert Chua

Albert Chua (born 1968) is a Singaporean civil servant and diplomat who is serving as the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore. He also served as Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations from 2011 to 2013.

Education He was educated at Raffles Institution, the University of East Anglia (BA, English Literature, 1990) and Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University (MPA, 2000).

Career Chua joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1992, serving as Deputy Trade Representative at the Singapore Trade Office in Taipei from March 1994 to February 1997, and Deputy Secretary (Policy) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from August 2001 to February 2004.

He served as a Principal Private Secretary to then-Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong from August 2004 to September 2007, He was appointed Permanent Secretary (Foreign Affairs) in April 2022, having formerly been Permanent Secretary (Sustainability and the Environment). He also served as a board member of the Middle East Institute and the Institute of South Asian Studies.

Awards Chua was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 2017.