Lim Jock Seng

Lim Jock Seng (; born 22 January 1944) is a Bruneian aristocrat, anthropologist, politician and diplomat who served as first Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade II. Additionally, he was a member of the Privy Council in 2003, and Legislative Council of Brunei in 2004. Other than holding government offices, he was also the chairman of Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) and Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) from 2008 to 2010.

Early life and education Lim Jock Seng was born in Muara town on 22 January 1944. and graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) with honours in economics from Swansea University, Wales in 1969, and received a Master of Philosophy (Mphil) in social anthropology from the London School of Economics in 1981.

Museum career Lim joined the civil service on 23 July 1969, starting his career as a curator in the Museums Department. He worked at the Department of Ethnography, British Museum from 1972 to 1973, in addition to being an Assistant Curator for the Museums Department from 1969 to 1973. He became the Deputy Director at the Museums Department from 1974 to 31 December 1982, promoted to Director at the Museums Department from 1 January 1983 to 5 August 1983. In February 1986, he was then named High Commissioner of Brunei Darussalam to New Zealand. He started working for the MFA in May 1986 as the Director of Politics and was later elevated to the position of Permanent Secretary. and a member of the ASEAN Eminent Persons Group. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah named him in 2003 to the Privy Council and in 2004 to the Legislative Council as an official member. On the final day of the APEC Ministerial Meeting in Yokohama, Japan, 10–11 November 2010, Peter Van Loan talks with Pehin Lim.

Pehin Lim emphasised the significance of bilateral and international free trade agreements for Brunei at the Legislative Council meeting on 7 March 2011. He stressed that these accords help consumers, expand the nation's market reach, boost the competitiveness of domestic goods, and draw in foreign capital. Because to Brunei's participation in various accords, such as those with the TPP, Japan, ASEAN, and other nations, commerce has been facilitated, export competitiveness has grown, and economic diversification has been encouraged.

Following the 2015 Bruneian cabinet reshuffle on 22 October, Lim was appointed as minister at the Prime Minister's Office, while co-currently minister of foreign affairs and trade II.

In January 2016, Lim met with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida. At that time, Lim's official role was "Minister at Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei Darussalam."

At the signing ceremony held on 5 August 2017, at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), Pasay City, Lim signed the updated Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the governments of the ASEAN member states and the government of China on establishing the ASEAN-China Center. On 22 September, Pehin Lim speaks during the general discussion of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly. He later traveled to Thailand on 25 October, in order to be present for the royal cremation of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. His mnisterial career came to an end following a cabinet reshuffle on 30 January 2018.

Personal life Lim is married to Datin Tan Bee Yong. 50x50px Order of Seri Paduka Mahkota Brunei First Class (SPMB) – Dato Seri Paduka

50x50px Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak (PNBS; 2014) – Dato Sri''

Honorary Fellow, Doctorate and degree from the Swansea University (1991)