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Kishore Mahbubani is a Singaporean civil servant, diplomat and academic. During his stint at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1971 to 2004, he served as Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and held the position of President of the United Nations Security Council between January 2001 and May 2002. He is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the National University of Singapore's Asia Research Institute.

Kishore Mahbubani is a Singaporean civil servant, diplomat and academic. During his stint at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1971 to 2004, he served as Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and held the position of President of the United Nations Security Council between January 2001 and May 2002. He is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the National University of Singapore's Asia Research Institute.

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