Emran bin Bahar
Emran bin Bahar | |
|---|---|
| امرن بن بهار | |
.jpg) Ambassador Emran in 2015 | |
| Ambassador of Brunei to Laos | |
| Assumed office 29 March 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Kasmirhan Tahir |
| Ambassador of Brunei to Russia | |
| In office 29 May 2009 – 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Janin Erih |
| Succeeded by | Haini Hashim |
| Permanent Representative of Brunei to the United Nations | |
| In office 27 April 2006 – 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Shofry Abdul Ghafor |
| Succeeded by | Latif Tuah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 August 1961 Brunei |
| Alma mater | |
Emran bin Bahar (born 9 August 1961)[1] is a Bruneian diplomat and is currently the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Negara Brunei Darussalam to Laos. He was previously the Ambassador to the Russian Federation, the United Nations, and Cambodia.
Education
Bahar was born on 9 August 1961.[2] He completed his secondary education in Brunei before going abroad. Bahar graduated from Keele University with a B.A. in international relations and continued studies for his master's degree in international relations at the Australian National University in 1994; from which received his PhD in 1998.[3]
Career
In January 1986 he started working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an Administrative officer before he went to complete his studies, and was then, from June to December 1992, the Assistant Director of the Political Affairs Department in the ministry.[4][2] He then worked variously as an administrative officer as a deputy director and director for multiple department before becoming the secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2004.[2] Afterward, from 2004 to 2006, he was the Ambassador of Brunei to Cambodia.[2] He was then assigned as the ambassador to the United Nations (UN) from 2006 to 2008.[5]
As of 2008, Emran was working as a Deputy Permanent Secretary 1 at the Ministry of Defence.[6] On 9 April 2012, Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah granted permission for two recently appointed Brunei envoys, including Emran (Brunei Ambassador to Laos), to attend. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah gave each envoy their individual letters of credentials on 29 March.[7] In addition to this, he was the director of Policy Planning Department in 2013.[8]
References
- ^ "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM PRESENTS CREDENTIALS | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". press.un.org. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- ^ a b c d "CURRICULUM VITA" (PDF). search.archives.un.org. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
- ^ "Dr.Haji Emran Bin Bahar". Ministry of Defence (Brunei). 2006-12-18. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
- ^ JASA: A New Era of Cooperation : Proceedings of the First Japan-Southeast Asia Conference, Kuala Lumpur, November 24-27, 1989. Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia. 1990. ISBN 978-967-947-123-6. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
- ^ Turner, B. (2017-01-12). The Statesman's Yearbook 2009: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World. Springer. p. 233. ISBN 978-1-349-74027-7.
- ^ "News_Test - MINDEF welcomes UBD Scholars". www.mindef.gov.bn. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
- ^ "Sultanate - News | Negara Brunei Darussalam | Deputy Sultan receives newly appointed Brunei envoys". www.sultanate.com. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
- ^ Brunei Ecology and Nature Protection Handbook. Lulu.com. 2013. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-4387-0633-7.