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Baker, Maurice, (1920-)

The accidental diplomatthe autobiography of Maurice Baker /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The accidental diplomatMaurice Baker.
Reminder of title:	the autobiography of Maurice Baker /
Author:	Baker, Maurice,
Published:	New Jersey :World Scientific,2015.
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	DiplomatsBiography.Singapore
Online resource:	http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/9256#t=toc
ISBN:	9789814618328 (electronic bk.)

The accidental diplomatthe autobiography of Maurice Baker /
Baker, Maurice,1920-

The accidental diplomatthe autobiography of Maurice Baker /[electronic resource] :Maurice Baker. - New Jersey :World Scientific,2015. - 1 online resource.

Cameron Highlands, Malaya, March 1942-August 1945 -- University College, Leicester and King's College, University of London, October 1947-August 1952 -- Return to Singapore, September 1952-June 1967 -- High Commissioner to India, July 1967-August 1969 -- High Commissioner to Malaysia and return to academia, August 1969-August 1971 and 1972-June 1977 -- Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines, June 1977-August 1980 -- Return to Malaysia, September 1980-April 1988 -- Retirement in Singapore, 1988-present.

"Maurice Baker is an academic and one of Singapore's pioneer diplomats. After graduating with honors in English from King's College, London in 1948, he returned to Singapore and taught at two secondary schools before becoming a university lecturer and head of the Department of Extra-mural Studies in the University of Singapore. In 1967, Baker was invited to be Singapore's first high commissioner to India. That invitation marked his venture into the world of diplomacy. Following the May 13 1969 racial riots in Malaysia, Baker was asked by then Singapore's Foreign Minister, S. Rajaratnam to be the ambassador to Malaysia because Tun Abdul Razak, then Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, was a good friend of Baker's both at Raffles College and in England when they were students. Two years later, he returned to Singapore to head the Department of English in the University of Singapore before being recalled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1977 to be an ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines. Baker returned to Malaysia as high commissioner in 1980 and he held that position for more than seven years. In 1989, he was appointed as Pro-Chancellor of the National University of Singapore and he remained in this position until his retirement in 2002. This book tells the story of Baker's experience as an accidental diplomat, his encounters with eminent individuals in the countries in which he served, his recollections of their conversations with him and, most importantly, how he successfully became a diplomat"--

ISBN: 9789814618328 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Personal Names:

723417
Baker, Maurice,
1920-Subjects--Topical Terms:

723418
Diplomats
--Singapore--Biography.

LC Class. No.: DS610.73.B35 / A3 2015eb

Dewey Class. No.: 327.59570092

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