Kishore Mahbubani

Kishore Mahbubani
Mahbubani at the World Economic Forum annual meeting, 2011
Born	(1948-10-24) 24 October 1948 (age 68) Singapore
Residence	Singapore
Nationality	Singaporean
Education	BA (Philosophy) MA (Philosophy)
Alma mater	University of Singapore Dalhousie University St. Andrew's School
Occupation	Academic, diplomat
Known for	President of the U.N. Security Council (2001–2002) Former ambassador to the United Nations (1984 – 1989, then 1998 – 2004)

Kishore Mahbubani (Sindhi: किशोर महबूबानी‎ (Devanagari); born 24 October 1948) is a Singaporean former diplomat. He is currently Professor in the Practice of Public Policy and Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.

From 1971 to 2004 he served in the Singaporean Foreign Services, becoming Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. In that role he served as President of the United Nations Security Council in January 2001 and May 2002.

Born in Singapore to a Singaporean Indian family of Sindhi descent, Mahbubani's parents were Hindus who settled in Singapore after being displaced from their native Hyderabad, Sindh, during the partition of India. Mahbubani attended Tanjong Katong Technical School and completed his pre-university studies at St. Andrew's School (now St. Andrew's Junior College). He was awarded the President's Scholarship in 1967 and graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Philosophy from the University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore) in 1971. He received a master's degree in Philosophy in 1976 and an Honorary Doctorate in 1995 from Dalhousie University in Canada.