Simon Tensing de Cruz

Simon Tensing de Cruz (born 2 February 1954)[1] is a Singaporean diplomat, who has been serving as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Singapore to Ukraine.

[2] He graduated from the University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore) in 1979, majoring in political science before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) that year.

[1][4] After serving in a department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was appointed as Singapore's High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea on 29 May 2006.

[1] On 24 September 2008, de Cruz was appointed as Singapore's Ambassador to Russia,[6] and presented his Letter of Credence to President Dmitry Medvedev on 27 February 2009.

[7] On completing his tenure in Moscow in 2012, he continued to serve in his capacity as Singapore's Ambassador to Ukraine.