page_title: Kishore Mahbubani
hierarchical_section_title: Kishore Mahbubani
caption_attribution_description: DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 26JAN11 - Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore; Global Agenda Council on Institutional Governance Systems speaks during the session 'Insights on East Asia' at the Annual Meeting 2011 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 26, 2011. Copyright by World Economic Forum swiss-image.ch/Photo by Remy Steinegger
context_page_description: Kishore Mahbubani is a Singaporean civil servant, a career diplomat and an 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. Between 2004 and 2017, he served as Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at National University of Singapore.
  After stepping down, he served as a Senior Advisor at NUS during a nine-month sabbatical at various universities, including Harvard University's Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. He is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute.
context_section_description: Kishore Mahbubani (born 24 October 1948) is a Singaporean civil servant, a career diplomat and an 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. Between 2004 and 2017, he served as Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at National University of Singapore. 
  After stepping down, he served as a Senior Advisor at NUS during a nine-month sabbatical at various universities, including Harvard University's Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. He is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute.
caption: Mahbubani at the World Economic Forum 
  annual meeting, 2011
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