Biography
Mr Eric Teo has been the Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to the Republic of Korea since August 2019. Before this appointment, Ambassador Teo was the Director-General of the Northeast Asia Directorate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore, from 2014 to 2019. As Director-General, he was involved in the organization of (i) the historic summit meeting between US President Donald Trump and DPRK State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong Un in Singapore in June 2018 and (ii) the historic cross-strait meeting between Mr Xi Jinping and Mr Ma Ying-jeou in Singapore in November 2015.
Ambassador Teo joined the Singapore Foreign Service in 1996. Ambassador Teo served in the Singapore Embassy in Beijing as the Deputy Head of Mission from 2011 to 2014, in the Singapore Trade Office in Taipei from 2007-10 as the Deputy Trade Representative, and in the Singapore Embassy in Tokyo as First Secretary (Political) from 1999-2002.
Mr Teo graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts (Upper Honours) Degree in 1996. In 2005, he obtained a Master's Degree in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University, USA. He attended an Executive Programme at Peking University, China in 2010.
Ambassador Teo joined the Singapore Foreign Service in 1996. Ambassador Teo served in the Singapore Embassy in Beijing as the Deputy Head of Mission from 2011 to 2014, in the Singapore Trade Office in Taipei from 2007-10 as the Deputy Trade Representative, and in the Singapore Embassy in Tokyo as First Secretary (Political) from 1999-2002.
Mr Teo graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts (Upper Honours) Degree in 1996. In 2005, he obtained a Master's Degree in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University, USA. He attended an Executive Programme at Peking University, China in 2010.
