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Rajpal Singh

Biographical summary of Mr Rajpal Singh, Ambassador-designate of Singapore in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Last updated 3 December 2025
Portrait photo of Mr Rajpal Singh.

In September 2025, Mr Rajpal Singh was appointed by the Singapore Government to be Singapore’s Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Mr Singh was the Director-General of the ASEAN Directorate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Singapore from 2022 to 2025.

Mr Singh graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History from the National University of Singapore (Second Class Honours Upper Division) in 2002.

Mr Singh joined the Singapore Foreign Service in 2003.  He served in the Singapore Embassy in Jakarta as First Secretary (Political) from 2006 to 2010. He was posted to the High Commission in Brunei Darussalam as Deputy High Commissioner from 2011 until 2013. He was appointed Consul-General in Johor Bahru from 2015 to 2019. Mr Singh also served in various capacities in MFA on issues covering Southeast Asia.

Mr Singh was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Bronze) in 2016 and the Covid-19 Resilience Medal in 2023.

Mr Singh is married to Mdm Jigyasa Singh Yadav and they have a son and daughter.