Thursday, April 8, 2010

First Kadazan Consul-General In Canton

Thanks a million, Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama).

Francisco Munis, 39, has been appointed Malaysia's Consul-General in Canton (Guangzhou), China, the first Sabahan diplomat to head a Malaysian mission overseas.

Previously, he served as assistant secretary at the Foreign Ministry's protocol department before being posted in 2001 to the Malaysian Embassy in Mexico as first secretary.

Upon his return in 2006, he served at the Information and Public Diplomacy Department of the Ministry as Director of Research and Documentation.

He holds a Bachelor of Science Honours degree from Loughborough University, the United Kingdom.