{"record":{"aliases":[],"appointmentIds":["singapore-0ea9e1933186f8"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":[],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/punch-coomaraswamy-ad50ce9946/","countrySlug":"singapore","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/punch-coomaraswamy-ad50ce9946/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["Punch Coomaraswamy trained in law at Nottingham and Lincoln’s Inn and practiced in Singapore before entering public office. He became deputy speaker of Parliament in 1966 and speaker that August. In January 1970 he entered the foreign service as high commissioner to India, with concurrent accreditation to Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.","He subsequently served in Australia, with accreditation to Fiji, and became ambassador in Washington in October 1976, also representing Singapore in Brazil. In 1984 he left diplomacy to return to the law. The prime minister’s office announced his appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court, effective 10 September, after consultation with the chief justice."],"id":"singapore:punch coomaraswamy","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-ad50ce9946269d8ffdc5.html","name":"Punch Coomaraswamy","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["punch-cv"],["punch-cv"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-ad50ce9946269d8ffdc5.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[],"relationships":[],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"7f2488290b2c1393","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1984-05-05","id":"punch-cv","locator":"Pages 1–3","publisher":"Prime Minister’s Office / National Archives of Singapore","title":"Statement from the Prime Minister’s Office and Curriculum Vitae of Mr Punch Coomaraswamy","type":"primary-record","url":"https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/lky19840505.pdf"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"Accessed 22 October 2026","id":"mission-bb60048599afa125d682","locator":"Official full list and month ranges. Nathan’s presidential biography gives July 1990 while the mission roster gives September; roster used for tenure detail.","publisher":"","title":"Singapore embassy: ambassadors to the United States","type":"Mission record","url":"https://washington.mfa.gov.sg/about-the-embassy/singapore-ambassadors-to-the-united-states-of-america/"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"1 March 2018; accessed 22 October 2026","id":"mission-dd11e932982a16eb4a0b","locator":"Page 1 identifies 1993 construction and ICC Lot 14. Page 3 distinguishes 1990/1991 plan approvals and 2004 entrance-pavilion work. Includes site photographs and fence drawings.","publisher":"","title":"NCPC: Singapore chancery construction history and fence alterations","type":"Mission record","url":"https://www.ncpc.gov/docs/actions/2018March/7952_Embassy_of_Singapore_-_Fence_Alterations_Staff_Report_Mar2018.pdf"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"22 October 2026","id":"mission-3d0a4712a350fbb0198f","locator":"The exterior studies follow architectural records and dated photographs. The residence footprint is anchored to the DC building polygon; heights and partly hidden rear and side details are approximated. The residence model uses the additional fourteen views supplied on 22 October 2026.","publisher":"","title":"Architectural study and reference limits","type":"Mission record","url":"https://www.usmodernist.org/AJ/A-1994-09.pdf"}],"topics":["parliament","judiciary"]},"schemaVersion":1}