Andy Rachmianto

Andy Rachmianto (born in Jakarta, 8 April 1965; age 56 years), is a career diplomat and government official. He is now Director-General for Protocol and Consular Affairs/Chief of State Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Indonesia.[1]

Andy Rachmianto
Director-General for Protocol and Consular Affairs/ Chief of State Protocol
Assumed office
19 June 2020
PresidentJoko Widodo
MinisterRetno Marsudi
Preceded byAndri Hadi
Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the State of Palestine
In office
2017–2020
Preceded byTeguh Wardoyo
Personal details
SpouseIsmi Rohimaningsih
Children2
Alma materPadjadjaran University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Life and career

Before appointed in his current position, he was the Ambassador[2] of the Republic of Indonesia[3][4] to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan[5][6] and the State of Palestine[7] (2017-2020).[8][9] Previously, he was the Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since May 2013. Previously, he served as Minister Counselor (Economic, Social & Humanitarian Affairs) at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations, New York (2011-2013).

In 1992, he joined the Foreign Service Course and later served as a junior staff at the Office of the Executive Agency for the Non-Aligned Movement (1993-1996).

Subsequently, he was assigned as Third Secretary (Political, Information & Consular) at the Indonesian Embassy in New Delhi (1996-2000). Then served as Head of Section / Acting Head of Sub-Directorate of Functional Cooperation / Dialogue Partner, Directorate General of ASEAN Cooperation, as well as Personal Assistance to Director General Cooperation of ASEAN (2000-2002).

In the period of 2002–2006, he was assigned as Second Secretary/First Secretary (Political/ Security) to the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations in New York and concurrently acted as the Coordinator/Negotiator of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Working Group on Disarmament.

Upon his return to Jakarta in 2007, he was appointed as Deputy Director/Counselor for Weapons of Mass Destruction and Conventional Weapons, the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament, responsible for Indonesia's policy on disarmament and non-proliferation in all its aspects.

As a diplomat, his professional career mostly dealt with multilateral issues in disarmament, humanitarian, economic and social issues. Since 2002, he has been a member of the Indonesian Delegation to the First Committee, Third Committee and Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, the Security Council and the ECOSOC as well as various UN meetings, ASEAN, NAM and other international meetings.

In his personal capacity, he was selected as a member of the UN Secretary-General's Panel of Governmental Experts on Missiles in all its Aspects (2007-2008); UN Secretary-General's Group of Governmental Experts on Information Security (2012); UN Secretary-General's Group of Governmental Experts on Fissile Materials Cut-Off Treaty (2014-2015) and the Council for Security Cooperation in Asia-Pacific (CSCAP) Study Group on Countering WMD (2008-2010).

During his assignments in New York, he served as Vice President of the First Committee of UNGA (2005) and vice-president of the executive board of the UNDP, UNFPA & UNOPS, as well as a facilitator of UNDP Country Program on Myanmar and ECOSOC resolution on the Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations.

As the Director for International Security and Disarmament, he concurrently acted as Co-Chairs Steering Group of the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and other Transnational Organized Crimes; Co-Chairs Global Counter-Terrorism Forum (GCTF) Working Group on Detention and Reintegration; board member of Supervisor-the Jakarta Center for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC); Sous-Sherpa Indonesia for Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) as well as Head of Secretariat of Coordination Team for Peace Keeping Operations and a member of Asia Dialogue on Forced Migration.

His articles have been published in various national and international media such as KOMPAS, The Jakarta Post, Suara Pembaruan, Media Indonesia, Republika, Journal of Diplomacy, the Jordan Times, GATRA Magazine and The Strategic Review.

Decoration

References
  1. detikcom, Tim. "Dubes Andy Rachmianto Dilantik Jadi Dirjen Protkons dan Kepala Protokol Negara". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  2. Kompasiana.com (2017-03-13). "17 Duta Besar Resmi Dilantik Presiden Jokowi". KOMPASIANA (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  3. "Around the world: RI envoy officially assumes post in Jordan". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  4. "Jordan, Indonesia discuss bilateral relations, regional issues". The Jordan Times. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  5. "Raja Yordania Terima Dubes Baru Indonesia". kumparan (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  6. "Jordanian-Indonesia ties to see a boost — ambassador". Jordan Times. 2018-08-30. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  7. "Dubes RI Serahkan Surat Kepercayaan kepada Presiden Palestina". kumparan (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  8. "Jokowi inaugurates 17 new ambassadors". The jakarta Post. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  9. "RI to lay groundwork for Palestine meet-up". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  10. "Dubes RI untuk Yordania dapat Brevet dari Pasukan Garuda". indonews. 2018-10-05. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
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