The List Of 12 New Ambassadors Appointed By Jokowi Today

Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi together with 12 newly appointed Indonesian ambassadors (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo inaugurated 12 ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary (LBBP) for friendly countries at the State Palace, Jakarta.

The inauguration of the LBBP RI ambassadors was stated in the Decree of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Numbers 51/P and 55P of 2023 dated 14 June 2023 concerning the Appointment of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors of the Republic of Indonesia which was read by the Deputy for Administrative Affairs of the Ministry of State Secretariat Nanik Purwanti.

"By Allah, I swear/promise that to be appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, I will be loyal to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia and will implement all laws and regulations as strictly as possible for the sake of my service to the nation and country," said the ambassadors following President Jokowi's words when dictating fragments of the oath of office at the State Palace quoted by ANTARA, Monday, June 26.

"That in carrying out my duties I will uphold the ethics of office, and work as well as possible with a full sense of responsibility. That I will faithfully carry out all orders and instructions given by the central government and I will faithfully fulfill all obligations and other things assigned to me by the position of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary," the oath said.

The names of the 12 LBBP RI ambassadors appointed on this occasion are:

1. Teuku Faizasyah, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to the Kingdom of Norway and Iceland, domiciled in Oslo;

2. Michael Trias Kuncahyono, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to the Holy See domiciled at the Vatican;

3. Achmad Rizal Purnama, as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Republic of Turkiye, domiciled in Ankara;

4. Arief, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to Ukraine concurrently with the Republic of Armenia and Georgia, domiciled in Kyiv;

5. Achmad Ubaedillah, as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Brunei Darussalam, domiciled in Bandar Seri Begawan;

6. Santo Darmosumarto, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to the Kingdom of Cambodia, domiciled in Phnom Penh;

7. Grata Endah Werdaningtyas, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, domiciled in Vientiane;

8. I Gede Ngurah Swajaya, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to the Swiss Confederation concurrently the Principality of Liechtenstein, domiciled in Bern;

9. Dupito Dorma Simamora, as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Republic of Fiji accredited to the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru and Tuvalu, domiciled in Suva;

10. Meidyatama Suryodiningrat, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to Romania accredited to the Republic of Moldova, domiciled in Bucharest;

11. Ricky Suhendar, as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Republic of Peru, concurrently the Plurinational State of Bolivia, domiciled in Lima;

12. Saud Purwanto Krisnawan, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to the Republic of South Africa with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Botswana, the Kingdom of Lesotho, the Kingdom of Eswatini, and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), domiciled in Pretoria.