20 ambassadors inaugurated<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto inaugurated 20 ambassadors
\nWednesday, including former Armed Forces chief of sociopolitical
\naffairs Lt. Gen. Mohammad Ma'ruf as ambassador to Vietnam and
\nMakarim Wibisono as Indonesia's permanent representative to the
\nUnited Nations in New York.<\/p>\n
Of the 20 new ambassadors, only three hailed from the
\nmilitary. The other two being former chief of the Army's special
\nforces Lt. Gen. (ret.) Kuntara who became ambassador to China,
\nand Brig. Gen. Benny Mandalika who became ambassador to Papua New
\nGuinea. Mandalika was once defense attache to the Indonesian
\nembassy in Washington.<\/p>\n
Most of the civilian ambassadors are senior career diplomats
\nwho have held top positions in the foreign ministry.<\/p>\n
Former director general of political affairs Izhar Ibrahim
\nbecame ambassador to Germany. Former director general for the
\nASEAN National Secretariat Rahardjo Jamtomo became ambassador to
\nGreat Britain, replacing Junus E. Habibie who is the brother of
\nState Minister of Research and Technology B.J. Habibie.<\/p>\n
Former director for international organizations N. Hassan
\nWirayuda became ambassador to Egypt, former director for European
\naffairs Imron Hardjito became ambassador to Morocco while the
\nformer director of Asia-Pacific affairs, Tjahjono, became
\nambassador to Russia.<\/p>\n
Besides Brig. Gen. Mandalika, two other new ambassadors had
\nheld senior posts in the United States. The former consul general
\nto New York, Isnaedi, became ambassador to Tunisia while the
\nformer deputy head of the embassy in Washington Budiman
\nDarmosutanto has gone further north by becoming ambassador to
\nCanada.<\/p>\n
Two senior female diplomats, Mrs. Tjahyani Sukadi and Mrs.
\nTitiek S. Rustaman, became the ambassadors to Rumania and New
\nZealand respectively. Tjahyani had headed the secretariat at the
\ndirectorate general for sociocultural relations and foreign
\ninformation, while Titiek had headed the social and cultural
\nbureau at the ASEAN National Secretariat.<\/p>\n
Other foreign ministry officials inaugurated were Soetanto
\nSoemardjo as ambassador to Bangladesh, Sjaiful Amanullah as
\nambassador to Zimbabwe, Gde Arsa Kadjar as ambassador to Ukraine
\nand Soendaroe Rachmad as ambassador to Italy<\/p>\n
Three other ambassadors hailed from outside the military or
\nforeign ministry: Legislator Mrs. Tati Sumiyati Darsoyo became
\nambassador to Switzerland, Zarkowi Soejoeti became ambassador to
\nSaudi Arabia and I Gusti Ngurah Ketut Sumantera became ambassador
\nto Luxembourg. (mds)<\/p>",
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