New heads at foreign ministry

New heads at foreign ministry

JAKARTA (JP): Two new directors were inducted at the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs on Jl. Pejambon yesterday.

Nazarudin Nasution was inaugurated as the new director of
American affairs while Ibrahim Yusuf as director of Africa and
Middle East Affairs.

Nazarudin, formerly head of political affairs at the
Indonesian Embassy in Canada, replaces Syamsul B. Siregar who has
been promoted as ambassador to Bulgaria.

Ibrahim, formerly head of the political affairs section at the
Indonesian Embassy in Australia, replaces Djamaris B. Suleman who
will soon depart to his new posting as ambassador to Syria.

The American along with the Asia and Middle East Affairs
divisions are part of the four regional directorates under the
Foreign Ministry's Directorate General of Political Affairs,
headed by Izhar Ibrahim who led yesterday's ceremony.

There was still no announcement about who will fill the post
of the ministry's director of information in place of Irawan
Abidin, who has been appointed ambassador to Greece. (mds)