President installs 13 Indonesian envoys

President installs 13 Indonesian envoys

JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid swore in on Tuesday
13 new Indonesian ambassadors, including former Air Force chief
of staff Air Marshal (ret) Sutria Tubagus and East Timor
prointegration leader Lopez da Cruz.

Sutria was made the new ambassador to Thailand replacing Vice
Marshal (ret) Isbandi Gondo, and Da Cruz replaces Samsubahri
Siregar as ambassador to Greece.

Also attending the ceremony at Bina Graha presidential office
were First Lady Sinta Nuriyah and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Alwi Shihab.

Veteran diplomat Anak Agung Gde Raka was appointed ambassador
to Bulgaria, replacing R. Suharjono.

A high-ranking official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Hadi A. Wayarabi Alhadar, was named ambassador to Malaysia,
replacing Maj. Gen. (ret) M. Jacob Dasto. Nazaruddin Nasution
replaced Hamid Alhadad as ambassador to Cambodia.

Several career diplomats were also promoted, including
Witjaksana Sugarda who replaced Andjar Soedjito Mangkoewijoto as
ambassador to Denmark and Lithuania.

Other new ambassadors included Ibrahim Yusuf (United Arab
Emirates), Widodo Sutiyo (the Vatican), Ahmad Fauzie Gani
(Finland and Estonia), Maj. Gen. (ret) Syam Soemanagara
(Lebanon), Jack Said Gaffar (Pakistan), Ridwan Yahya (Senegal and
Gambia) and Yulwis Yatim (Yemen).(byg)