Rector becomes diplomat

Rector becomes diplomat

JAKARTA (JP): Soedarso Djojonegoro has left his job as rector
of the state-run Airlangga University in Surabaya to assume a new
post as Indonesia's ambassador to the United Nations' Education,
Science and Cultural Organization (Unesco) based in Paris.

Soedarso, who is the elder brother of Minister of Education
and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro, on Thursday visited East Java
Governor Basofi Soedirman to bid farewell.

He told Antara that he would fly to Paris with his family on
Dec. 29 and pointed out that he had to bid farewell to Basofi
since he is from Madura island which is part of East Java.

Soedarso, 63 years old, replaces Haryadi Supangat as
Indonesian ambassador to Unesco who ended his term last
September.

He is expected to serve for a four-year term. He will be the
second Airlangga University rector to fill in the job. The first
was Marsetio Donosepoetro, who served before Haryadi, and is now
a member of the House of Representatives. (emb)