Dr. Dino Patti Djalal is a former Indonesian Ambassador to the
United States. He resigned from his ambassador post in September 2013 to pursue a presidential primary bid. He served as
Indonesia's Deputy Foreign Minister between July 2014 and October 2014.
He was succeeded by
Budi Bowoleksono as Ambassador to the United States.
Dino now heads up the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia, a think tank to which he is officially credited as an advisor.
Early life
Dino Patti Djalal was born in
Belgrade
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Yugoslavia 10 September 1965 into an Indonesian diplomatic family. His father is
Hajsim Djalal a renowned Indonesian diplomat and former Indonesian Deputy Foreign Minister.
Djalal completed his high school at
McLean
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Virginia,
United States. Subsequently, he earned his Bachelor's Degree in
Political Science at the
Carleton University in
Ottawa
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Canada. He then went on to study at
Simon Fraser University in
Vancouver, Canada, where he was awarded a Master Degree in Political Science. Djalal also obtained a Ph.D in International Relations from the
London School of Economics and Political Science in
London,
United Kingdom.
References
Indonesian diplomats
Ambassadors of Indonesia to the United States
Living people
1965 births
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