I Gede Ngurah Swajaya, also known as Ngurah Swajaya, (born 11 March 1962) is an Indonesian diplomat who served as Indonesia’s ambassador to Singapore from 2015 to 2020. Previously, he served as the first ambassador to

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and Cambodia.

Early life

Ngurah was born in

Singaraja Singaraja is a port town in northern Bali, Indonesia, which serves as the seat of Buleleng Regency. The name is Indonesian for "Lion King" (from Tamil ''singam'' and ''raja''). It is just east of Lovina, and is also the centre of Buleleng District ...

Bali Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nu ...

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. He is the eldest son of I Gede Kawijaya,S.H and Made Sutini, who also served as a civil servant with the last position as the chief of the National Land Agency for the Provincial Government of Bali. He was raised as a child in

Surabaya Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Java and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. L ...

and Bali with three of his younger brothers.

Education

Ngurah attended

Udayana University Udayana University ( id, Universitas Udayana, abbreviated as UNUD) is a public for-profit university in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. It was established on September 29, 1962 and it used to belong to the Airlangga University that mainly located in ...

in Bali from 1981 to 1986 majoring in law, and later got his master's degree as Master of Arts (MA), from the

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, MA, USA.

Career

Ngurah joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1986, and got his first assignment as the Third Secretary at the Indonesian Embassy to the

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, in

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from 1991–1995. He was later assigned at the Indonesian Permanent Mission to the

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, in

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from 1999–2003. At the

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, Ngurah served as the Director for the Multilateral Economic and Environment Cooperation, and the Director for ASEAN Political Security Cooperation until 2009. He was sworn in by

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as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Indonesia to the

Kingdom of Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

on January 30, 2009, from 2009–2010. He presented the letter of credence from the President of the Republic of Indonesia to His Majesty, the King of Cambodia

Norodom Sihamoni Norodom Sihamoni ( km, នរោត្តម សីហមុនី, ; born 14 May 1953) is King of Cambodia. He became King on 14 October 2004, a week after the abdication of his father, Norodom Sihanouk. He is the eldest son of Norodom Sihano ...

on April 22, 2009. Ngurah was later assigned to become the first Permanent Representative/Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to ASEAN. He presented the letter of credence from the President of the Republic of Indonesia to the Secretary General of ASEAN on behalf of ASEAN on March 23, 2010. In February 2016, he was appointed as Indonesian Ambassador to Singapore. Ngurah has been involved in several international, United Nations and ASEAN negotiations. He served as the Chair or the facilitator in many of those negotiations. He wrote articles for local newspapers and lecture at several universities in Indonesia.

ASEAN 2011

The Republic of Indonesia served as the rotating chair of ASEAN 2011. In this context, Ngurah was appointed to serve as the Chairperson of the Committee of the Permanent Representative to ASEAN. He also served as the Chairperson of the ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee, that was tasked to coordinate the implementation of the Master Plan of ASEAN Connectivity. As the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia to ASEAN, he served as the member of the Board of Trustees of the ASEAN Foundation.

Personal life

In January 1987, Ngurah married Ni Nyoman Mahaswi Astama and now have two children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Swajaya, I Gede Ngurah 1962 births Living people Ambassadors of Indonesia to Cambodia Ambassadors of Indonesia to Singapore Udayana University alumni The Fletcher School at Tufts University alumni Balinese people