Hamid Awaluddin () was the ambassador of the

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to the Russian Federation and Belarus between 2008 and 2011.

Biography

Awaluddin was born in

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on 5 October 1960. His tenure in office as Indonesian ambassador in Russia and Belarus began on 8 April 2008. Previously he was Minister of Law and Human Rights in Indonesia from 20 October 2004 - 8 May 2007. His tenure as Indonesian ambassador in Russia and Belarus ended in November 2011. On 26 November 2011 the Russia Muftis Council has awarded Hamid Awaluddin with an “Al-Fahr” honorary medal for his role in initiating partnership between Indonesian and Russian Muslims.

Career

His political career began early with his involvement in university activities. Beginning in his student years, he was active in the Islamic Students Association in

Makassar Makassar (, mak, ᨆᨀᨔᨑ, Mangkasara’, ) is the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. It is the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia and the country's fifth-largest urban center after Jakarta, Surabaya, Med ...

South Sulawesi South Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Selatan) is a province in the southern peninsula of Sulawesi. The Selayar Islands archipelago to the south of Sulawesi is also part of the province. The capital is Makassar. The province is bordered by Central Sula ...

. He attended university at

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in Makassar and later received his PhD in 1998 from the

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in the U.S. Before becoming cabinet minister Awaluddin was a member of the Indonesian Election Commission. Hamid was also the lead negotiator and representative of Indonesian Government in the negotiations which led to the signing of the Peace Settlement MOU with the Free Aceh Movement in Helsinki in August 2005.A detailed account is set out in Hamid Awaludin, ''Peace in Aceh: Notes on the peace process between the Republic of Indonesia and the Aceh Freedom Movement (GAM) in Helsinki'', CSIS, Jakarta, 2009, translated by Tim Scott, .

References

External links

Indonesian Embassy in MoscowIndonesian Delegation in Dagestan

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