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Hassan Wirajuda
Noer Hassan Wirajuda (born 9 July 1948 in Tangerang, West Java, Indonesia) is an Indonesian politician who was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Indonesia), foreign minister of Indonesia from 2001 to 2009. He served during the presidencies of Megawati Sukarnoputri and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Education Wirajuda earned a Doctor of Juridical Science in international law from the University of Virginia School of Law (1981), a Master of Law (LL.M) from Harvard University School of Law (1985), and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (1984). In 1971, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Indonesia, and in 1976, he spent a year at Oxford University in the United Kingdom earning a Certificate in Diplomacy. Diplomatic career A lawyer by training and a diplomat by choice, Wirajuda has held several important posts including Director-General of Political Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Foreign Affairs (Indonesia)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia () or commonly known by its abbreviation Kemlu, is an Indonesian government ministry responsible for Indonesia, the country's foreign politics and diplomacy. The ministry was formerly known as the Department of Foreign Affairs (, abbreviated as ''Deplu'') until 2008 when the nomenclature changed with the enactment of the 2008 State Ministry Act (). Ministry of Foreign Affairs is one of three ministries, along with Ministry of Defence (Indonesia), Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Home Affairs (Indonesia), Ministry Home Affairs, that is explicitly mentioned in the Constitution of Indonesia, hence the President of Indonesia, president has no authority to dissolve the ministry. According to Article 8 of the Constitution, in case that both the president and the vice president can no longer serve at the same time, the line of succession temporarily falls to a ''troika'' of minister of foreign affairs, minister of home af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
