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News Focus: FM MARTY NATALEGAWA AND HIS FIRST SIGNIFICANT TASK
By Bustanuddin
Jakarta, Oct 22 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Marty Natalegawa, a relatively young diplomat, will have more significant tasks to carry out after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyhono appointed him as the new foreign minister.
The new "skipper" of the Indonesian foreign affairs ministry whose complete name is Dr. Raden Mohammad Marty Muliana Natalegawa (popularly called only Marty Natalegawa) who was born in Bandung, West Java province, on March 22, 1963, had spent most of his time studying abroad.
After completing a primary school (SD), in Jakarta in 1974, he continued his study at junior high school at the Singapore International School, in Singapore 1978, and later moved to England for study at the Ellesmere College and graduated in 1978. Then he continued his study at a Senior High School, Concord College, also in England, which he completed in 1981.
Natalegawa then studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, and graduated in 1984. He obtained a Master of Philosophy in International Relations, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University in 1985, and became Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations from the Australian National University in 1993.
Before assuming the top post at the Indonesian representative office in New York, he was Indonesian ambassador to Britain from November 11, 2005 to September 5, 2007.
In November 2007, Natalegawa won the important trust as President of the United Nations Security Council.
Natalegawa who started his career at the foreign ministry in 1986 was ever appointed as a spokesman for the Indonesian Foreign Ministry.
He has a great deal of diplomatic experience, among others as chief delegate to some international conferences and conventions organized by the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, and ASEAN.
Natalegawa once also led an Indonesian delegation to the UN Security Council and to trilateral dialogues on East Timor before assuming the post of Director General for ASEAN Cooperation (2003-2005).
ASEAN groups Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam.
On Monday (Oct 19, 2009) Marty Natalegawa was one of the prospective ministers called by President-Elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at his residence in Puri Cikeas, Bogor, to be interviewed as candidate for a post in the new cabinet.
Then on Wednesday night, a day after being sworn-in as President for the second term (2009-2014), President Yudhoyono accompanied by Vice President Boediono announced the new cabinet line-up. Marty Natalegawa became the new foreign minister.
He replaced Nur Hassan Wirayuda, who became foreign minister when Megawati Soekarnoputri was the country's president.
After being interviewed by the president, Natalegawa said, "Yudhoyono among others emphasized the need for revitalization and reform of foreign policy and our diplomacy, especially the diplomats should improve their skills and knowledge."
"The success of diplomacy and foreign policy of a nation can determine the progress of the nation," Natalegawa quoted the president as saying.
The president also gave him a special task for the next five years to improve Indonesian role in international affairs such as in the G20 forum, as well as in observance of the climate change summit.
Members of the G-20 include South Africa, the US, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Britain, Italy, Japan, Germany, Canada, South Korea, Mexico, France, Russia, Turkey and the European Union.
President Yudhoyono after attending the G-20 summit recently told Indonesian journalists at Hotel Westin, United States, on September 26 that Indonesia has hailed the decision of the G-20 nations to make their group a permanent one to replace the G-8 as a global forum for economic cooperation.
The decision would put Indonesia in a "very strategic" position with regard to determining the direction of the global economy.
"It is in line with what Indonesia has been hoping for. G-20 will become a permanent body and this is good. The G-7 or G-8 only represents the developed countries, mostly European, and only one Asian country, Japan, is represented in it," he said.
G-20, he said, represents countries in the world in a better way because it includes both the developed and developing countries.
The presence of the permanent G-20 group of countries would make world civilization complete covering Western, Eastern and Islamic civilizations.
"I think this forum will later not only think about the global economy but also serve as a forum to make the world safer, eliminate conflicts and violence, and create a more harmonious relationship among civilizations," he said.
Yudhoyono said he had conveyed various views at the G-20 sessions held on September 24-25. All the sessions were held behind closed doors so that journalists could not cover the events directly.
At the meeting with his counterparts, including US President Barack Obama, Yudhoyono said he had suggested evaluating all recovery efforts at global, regional as well as national levels.
He said the evaluation was needed particularly regarding market confidence, capital flows, investment and trade, real economy, food stability and energy.
"If all indications are positive we could say that the recession has reached its final stage and then we can immediately formulate an exit strategy," he said on the occasion.
The leaders of the G-20 countries also had agreed to continue to work hard to make the global economy healthier and to ensure that the global economy would grow stronger, more balanced and more sustainable in the times to come.
Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa who has a Thai-born wife, Sranya Bamrungphong is expected to carry out his first significant task and leave for Thailand to attend an Asean Summit along with President Yudhoyono in Hua Hin on Friday (October 23). *** 1 ***
Jakarta, Oct 22 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Marty Natalegawa, a relatively young diplomat, will have more significant tasks to carry out after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyhono appointed him as the new foreign minister.
The new "skipper" of the Indonesian foreign affairs ministry whose complete name is Dr. Raden Mohammad Marty Muliana Natalegawa (popularly called only Marty Natalegawa) who was born in Bandung, West Java province, on March 22, 1963, had spent most of his time studying abroad.
After completing a primary school (SD), in Jakarta in 1974, he continued his study at junior high school at the Singapore International School, in Singapore 1978, and later moved to England for study at the Ellesmere College and graduated in 1978. Then he continued his study at a Senior High School, Concord College, also in England, which he completed in 1981.
Natalegawa then studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, and graduated in 1984. He obtained a Master of Philosophy in International Relations, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University in 1985, and became Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations from the Australian National University in 1993.
Before assuming the top post at the Indonesian representative office in New York, he was Indonesian ambassador to Britain from November 11, 2005 to September 5, 2007.
In November 2007, Natalegawa won the important trust as President of the United Nations Security Council.
Natalegawa who started his career at the foreign ministry in 1986 was ever appointed as a spokesman for the Indonesian Foreign Ministry.
He has a great deal of diplomatic experience, among others as chief delegate to some international conferences and conventions organized by the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, and ASEAN.
Natalegawa once also led an Indonesian delegation to the UN Security Council and to trilateral dialogues on East Timor before assuming the post of Director General for ASEAN Cooperation (2003-2005).
ASEAN groups Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam.
On Monday (Oct 19, 2009) Marty Natalegawa was one of the prospective ministers called by President-Elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at his residence in Puri Cikeas, Bogor, to be interviewed as candidate for a post in the new cabinet.
Then on Wednesday night, a day after being sworn-in as President for the second term (2009-2014), President Yudhoyono accompanied by Vice President Boediono announced the new cabinet line-up. Marty Natalegawa became the new foreign minister.
He replaced Nur Hassan Wirayuda, who became foreign minister when Megawati Soekarnoputri was the country's president.
After being interviewed by the president, Natalegawa said, "Yudhoyono among others emphasized the need for revitalization and reform of foreign policy and our diplomacy, especially the diplomats should improve their skills and knowledge."
"The success of diplomacy and foreign policy of a nation can determine the progress of the nation," Natalegawa quoted the president as saying.
The president also gave him a special task for the next five years to improve Indonesian role in international affairs such as in the G20 forum, as well as in observance of the climate change summit.
Members of the G-20 include South Africa, the US, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Britain, Italy, Japan, Germany, Canada, South Korea, Mexico, France, Russia, Turkey and the European Union.
President Yudhoyono after attending the G-20 summit recently told Indonesian journalists at Hotel Westin, United States, on September 26 that Indonesia has hailed the decision of the G-20 nations to make their group a permanent one to replace the G-8 as a global forum for economic cooperation.
The decision would put Indonesia in a "very strategic" position with regard to determining the direction of the global economy.
"It is in line with what Indonesia has been hoping for. G-20 will become a permanent body and this is good. The G-7 or G-8 only represents the developed countries, mostly European, and only one Asian country, Japan, is represented in it," he said.
G-20, he said, represents countries in the world in a better way because it includes both the developed and developing countries.
The presence of the permanent G-20 group of countries would make world civilization complete covering Western, Eastern and Islamic civilizations.
"I think this forum will later not only think about the global economy but also serve as a forum to make the world safer, eliminate conflicts and violence, and create a more harmonious relationship among civilizations," he said.
Yudhoyono said he had conveyed various views at the G-20 sessions held on September 24-25. All the sessions were held behind closed doors so that journalists could not cover the events directly.
At the meeting with his counterparts, including US President Barack Obama, Yudhoyono said he had suggested evaluating all recovery efforts at global, regional as well as national levels.
He said the evaluation was needed particularly regarding market confidence, capital flows, investment and trade, real economy, food stability and energy.
"If all indications are positive we could say that the recession has reached its final stage and then we can immediately formulate an exit strategy," he said on the occasion.
The leaders of the G-20 countries also had agreed to continue to work hard to make the global economy healthier and to ensure that the global economy would grow stronger, more balanced and more sustainable in the times to come.
Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa who has a Thai-born wife, Sranya Bamrungphong is expected to carry out his first significant task and leave for Thailand to attend an Asean Summit along with President Yudhoyono in Hua Hin on Friday (October 23). *** 1 ***
