Enviro News Asia, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto inaugurated 31 Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors (LBBP Ambassadors) of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) to friendly countries on Monday, March 24, 2025, at the State Palace in Jakarta.
During the ceremony, the Head of State administered the oath to the newly appointed ambassadors. The inauguration was followed by the signing of the official documents by representatives of the appointed ambassadors.
The 31 newly inaugurated LBBP Ambassadors of Indonesia are as follows:
- Agus Priono, Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, concurrently accredited to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana;
- Andreano Erwin, Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia, concurrently accredited to Montenegro;
- Ardian Wicaksono, Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal, concurrently accredited to the Republic of Cabo Verde, the Republic of The Gambia, the Republic of Guinea, the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, the Republic of Mali, the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, and the Republic of Sierra Leone;
- Cecep Herawan, Ambassador to the Republic of Korea;
- Dicky Komar, Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon;
- Fikry Cassidy, Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, concurrently accredited to the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago;
- Hendra Halim, Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, concurrently accredited to the Republic of Honduras, the Republic of Costa Rica, and the Republic of Nicaragua;
- Hersindaru Arwityo Ibnu Wiwoho Wahyutomo, Ambassador to the Republic of Finland, concurrently accredited to the Republic of Estonia;
- Junimart Girsang, Ambassador to the Republic of Italy, concurrently accredited to the Republic of Malta, the Republic of San Marino, the Republic of Cyprus, as well as to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the World Food Programme (WFP), and the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT);
- Mirza Nurhidayat, Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia, concurrently accredited to the Republic of Angola;
- Penny Dewi Herasati, Ambassador to Hungary;
- Siti Nugraha Mauludiah, Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark, concurrently accredited to the Republic of Lithuania;
- Siti Ruhaini Dzuhayatin, Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan, concurrently accredited to the Republic of Kyrgyzstan;
- Tyas Baskoro Her Witjaksono Adji, Ambassador to the Republic of Kenya, concurrently accredited to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Federal Republic of Somalia, the Republic of Uganda, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT);
- Yayan Ganda Hayat Mulyana, Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden, concurrently accredited to the Republic of Latvia;
- Agung Cahaya Sumirat, Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon, concurrently accredited to the Republic of Chad, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic;
- Chandra Warsenanto Sukotjo, Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan;
- Listiana Operananta, Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, concurrently accredited to the Republic of Albania and the Republic of North Macedonia;
- Manahan M. P. Sitompul, Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina;
- Rolliansyah Soemirat, Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran, concurrently accredited to Turkmenistan;
- Kartika Candra Negara, Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique, concurrently accredited to Malawi;
- Bambang Suharto, Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, concurrently accredited to the Republic of Benin, the Republic of Ghana, the Republic of Niger, the Republic of Liberia, the Republic of Burkina Faso, the Republic of Togo, the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS);
- Muhsin Syihab, Ambassador to Canada, concurrently accredited to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO);
- Simon Djatwoko Irwantoro Soekarno, Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba, concurrently accredited to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, the Republic of Haiti, and the Republic of Jamaica;
- Susi Marleny Bachsin, Ambassador to the Republic of Portugal;
- Yuyu Sutisna, Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, concurrently accredited to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania;
- Arief Hidayat, Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, concurrently accredited to the Republic of Zambia;
- Didik Eko Pujianto, Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq;
- Rina Prihtyasmiarsi Soemarno, Ambassador to the Czech Republic;
- Vedi Kurnia Buana, Ambassador to the Republic of Chile; and
- Faizal Chery Sidharta, Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, concurrently accredited to the Republic of Djibouti, the State of Eritrea, and the African Union.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by several high-ranking officials, including Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Budi Gunawan, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs Pratikno, Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment Muhaimin Iskandar, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sugiono, Minister of State Secretariat Prasetyo Hadi, Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya, as well as the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of Commission I of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI).
