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View all search resultsCareer diplomat Triyono named deputy FM
TRIYONO WIBOWO: (JP/Tony Hotland) President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a decree naming seasoned diplomat Triyono Wibowo deputy foreign minister, a ministry official announced Monday
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TRIYONO WIBOWO: (JP/Tony Hotland)
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a decree naming seasoned diplomat Triyono Wibowo deputy foreign minister, a ministry official announced Monday.
Triyono, a career diplomat currently serving as Indonesian ambassador to Austria, arrived from Vienna late Sunday and met with Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda on Monday morning to discuss the new post, ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah said.
"We received the President's letter last week, and we're scheduling the inauguration ceremony for September 11 (Thursday)," he said.
After graduating from Airlangga University's School of Law in 1979, Triyono joined the foreign service the next year.
He was appointed secretary of the ministry's Directorate General for American and European Affairs, as well as head of the ministry's personnel division from 2002 to 2004, before being appointed advisor to the ministry's Administrative and Management Affairs bureau.
Triyono, born on June 14, 1952, was appointed ambassador to Austria in 2005.
He also headed the ministry's crisis management team, playing a key role in cases in which Indonesians were taken hostage by extremists in the Philippines and Iraq.
Together with Hassan, he was instrumental in the ministry's administrative and financial restructuring programs.
The establishment of the deputy foreign minister post by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in March stirred up controversy, with analysts and legislators divided over its usefulness.
Although the post is at ministerial level, it is not a political position. The deputy is chosen and dismissed by the President, with recommendations from the foreign minister.
Hassan previously said he needed a deputy to deal with the many regional and international events Indonesia has to attend as the country seeks to advance its global status.
Opponents argue that the post, albeit common in many countries, will only incur a financial burden.
Several names surfaced as likely candidates for the post. They included Makarim Wibisono, former ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Marty Natalegawa, current ambassador to the UN in New York, and Rezlan Ishar Jenie, current director general for multilateral affairs at the ministry.
