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New mandate: President Prabowo Subianto (third right), accompanied by Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka (fourth right), congratulates newly appointed Indonesian Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro (third left), at the State Palace, Jakarta, on Aug. 25, 2025. (Antara/Muhammad Adimaja)
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resident Prabowo Subianto has appointed former maritime affairs minister Dwisuryo Indroyono Susilo as the Indonesian ambassador to the United States, filling the long-vacant position just weeks before the President’s expected debut at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
A solemn ceremony at the State Palace in Central Jakarta on Monday morning saw six new ambassadors, including Indroyono, and two permanent representatives sworn in by Prabowo to fill some of the countries’ key diplomatic posts and ending months of anticipation and speculation.
Among the newly appointed envoys were those assigned to Germany, Geneva and the UN, as well as to Washington DC, a role of particular strategic importance given the US’ geopolitical significance and its heightened engagement with Indonesia in recent months.
Ending a two-year vacancy, 70-year-old Indroyono took his oath as Indonesia’s 22nd envoy to the US.
A seasoned technocrat rather than a career diplomat, Indroyono has held a variety of government positions, including a brief stint as coordinating maritime minister under former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, as well as senior roles at the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas).
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The son of Soesilo Soedarman, Indonesia’s ambassador to Washington from 1986 to 1988, Indroyono spent much of his youth in the US, earning a master’s degree in geological remote sensing from the University of Michigan and a postgraduate degree in the same subject from the University of Iowa.
