President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inaugurated here Wednesday 20 new ambassadors who will serve in a number of countries in Asia, Europe, North and Latin America and Africa.

Three of the new envoys are non-career diplomats, including Indonesian Ambassador to Switzerland Djoko Susilo, who is a former politician from the National Mandate Party (PAN), and Indonesian Ambassador to Morocco Tosari Widjaja, who is from the United Development Party (PPP).

The two were previously members of the House of Representatives’ Commission I overseeing defense and foreign affairs.

The other non-career diplomat is the Ambassador to Romania Marianna Sutadi, who was the deputy chief for judicial affairs at the Supreme Court.

Djoko was initially tipped to take up the ambassadorial job in Romania, but he swapped his posting with Marianna’s following their selection test at the House last year.

The House approved 22 new ambassadors altogether, but two of them will be installed later.

Some career diplomats will serve their second term as ambassadors. Senior diplomat Imron Cotan, the Foreign Ministry’s secretary-general and former ambassador to Australia, was installed as the ambassador to China, while Arthauli, head of policy and development studies at the Foreign Ministry, was previously the ambassador to Vietnam.

Names of the new ambassadors New post and previous position

1. Imron Cotan China & Mongolia – Foreign Ministry’s secretary-general
2. Handriyo Kusumo Priyo Brunei – director general for protocol and consular affairs
3. Soehardjono Sastromihardjo Cambodia – director for information and media
4. Yohanes Kristiarto Legowo The Philippines – director for East Asia affairs
5. Kria Fahmi Pasaribu Laos – consul general in Houston
6. Adiyatwidi Adiwoso Asmady Spain – deputy representative to the UN in New York
7. Eddy Poerwana Wangsadihardja Zimbabwe – Foreign Ministry’s director for legal affairs
8. RA Esti Andayani Norway – Foreign Ministry’s technical cooperation director
9. Dienne Hardianti Moehario Canada – Foreign Ministry’s inspector general
10. Gatot Abdullah Mansyur Saudi Arabia – consul general in Jeddah
11. Marianna Sutadi Romania and Moldova – Supreme Court’s justice
12. Yosef Berty Fernandez Peru & Bolivia – head of border affairs in Papua
13. Djoko Susilo Switzerland & Liechtenstein – lawmaker
14. I Gede Ngurah Swajaya Representative for ASEAN – ambassador to Cambodia
15. I Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja Austria, UN and Slovenia – deputy permanent representative for the United Nations in Geneva
16. M. Asruchin Uzbekistan – Foreign Ministry’s director for South and Central Asia affairs
17. Aidil Chandra Salim Fiji – director for Middle East affairs
18. H. Tosari Widjaja Morocco – lawmaker
19. Sjahril Sabaruddin South Africa – ambassador for Uzbekistan
20. Albert Matondang Portugal – deputy at the office of the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs

Source : The Jakarta Post