Dr Desra Percaya (born 20 April 1961, in Malang, East Java) is an Indonesian diplomat who, since 2020, serves as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Kingdom, accredited to Ireland and the International Maritime Organization.[1]
Desra Percaya | |
|---|---|
 Desra Percaya as Ambassador of Indonesia to the UK | |
| 21st Ambassador of Indonesia to the United Kingdom | |
| Assumed office 26 October 2020 | |
| President | Joko Widodo |
| Preceded by | Rizal Sukma |
| Director-General for Asia Pacific and Africa | |
| In office 2016–2020 | |
| Minister | Retno Marsudi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 April 1961 Malang, East Java, Indonesia |
| Spouse | Diana Mawarsari |
| Children | Asteya Prima Percaya Muhammad Dwi Aditya Percaya |
| Alma mater | Airlangga University (S.Sos.) University of Birmingham (MA) Graduate Society, Durham (Ph.D) |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Education
editPercaya read social studies at Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia, graduating with a bachelor's degree, before pursuing further studies in international relations at the University of Birmingham, where he received his MA in 1995. He then enrolled onto the Graduate Society (now Ustinov College) at Durham University, where he completed his PhD, with a thesis entitled "Sino-Indonesian Relations: A Study of Indonesian Perceptions of China" in 2000.[2]
He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of the University (DUniv) by the University of Birmingham in 2014; and again in 2024 by Durham University.
Career
editPercaya was appointed Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations in New York in February 2012. He was elected Chairman of the United Nation's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) on 4 September 2013,[3] also serving as Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Co-Facilitator on human rights treaty bodies, Chairman of the NAM Working Group on Disarmament, Vice-Chairman of the UN Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, and Vice-Chairman of the UN Committee on Decolonization.[4]
Percaya served as Director-General for Asia, Pacific, and Africa at the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was previously Indonesia's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Switzerland. Before this he was Director of International Security and Disarmament in the Directorate of Multilateral Affairs in Jakarta between 2007 and 2009. He first joined Indonesia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1986.
Personal life
editBorn in East Java on 20 April 1961 of Sundanese parentage, Percaya is married and has two children: Asteya Prima and Muhammad Dwi Aditya Percaya.
Honours and awards
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Bintang Mahaputera (Indonesia)
Officier dans l'ordre de la Couronne (Belgium)
Hon DUniv (University of Birmingham)[5]
Hon DUniv (Durham University)[6]
References
edit- ^ Office of Assistant to Deputy Cabinet Secretary for State Documents & Translation (26 October 2020). "President Jokowi Inaugurates 12 Indonesian Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary". Cabinet Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ Desra Percaya (2000). Sino-Indonesian Relations: A Study of Indonesian Perceptions of China (PDF) (PhD thesis). Durham University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 June 2021.
- ^ "Desra Percaya of Indonesia Chair of First Committee". un.org. 18 September 2012. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "His Excellency Dr Desra Percaya Indonesian UN Ambassador Receives Honorary Doctorate from the University of Birmingham". EuropaWire.eu. 15 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ "Indonesia's Ambassador to the UN Receives Honorary Doctorate". University of Birmingham. 12 December 2014. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "Durham to honour leading figures from diplomacy, music and local government".