Ali Alatas

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Ali Alatas (born Jakarta, 4 November 1932) is an Indonesian diplomat of Hadhrami descent who served as the country's foreign minister. Ali Alatas is a Sayyid, which means a direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad, and Imam Ali ibn Abithalib (the 1st Imam and the 4th ruler of the Islamic Caliphate after Muhammad).

In 2003, Alatas was appointed as the United Nations special envoy. He arrived in Myanmar on 18 August 2005 for a three-day-visit to negotiate the release of Aung San Suu Kyi. He is the first special envoy allowed into the country in more than a year.