Ali Alatas
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| Born | 4 November 1932 Jakarta, Indonesia |
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| Occupation | Diplomat |
Ali Alatas (born Jakarta, 4 November 1932) is an Indonesian diplomat of Hadhrami descent,[1][2][3] who served as the country's foreign minister.
During the time of Indonesian rule in East Timor, Alatas was the most recognizable face with foreign media. At times, even appearing smug in his press conferences and interviews regarding the issue of the occupied territory, claiming that it was a "domestic issue". On 10 February 1997, the website for his Foreign Affairs Ministry was defaced by Portuguese hackers, writing (in Portuguese): "Welcome to the Fascist Republic of Indonesia", with a picture of Alatas giving the middle finger. The defacement was done in protest to the occupation of East Timor.
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.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ The Straits Times, June 1, 2007, Insight–Boosting links, 'software' to rekindle Arab ties, by Jeremy Au Yong
- ^ INTERVIEW: HAMID AL-GADRI
- ^ Indonesia's Radical Arabs Raise Suspicions of Moderate Countrymen
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| Preceded by Mochtar Kusumaatmadja |
Foreign minister of Indonesia 1988–1998 |
Succeeded by Alwi Shihab |
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