By Anton Lutter
Earlier in his distinguished career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. Laurentius Amrih Jinangkung, served as Political Counsellor – under then Ambassador Junus Effendie Habibie – at the Indonesian Embassy in The Hague. Now he’s returning, this time as the recently appointed ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia in The Hague. He will be the successor of the present ambassador H.E. Mayerfas, who has served his country in The Hague since 2020. In 2023 until now Jinangkung is the Director General of Law and International Agreements at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jakarta. His last foreign post was that of Ambassador to the Holy See (Vatican). Before his previous posting in The Hague he was the of head of Maritime Boundaries section at the Legal department 2003-2006 and after his stint in The Hague between 2006-2010 became Deputy Director of Treaty Affairs all the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2010-2014.
Mr. Jinangkung was born in Nanggulan in the Special Region of Yogyakarta on 18 June 1967 and studied Law at Gadjah Mada University and Cornell Law School in the USA.
His nomination by President Prabowo Subianto was approved by the Foreign Affairs and Defense Commission of the House of Representatives in Jakarta last July. Noteworthy are the appointments of several new ambassadors who served previously at the Embassy of Indonesia in The Hague. Being Mr. Umar Hadi who’s been appointed head of Permanent Mission in New York, Mr. Imam A’sari, appointed ambassador to Ecuador, Mr. Witjaksono Adjie who became ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ibnu Wiwoho Wahyutomo as ambassador to Finland and Mr. Fikry Cassidy who presented his letters of credence on July 30th as ambassador to Venezuela.
