DR. R.M. Marty M. Natalegawa

Dr. Raden Mohammad Marty Muliana Natalegawa has been appointed as Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations, with effect from 5 September 2007.

He began his career with the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia in 1986.

In March 2006, he was appointed as Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Court of St. James’s and Ireland.

Prior to his assignment in London, between 2002–2005 he consecutively served as the Chief of Staff of the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and as the Director General for ASEAN Cooperation in the Department of Foreign Affairs. While serving in the aforementioned posts, he concurrently served the position of Spokesperson of the Department of Foreign Affairs. His term as Director General for ASEAN Cooperation coincided with Indonesia’s chairmanship of ASEAN; a period marked by intensive effort to promote the idea of an ASEAN Community which was formally endorsed by the member countries through the 2003 Bali Concord II. Also during the same period, he saw through the convening of the first East Asia Summit (EAS) reflecting Indonesia’s vision of an inclusive EAS, with Australia, India and New Zealand among the participating countries, and ASEAN as the hub.

As Spokesperson, he experienced first hand the increased expectations of the public on foreign policy matters within the new democratic setting in Indonesia and also faced a number of difficult issues, including the effort to address the threat of terrorism. On 14 December 2004 he received the First Public Relations Society Award from the PR Society of Indonesia.

Dr. Marty Natalegawa also inter alia served as Director for International Organizations at the Department of Foreign Affairs. In addition to managing Indonesia’s policies at various multilateral forums, he also navigated the challenges brought by the separation East Timor post-popular consultation in 1999.

He served at the Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the UN between 1994 and 1999, including during Indonesia’s membership of the Security Council in 1996-1997.

Dr. Natalegawa obtained a Doctor of Philosophy at the Australian National University in 1993; a Master of Philosophy at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge in 1985; and a BSc at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1984. He also attended the Ellesmere College and Concord College in the UK between 1976-1981.

Dr. Natalegawa is married and has three children.