Ambassador Makarim Wibisono
Director-General for Foreign Economic Relations
Department of Foreign Affairs
Republic of Indonesia


CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Makarim WIBISONO
Date of Birth: 8 May 1947
Place of Birth: Mataram, Indonesia
Religion: Islam
Marital Status: Married with three children

Education

  • Lower, Middle and High School, Mataram, Indonesia
  • Doctorandus Degree in International Relations
  • Gajahmada University, Jogjakarta, Indonesia (1970)
  • Australian Foreign Service Training Course
    Canberra, Australia (1975)
  • Master of Arts Degree, The Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University Washington, D.C. (1984)
  • Master of Arts Degree in Political Economy
    Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (1986)
  • Ph.D. Degree
    Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (1987)


Professional Career

  • 1970-1972 Editor, Express News Magazine
    Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 1972-1975 Head of the U.S. Desk, Directorate for American Affairs
    Department of Foreign Affairs, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 1976-1977 Head of the North-American Section
    Directorate for American Affairs
    Department of Foreign Affairs, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 1977-1981 Head of Information & Cultural Division
    Indonesian Embassy, Brasilia, Brazil
  • 1981-1982 Deputy Director of Trade & Exhibitions
    Department of Foreign Affairs, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 1987-1988 Deputy Director for Information Affairs
    Department of Foreign Affairs, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 1988-1991 Minister Counsellor, Head of Information Division Indonesian
    Embassy, Washington, D.C.
  • 1991-1993 Minister Counsellor, Head of Economic Division
    Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations
    New York, N.Y.
  • 1993-1994 Director for Multilateral Economic Cooperation
    Department of Foreign Affairs, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 1994-1997 Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative
    Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations
    New York, N.Y.
  • 1997-2001 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,
    Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations, New York, N.Y.; concurrently Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary accredited to Guatemala, Nicaragua, Jamaica and the Bahamas
  • 2001-present : Director-General for Foreign Economic Relations, Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Indonesia.

International Positions

  • 2001- present : Alternate Chair of the Preparatory Committee of the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
  • 2000 : President, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), United Nations, New York
  • 2000 : Member, Advisory Board of the UN Fund for International Partnerships
  • 1999-2000: Vice-President, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), United Nations, New York
  • 1997-2001: Chairman, Working Group of the Non-Aligned Countries on Disarmament, New York
  • 1999: Chairman, ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti
  • 1999: Chairman, Working Group on Disarmament of NAM Summit Meeting, Durban, South Africa
  • 1998: Chairman, Drafting Group on Disarmament of NAM Ministerial Meeting, Cartagena, Colombia
  • 1998: Member, United Nations Task Force on Environment and Human Settlements, established by the United Nations Secretary General
  • 1998: Chairman, Group of 77, New York Chapter
  • 1997: Chairman, Drafting Group on Disarmament of NAM Ministerial Meeting, New Delhi, India


Participation in International Conferences

  • United Nations General Assembly - 46th to 54rd , New York (1991 to 1999)
  • United Nations Security Council, New York (1995 and 1996)
  • UNCTAD X Conference, Bangkok, Thailand (February 2000)
  • High Level Meeting of Eminent Personalities from the South, Georgetown, Guyana (December 1999)
  • 1999 Royal Colloquium, Stockholm, Sweden (November 1999)
  • OECD, IMF & ECOSOC Meeting, Paris, France (November 1999)
  • ECOSOC Substantive Session, Geneva, Switzerland (July 1999)
  • 4th International Berlin Workshop "The UN & Regional Security Arrangements", Berlin, Germany (June 1999)
  • Special Dialogue of the ECOSOC and the IMF Board of Executive Directors, Washington D.C. USA (June 1999)
  • Workshop on Assessing the 1999 Session of the NPT Preparatory Committee, Divonne-Les-Bains, France (June 1999)
  • G-16 Meeting on Preparations for the Millennium Summit, Tokyo, Japan (May 1999)
  • United Nations Brainstorming Session, Kent, United Kingdom (April 1999)
  • Group of 16 Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland (March 1999)
  • BCUN National Conference, Phoenix, Arizona and California, USA (February 1999)
  • Globalization and Problems of Development Meeting, Havana, Cuba (January 1999)
  • 12th NAM Summit, Durban, South Africa (1998)
  • G-77 High Level Meeting, Jakarta, Indonesia (1998)
  • NAM Ministerial Meeting, Cartagena, Colombia (1998) and New Delhi, India (1997)
  • UN Brainstorming Meeting, Kent, United Kingdom (1999)
  • Group of Sixteen Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland (1999)
  • 10th UN Regional Disarmament Meeting in Asia-Pacific Region, Kathmandu, Nepal (1998)
  • G-16 Carlsson Group Meeting, Kingston, Jamaica (April 1998), Mexico City, Mexico (January 1998)
  • UN Regional Disarmament Meeting in Southeast Asia, Jakarta, Indonesia (1998)
  • PREPCOM II Non-Proliferation Treaty Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland (1998)
  • G-77 Inter-Chapter Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland (1998)
  • Programme for Promoting Nuclear Non-Proliferation (PPNN) on "1998 Preparatory Committee for the 2000 NPT Review Conference Issues and Options", Annecy, France (1998)
  • Preventive Strategy Seminar, New York, USA (1998)
  • Informal Workshop on the Flexibility Mechanisms, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1998)
  • UN Conference on Disarmament Issues "Towards a World Free from Nuclear Weapons, Nagasaki, Japan (1998)
  • PPNN Regional Seminar on Southeast Asia: Regional Security and Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Bangkok, Thailand (1997)
  • Commission on Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland (1997)
  • 2nd ASEAN Summit Meeting, Malaysia (1997)
  • 8th Islamic Meeting, Teheran, Iran (1997)
  • High Level Seminar on Africa Development, Tokyo, Japan (1996)
  • International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, Egypt (1994)
  • United Nations Conference on the Renegotiation of ITTA 1984
    Geneva, Switzerland (1994)
  • Asia-Pacific Ministerial Meeting on Social Development, Manila, Philippines (1994)
  • Asia-Pacific Ministerial Meeting on the Role of Women in Development,Jakarta, Indonesia (1994)
  • NAM Ministerial Meeting on Food Security, Bali, Indonesia (1994)
  • GATT Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland (1994)
  • ESCAP Regional Cooperation Meeting, Kun Ming, People's
    Republic of China (1994)
  • Standing Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, Bali, Indonesia (1993)
  • Summit Meeting of the Islamic Conference Organization
    Dakar, Senegal (1993)
  • ESCAP Commission Ministerial Meeting, New Delhi, India (1993)
  • UNDP Executive Board Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland (1993)
  • ESCAP Meeting on Poverty Alleviation, Bangkok, Thailand (1993)
  • Summit Meeting of G-15, New Delhi, India (1993)
  • UNCTAD VIII, Cartagena, Colombia (1992)
  • ECOSOC Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland (1991)

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