Lukman Hakim Siregar

From 1996 to 1997, Lukman worked as a local staff at the Indonesian embassy in Cairo. He was then accepted to the foreign department, where he was assigned to the directorate of ASEAN economic cooperation.^[1] In 2007, he erved within the political section of the embassy in Amman^[2][3] with the rank of second secretary.^[4] He was then transferred to the Middle East directorate of the foreign ministry. Following the 2015 Sousse attacks, Lukman was listed as a contact person for citizens seeking consultation before traveling to Tunisia.^[5] He then served for three and a half years at the political section of the embassy in Kabul with the rank of counsellor until January 2020.^[6]

After serving within various postings in the Middle East, on 1 July 2021 Lukman assumed office as assistant deputy for international relations to vice president Ma'ruf Amin.^[7] He briefly assumed duties as the acting deputy for national policy support and national vision in 2022.^[8][9][10] Lukman retained his position after Ma'ruf was replaced by Gibran Rakabuming Raka.^[11]

Lukman was nominated as Indonesia's ambassador to Syria in July.^[12] He underwent a closed assessment by the House of Representative's first commission on 6 July^[13] and was approved in a session two days later.^[14] He was installed as ambassador on 8 October 2025^[15] and received his duties from chargé d'affaires ad interim Lutfi Anggara on 8 January 2026.^[16] He presented his copies of credentials to foreign minister Asaad al-Shaibani on 7 April 2026.^[17]

Lukman is married to Siti Nursyamsiah and has one children.^[1]