Mochammad Luthfie Witto'eng

Witto'eng graduated from the Indonesian Naval Academy as a second lieutenant of the Marine Corps in 1972.^[1] During his military studies in the academy, Witto'eng became the commander of the cadet corps.^[2] Witto'eng had prior diplomatic experience as assistant military attaché at Indonesian embassy in Moscow and military attaché in The Hague.^[3] After serving as the director for military and defence at the military strategic intelligence agency, Witto'eng became the assistant for intelligence to the armed forces general chief of staff from 1 August 2002 to 24 June 2003.^[1] He then served as the chief of the military strategic intelligence agency from 24 June 2003 to 20 October 2005.^[4]

During the 2014 Indonesian presidential election, Witto'eng was part of Joko Widodo's presidential campaign team.^[5] On 25 February 2016, Witto'eng was installed as ambassador to Venezuela, with concurrent accreditation to Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago.^[6] He presented his credentials to President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro on 4 May 2016,^[7] to President of Dominica Charles Savarin on 20 June 2016,^[8] President of Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Carmona on 25 May 2017,^[9] and to Governor-General of Saint Lucia Neville Cenac on 19 February 2018.^[10] His replacement was installed on 14 September 2020.^[11] Witto'eng joined the Anies Baswedan campaign team during the 2024 Indonesian presidential election.^[12]