Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat
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Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat | |
|---|---|
 Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat | |
| Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 3 May 2002 – 16 January 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Arizal Effendi |
| Succeeded by | Imron Cotan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 October 1952 Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| Died | 28 June 2025 (aged 72) Canberra, Australia |
| Alma mater | Gadjah Mada University Columbia University |
| Occupation | Public servant, diplomat |
Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat (21 October 1952 – 28 June 2025) was an Indonesian diplomat. He served as an official in the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs for over two decades.
Sudjadnan held several high-profile positions, including Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2002 to 2006), Ambassador of Indonesia to Australia (2001–2002) and Ambassador to the United States (2006–2009).[1]
In January 2011, Sudjadnan was charged in court for unlawfully authorizing fund disbursement in 2003 to Indonesian Embassy in Singapore when he was Secretary General of the DFA. He was released in October 2011 and received another separate court verdict in 2014 for he was responsible in the DFA budget misappropriation in 2004–2005, for which he served some 20 months in Sukamiskin prison.
Sudjadnan was born on 21 October 1952 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He was married with three children.[2]
Sudjadnan graduated from Gadjah Mada University in 1978 with a degree in International Relations. He then joined the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs in 1981 and completed several courses with the department. In 1997 Sudjadnan attended a Master of International Affairs (MIA) Programme at Columbia University, New York City.[2]
Career
Between 1981 and 2011, Sudjadnan was employed in Indonesia’s Foreign Service.[1]
From 1982 to 1984, Sudjadnan served as Attaché to the Indonesian Permanent Mission to Geneva; from 1984 to 1986, as Second Secretary to the Indonesian Permanent Mission in Vienna; from 1986 to 1988, as Head of Disarmament Section, Department of Foreign Affairs in Jakarta; and, from 1989 to 1992, Sudjadnan was the First Secretary in the Indonesian Permanent Mission to the UN, Geneva. In 1993, he returned to Jakarta where was appointed Head of Sub-Directorate Politics and Security in the Department of Foreign Affairs.[2]
From 1996 until 1998, Sudjadnan served as Minister Counsellor at Indonesia’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City; in 1999 as the Secretary for the Task Force on the Implementation of the East Timor Referendum; from 1999 until 2001 as Director for International Organisations; and from 2001 to 2002 as Ambassador of Indonesia to Australia and Vanuatu.[1] His time in Australia coincided with the Tampa affair, when the Australian Government denied permission to a Norwegian vessel to unload rescued asylum seekers at Christmas Island. Sudjadnan said that the asylum seekers should not be forced to go to Indonesia and that the Indonesian Government said they would not accept the asylum seekers.[3]
Sudjadnan was recalled to Indonesia from Australia in April 2002, promoted to the role of Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs.[4] He served in the role for four years, until the end of 2005, and also acted as Senior Official Meeting Leader for both the Asia Africa Summit and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). In addition, he chaired the Third Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee meeting during the treaty’s 2005 review and spoke at many international seminars, workshop etc. mostly on issues relating to international security, non-proliferation and disarmament including at the Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference in April 2009.[5]
On 13 January 2006, Sudjadnan was appointed Indonesian Ambassador to the United States.[6]