Arief Muhammad Basalamah

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Arief Muhammad Basalamah
Ambassador of Indonesia to Ukraine, Georgia, and Armenia
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 September 2023
Preceded byGhafur Akbar Dharmaputra
Personal details
Born (1966-02-27) 27 February 1966 (age 59)
EducationPadjadjaran University

Arief Muhammad Basalamah (born 27 February 1966) is an Indonesian diplomat who is currently serving as resident ambassador to Ukraine, with concurrent accreditation to Georgia and Armenia. Previously, heerved as consul general in Marseille, France, from 2020 to 2023

Education

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Arief Muhammad Basalamah was born on 27 February 1966.[1] He studied international relations at the Padjadjaran University in Bandung, graduating in 1990. He attended several international trainings for diplomat, such as at the Institute for Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Malaysia, in 1995 and a course on policy planning at the Clingendael Institute in The Hague in 2010.[2]

Career

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Arief 's career as a diplomat began upon completing his basic diplomatic training in 1993. He was assigned as section chief at the ASEAN National Secretariat's bureau for economic affairs from 1994 to 1996. His first overseas posting was as a staff for economic affairs at the embassy Tunis, from 1997 to 2000, with the rank of third secretary. During his posting in Tunis, he also acted as the acting chief of political affairs for a few months in 1998.[2]

Upon his return to Jakarta in 2000, he became the chief of information and scholarship affairs at the foreign ministry's center for education and training, where he was responsible in collecting information on scholarships for foreign ministry staff as well as conducting oversight and monitoring on the candidates. Upon completing his mid-level diplomatic training in 2001 and at the National Institute of Public Administration in 2002, he was promoted to become the head of diplomatic training at the center, where he was responsible in preparing basic, mid-level, and senior diplomatic trainings. He was then posted to the embassy in London in the political section with the rank of second secretary, and later, first secretary. From 2006 to 2007 he was also the assistant head of the chancery.[3][4]

Following his service in the United Kingdom, he was reassigned to the foreign ministry as deputy director at the Directorate for Intra-Regional Cooperation of Asia, Pacific, and Africa from 2008 to 2010. During this time, he was responsible for matters relating to regional forums such as the IOR-ARC, ACD, AMED, PIF, SwPD, and CTI-CFF. He also attended a senior diplomatic course and an advanced course held by the National Institute of Public Administration. Upon finishing his senior education, he was posted to the consulate general in Vancouver to head the economic affairs section as a consul with the rank of minister counsellor, as well as the head of chancery from 2011 to 2014. He returned to the foreign ministry with an assignment as the chief of general affairs in the directorate general for American and European affairs from 2014 to 2016 and as chief of the ministry's diplomatic functional management for a few months in 2017. On 26 April 2017, he was named as the head of the center for management of functional positions in the foreign ministry, becoming its inaugural head since its establishment.[5] He was promoted to the diplomatic rank of minister in 2018 and served until 2020.[2]

On 1 July 2020, Arief was appointed as consul general in Marseille, with consular service covering PACA, Corsica, and Occitanie (excluding Lot), and the departments of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Ardèche and Drôme. He received his exequatur from the French foreign ministry in February 2021.[6] In December 2022, Arief was nominated as ambassador to Ukraine, with concurrent accreditation to Georgia and Armenia, by President Joko Widodo.[7] After passing an assessment by the house of representative's first commission the next month,[8] on 26 June 2023 he officially assumed office.[9] He presented her credentials to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 17 August,[10] to President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan on 14 November,[11] and to President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili on 20 December.[12]

Awards

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Personal life

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Arief Muhammad Basalamah is married and has two children.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Pengumuman Hasil Seleksi Administrasi JPT Pratama 2017
  2. ^ a b c d "ARIEF MUHAMMAD BASALAMAH". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Kedutaan Besar Indonesia di London, Inggris Raya" [Indonesian Embassy in London, United Kingdom]. IndonesianEmbassy.org.uk. Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in London. 20 June 2004. Archived from the original on 20 June 2004. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  4. ^ Office, Foreign and Commonwealth; Office, Great Britain Foreign and Commonwealth (2007). The London Diplomatic List. Stationery Office. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-11-591792-9.
  5. ^ "Menteri Luar Negeri Lantik 10 Pimpinan Tinggi Pratama Kementerian Luar Negeri" [Foreign Minister Inaugurates 10 Primary High Leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs]. Kementerian Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia (in Indonesian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. 26 April 2017. Archived from the original on 19 July 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  6. ^ Brezillon, Didier (19 February 2021). "Exequatur accordés à des consuls" [Exequatur Granted to Consuls]. Légifrance (in French). Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  7. ^ Suhartono (13 December 2022). "Dari Jurnalis hingga Diplomat Karier" [From Journalist to Career Diplomat]. Kompas (in Indonesian). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  8. ^ Fajar, Ajat M (1 February 2023). "Lolos Uji Kelayakan di DPR, Ini Daftar 13 Nama Calon Dubes Luar Negeri RI" [Passed DPR’s Fit and Proper Test, Here Are the 13 Candidates for Indonesian Ambassadors Abroad]. Inilah.com (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  9. ^ "President Jokowi Appoints 12 New Ambassadors". Tempo. 27 June 2023. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  10. ^ antaranews.com (2023-08-19). "Zelenskyy terima kasih Indonesia telah dukung kedaulatan Ukraina". Antara News (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2025-07-30.
  11. ^ Rahmasari, Diananda (17 November 2023). "Dubes Arief Basalamah Serahkan Surat Kepercayaan Kepada Presiden Armenia". Rakyat Merdeka (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2025-07-30.
  12. ^ Diplomatic List, April 2025