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Siti Nugraha Mauludiah

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Siti Nugraha Mauludiah
Ambassador of Indonesia to Denmark and Lithuania
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 March 2025
PresidentPrabowo Subianto
Preceded byDewi Savitri Wahab
Director General for Information and Public Diplomacy
In office
6 October 2023 – 24 March 2025
PresidentJoko Widodo
Preceded byTeuku Faizasyah
Succeeded byUmar Hadi (acting)
Ambassador of Indonesia to Poland
In office
7 January 2019 – 17 November 2021
PresidentJoko Widodo
Preceded byPeter F. Gontha
Succeeded byAnita Lidya Luhulima
Personal details
Born (1967-06-20) June 20, 1967 (age 58)
Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
SpouseGino Hedianto
EducationPadjadjaran University
Graduate School of International and Public Affairs
NicknameNining

Siti Nugraha Mauludiah (born 20 June 1967) is an Indonesian diplomat currently serving as Indonesia's ambassador to Denmark and Lithuania since 24 March 2025. Prior to her current role, she served as ambassador to Poland from 2019 to 2021 and as director general for information and public diplomacy from 2023 to 2025.

Early life

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Siti was born in Bandung on 20 June 1967.[1] She studied English literature at the Padjadjaran University from 1985 and graduated in 1990 with a bachelor's degree.[2] Following her undergraduate studies, she continued her education at Columbia University's Graduate School of International and Public Affairs in New York, completing a master's degree in international economic policy from 1995 to 1997.[1][3]

Career

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Siti commenced her career at the foreign department in 1991. From August 1998 to November 2002, she served as program director for SMEs, gender issues dan social safety net issues at the APEC Secretariat in Singapore.[1][3] According to her, during this period, she gained invaluable experience in navigating complex international debates, learning to find common ground and "win-win solutions" even when direct advocacy for her home country was not possible, an experience she credits with shaping her distinctive diplomatic approach.[4] Subsequently, she returned to the foreign department, serving as deputy director for APEC from November 2002 to October 2005. Her international postings continued with a four-year stint at the embassy in Rome, where she was counselor for multilateral affairs from November 2005 to June 2008, representing Indonesia to the Food and Agriculture Organization, and later as counselor for economic affairs from July 2008 to December 2009.[3][1][5]

Upon her return to Jakarta, she briefly served as deputy director for a few months in 2010. Around this time, she visited Kabul, Afghanistan, for a post-war conference, during which she faced threats of IEDs despite being in an armored car.[5] Siti then took the role of director for technical cooperation and served from May 2010 to July 2016.[4] The relatively new directorate, which was just four years old at that time, was part of the-then emerging South–South cooperation, in which Indonesia acts as both a recipient and a provider of assistance to developing nations. Under her leadership, the directorate's work expanded from a few capacity building programs for developing countries to numerous internal capacity building programs to prepare Indonesians for the South–South cooperation, such as English language training for Indonesian experts. Other than the programs, the directorate was involved in compiling a national South–South cooperation database, approaching local governments, and developing public-private-partnership cooperation. To increase accountability and awareness to the general public, the directorate began publishing a bulletin in 2014.[6]

Following her directorship, she was appointed consul general in Shanghai from August 2016 to February 2019.[3][4] In September 2018, President Joko Widodo named Siti as a nominee for ambassador to Poland.[7] After passing an assesment held by the House of Representative's first commission in October,[8] on 7 January 2019 she was installed as ambassador.[9] She presented her credentials to President Andrzej Duda on 20 March.[10]

Upon serving as ambassador, Siti returned to the foreign ministry to take office as advisor (expert staff) to foreign minister Retno Marsudi for socio-cultural affairs and diaspora empowerment on 18 August 2021.[11][12] She then assumed office as director general for information and public diplomacy on 6 October 2023,[13] in which she was responsible for leveraging artificial intelligence for information dissemination, strengthening public dialogue, and enhancing the role of the Indonesian diaspora globally. She was also tasked with utilizing recipients of Indonesia's art and culture scholarship to act as cultural bridges between Indonesia and neighboring countries.[4]

In August 2024, President Joko Widodo nominated Siti as Indonesia's ambassador to Denmark, with concurrent accreditation to Lithuania. She passed a fit and proper test held by the House of Representative's first commission in September that year.[14] She was installed by President Prabowo Subianto on 24 March 2025.[15]

Personal life

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Siti is married to Gino Hedianto.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Yudatama, Satira (23 March 2025). Aziz, Muhamad Fauza (ed.). "Duta Besar Siti Nugraha Mauludiah : Mahasiswa Jangan Jadi "Kupu-kupu" (Bagian Awal)" [Ambassador Siti Nugraha Mauludiah: Students Shouldn’t Be “Butterflies” (Part One)]. Pikiran Rakyat Koran (in Indonesian). Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Dubes Alumni Sastra Inggris Sampaikan Orasi Ilmiah pada Dies Natalis FIB Unpad Ke-61" [English Literature Alumnus Delivers Scientific Oration at the 61st Anniversary of FIB Unpad]. Program Studi Sastra Inggris Universitas Padjadjaran (in Indonesian). October 22, 2019. Archived from the original on December 8, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ a b c d e Rudziński, Cezary (20 April 2019). "INDONEZJA: Z NOWĄ AMBASADOR W POLSCE O TURYSTYCE" [INDONESIA: With the New Ambassador in Poland on Tourism]. Globtroter (in Polish). Archived from the original on 13 May 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d Yudatama, Satira (23 March 2025). Aziz, Muhamad Fauza (ed.). "Duta Besar Siti Nugraha Mauludiah : Mahasiswa Jangan Jadi "Kupu-kupu" (Bagian Akhir)" [Ambassador Siti Nugraha Mauludiah: Students Shouldn’t Be “Butterflies” (Final Part)]. Pikiran Rakyat Koran (in Indonesian). Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  5. ^ a b Fahrizal (22 December 2023). "Sosok Diplomat Ulung RI, Siti Nugraha Sempat Rasakan Kengerian Ancaman Bom" [Profile of Indonesia’s Top Diplomat, Siti Nugraha Felt the Horror of Bomb Threats]. Chatnews Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Perpisahan Ibu Siti Nugraha Mauludiah" [Farewell Message from Mrs. Siti Nugraha Mauludiah] (PDF). Buletin Jendela (in Indonesian). 5 April 2017. p. 2.
  7. ^ Ihsanuddin (15 September 2018). "Presiden Jokowi Tunjuk Dua Politisi Golkar Jadi Dubes". Kompas (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  8. ^ "22 Calon Dubes RI Diuji di DPR: Hajrianto Thohari ke Lebanon, Hasrul Azwar ke Maroko, Mahendra Siregar ke AS" [22 Indonesian Ambassador Candidates Tested at DPR: Hajrianto Thohari to Lebanon, Hasrul Azwar to Morocco, Mahendra Siregar to the US]. Jakarta Observer (in Indonesian). 4 October 2018. Archived from the original on 21 March 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  9. ^ Asmara, Chandra Gian (7 January 2019). "Jokowi Lantik 16 Dubes dari AS hingga Zimbabwe, Ini Daftarnya" [Jokowi Inaugurates 16 Ambassadors from the US to Zimbabwe, Here's the List]. CNBC Indonesia. Archived from the original on 16 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  10. ^ "President receives credentials from six newly appointed ambassadors to Poland". President.pl. 20 March 2019. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  11. ^ Massabuau, Dini Kusmana (18 August 2021). "Menlu RI Lantik Para Pejabat untuk Jabatan Pimpinan Tinggi Madya, Jabatan Pimpinan Tinggi Pratama dan 3 Konsul Jenderal RI" [Indonesian Foreign Minister Appoints Officials for High Leadership and Consul General Positions]. Surat Dunia (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 19 June 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  12. ^ Kambali (18 August 2021). "Termasuk I Gede Ngurah Swajaya, Inilah DAFTAR 23 Pejabat Pimpinan Tinggi Kemlu yang Dilantik Menlu" [Including I Gede Ngurah Swajaya, Here is the LIST of 23 High-Ranking Foreign Ministry Officials Inaugurated by the Foreign Minister]. Tribun-bali.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  13. ^ Widhiyanto, Fajar (6 October 2023). "Siti Nugraha Mauludiah Didapuk Jadi Dirjen Informasi dan Diplomasi Publik Kemenlu" [Siti Nugraha Mauludiah Appointed as Director General of Information and Public Diplomacy at the Foreign Ministry]. Investortrust.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  14. ^ kumparanNEWS (13 February 2025). "Nasib Samar Belasan Calon Dubes yang Diajukan Jokowi" [Unclear Fate of a Dozen Ambassador Candidates Proposed by Jokowi] (in Indonesian). Kumparan. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  15. ^ Mahadewi, Mega Putri (27 March 2025). "Ada Politikus PDIP, Berikut Daftar 31 Duta Besar RI yang Dilantik Presiden Prabowo Subianto" [PDIP Politician Among 31 Indonesian Ambassadors Inaugurated by President Prabowo Subianto]. Tempo.co (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2 July 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
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