Desra Percaya
Desra Percaya | |
|---|---|
| Director General for Asia, Pacific, and Africa, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jakarta, Indonesia | |
| Assumed office 2016 | |
| President | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Joko Widodo |
| Minister | Marty Natalegawa Retno Marsudi |
| Preceded by | Hasan Kleib |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 April 1961 Malang, East Java, Indonesia |
| Nationality | Indonesia |
| Spouse | Diana Mawarsari |
| Children | Asteya Prima Percaya Muhammad Dwi Aditya Percaya |
| Alma mater | Airlangga University Birmingham University Durham University |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Desra Percaya (born in Malang, East Java, 20 April 1961); is an Indonesian diplomat and currently Director General for Asia, Pacific, and Africa at the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Career
Desra Percaya was appointed ambassador and permanent representative of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations in New York in February 2012. He was elected chair of the United Nation's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) on 4 September 2013.[1] Percaya has also served as Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Co-facilitator on human rights treaty bodies, Chairman of the NAM Working Group on Disarmament, vice-chair of the UN Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, and vice-chair of the UN Committee on Decolonization.[2]
Percaya was previously Indonesia's deputy permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, Switzerland. Before this he was Director of International Security and Disarmament in the Directorate of Multilateral Affairs in Jakarta between 2007 and 2009. He first joined Indonesia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1986. [1]
Percaya received a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at Airlangga University in Surabaya, Indonesia. He was awarded a master's degree in International Studies (Diplomacy) in 1995 by Birmingham University. He completed his PhD at Durham University. He was awarded the honorary degree of the Doctor of the University (DUniv) by the University of Birmingham in 2014. Percaya was born in Malang on 20 April 1961 from Sundanese parents. He is married and has two children. Namely Asteya Prima Percaya, Muhammad Dwi Aditya Percaya.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Desra Percaya of Indonesia Chair of First Committee". un.org. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ "Indonesian UN Ambassador to His Excellency (H. E.) Dr Desra Percaya received honorary doctorate from the University of Birmingham". europawire.eu. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ "Indonesia's Ambassador to the UN receives Honorary Doctorate". birmingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2015.