Before appointed in his current position, he was the
Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the
State of Palestine (2017–2020). Previously, he was the
Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since May 2013. Previously, he served as
Minister Counselor (Economic, Social & Humanitarian Affairs) at the
Permanent mission of the Republic of Indonesia to
the United Nations, New York (2011–2013). In 1992, he joined the Foreign Service Course and later served as a junior staff at the Office of the Executive Agency for
the Non-Aligned Movement (1993–1996). Subsequently, he was assigned as
Third Secretary (Political, Information & Consular) at the
Indonesian Embassy in New Delhi (1996–2000). Then served as Head of Section / Acting Head of Sub-Directorate of Functional Cooperation / Dialogue Partner, Directorate General of
ASEAN Cooperation, as well as Personal Assistance to Director General Cooperation of
ASEAN (2000–2002). In the period of 2002–2006, he was assigned as
Second Secretary/First Secretary (Political/ Security) to the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations in New York and concurrently acted as the Coordinator/Negotiator of
the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Working Group on
Disarmament. Upon his return to Jakarta in 2007, he was appointed as
Deputy Director/Counselor for
Weapons of Mass Destruction and Conventional Weapons, the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament, responsible for Indonesia's policy on disarmament and non-proliferation in all its aspects. As a diplomat, his professional career mostly dealt with multilateral issues in
disarmament, humanitarian,
economic and social issues. Since 2002, he has been a member of the Indonesian Delegation to the First Committee, Third Committee and Fifth Committee of the
United Nations General Assembly,
the Security Council and the
ECOSOC as well as various UN meetings, ASEAN, NAM and other international meetings. In his personal capacity, he was selected as a member of the UN Secretary-General's Panel of Governmental Experts on Missiles in all its Aspects (2007–2008); UN Secretary-General's Group of Governmental Experts on Information Security (2012); UN Secretary-General's Group of Governmental Experts on Fissile Materials Cut-Off Treaty (2014–2015) and the Council for Security Cooperation in Asia-Pacific (CSCAP) Study Group on Countering WMD (2008–2010). During his assignments in New York, he served as Vice President of the First Committee of UNGA (2005) and vice-president of the executive board of the
UNDP,
UNFPA &
UNOPS, as well as a facilitator of UNDP Country Program on Myanmar and ECOSOC resolution on the Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations. As the Director for International Security and Disarmament, he concurrently acted as Co-Chairs Steering Group of the
Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and other Transnational Organized Crimes; Co-Chairs
Global Counter-Terrorism Forum (GCTF) Working Group on Detention and Reintegration; board member of Supervisor-the Jakarta Center for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC);
Sous-Sherpa Indonesia for
Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) as well as Head of Secretariat of Coordination Team for
Peace Keeping Operations and a member of Asia Dialogue on Forced Migration. His articles have been published in various national and international media such as
Kompas,
The Jakarta Post,
Suara Pembaruan,
Media Indonesia,
Republika, Journal of Diplomacy,
the Jordan Times,
GATRA Magazine and The Strategic Review. == Decoration ==