Junior diplomat Triyono's initial assignment in the foreign ministry was as a desk officer for North European affairs from 1982 to 1984. He was then assigned at the political section of the Indonesian embassy in Vienna with the rank of third secretary from 1985 to 1989, serving under ambassador
Artati Marzuki-Sudirdjo. After several months working in the embassy, Triyono received a satisfactory assessment for his duties and was recommended to receive dual accreditation to the permanent mission in Vienna. When Artati was elected chair of the
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors, Triyono assisted her as an alternate member within the board of governors. After his service, from 1988 to 1991 Triyono returned to Indonesia as the deputy director (chief of subdirectorate) within the directorate for multilateral economic cooperation. Triyono was tasked to revive the trust of foreign investor in the U.S., which had been severely influenced by the
financial crisis at that time. before becoming the foreign ministry's chief of personnel bureau. According to diplomat
Muhammad Takdir, Triyono, alongside with secretary general
Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat and chief of planning bureau
Ibnu Said, was responsible for directing administrative and organizational reformation in the foreign ministry. Triyono and Sugeng was sworn in as ambassador on 11 November 2005. He presented credentials to president
Heinz Fischer of Austria on 9 January 2006, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna
Antonio Maria Costa on 12 January, As ambassador, Triyono played a role in raising funds from Austrian donors for the occasion of the
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami and initiated a biannual interfaith and intercultural forum. On one occasion, Triyono attempted to bring
komodo dragon and
orangutan to Slovenia as a way to introduce Indonesia, but was halted due to a lack of special passport and presidential approval. Triyono's correspondence with the culture minister and the forestry minister was left unaddressed.
Vice foreign minister province potentials in 2012. On 10 March 2008, president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed a decree which reestablished the post of vice foreign minister, a position last occupied in 1948. The new position sparked criticism from lawmakers, with Slamet Effendi Yusuf of Golkar questioning the need for an additional assistant for the foreign minister, while Yuddy Chrisnadi questioning the vice foreign minister's job description as well as the expenditures for the new position in times of budget cuts. In response, Hassan ensured that the post is necessary to assist the foreign minister's duties in light of the president's directive to increase the intensity of diplomacy and to uphold the principle of equivalence with Indonesia's counterpart in negotiations.
Meidyatama Suryodiningrat, now Indonesian ambassador to Romania, stated that establishing the post was a "sensible move" and signalled the end of "the foreign minister as a 'one man show'". Several names were proposed to held the new position, including junior diplomats such as representative to the UN
Marty Natalegawa, presidential spokesman
Dino Patti Djalal, as well as senior diplomats such as former representative to UN
Makarim Wibisono and director general of multilateral affairs
Rezlan Ishar Jenie. Triyono's appointment was welcomed by politicians, with lawmakers such as Hajriyanto Y. Thohari, Theo L Sambuaga, and Andreas Pareira highlighting his experience and capability. Hajriyanto lamented the lack of political powers of the new post, as he felt that it hindered the effectiveness of the position. Other lawmakers criticized the background of Triyono, with Abdillah Toha suggesting the position should be dedicated for a political appointee, while Happy Bone Zulkarnaen expected a civil servant from outside the foreign service to occupy the post. As the position was a bureaucrating posting and not part of the cabinet, Triyono was sworn in on 11 September by the foreign minister instead of the president. Triyono's appointment inspired the amendment to the law on state ministries, which gave way to the appointment of vice ministers on other ministries. After Triyono, all vice ministers were appointed through a presidential decree instead of a ministerial appointment, making Triyono the only vice minister not to be installed by the president. During his tenure, Triyono visited Portugal to met with his counterpart
João Gomes Cravinho to discuss strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries. In response to Indonesia's massive amount of unpaid parking tickets in the United Nations (UN) New York City headquarters, Triyono proposed lobbying the city government, and idea which was later dismissed as nonsensical. Triyono was replaced by his underclassman
Wardana on 19 October. For his role as vice foreign minister, on 13 October 2014 Triyono received Indonesia's highest award, the
Star of Mahaputera, 3rd class.
Permanent representative to the UN After the end of his term as vice foreign minister, cabinet secretary Sudi Silalahi announced Triyono's appointment to a "position of equivalent importance". He was nominated by president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as Indonesia's permanent representative to UN and international agencies based in
Geneva, with him undergoing an assessment by the House of Representative's first commission on 12 June 2012. He was sworn in by the president on 3 September and presented his credentials to director general of the
United Nations Office at Geneva Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on 25 October. During his tenure as ambassador, which saw Indonesia's chairmanship of the
Group of 77 in Geneva, Triyono initiated a training program for diplomats from developing countries. In 2013, Triyono became the president of the
Conference on Disarmament. During his tenure, Triyono conducted consultations with member states to bring the conference back to life. Despite this he stated that "there is a long way to go to reach consensus" in his farewell adress. In the same year, on 16 September 2013, Triyono was unanimously elected as the president of the Trade and Development Board of the
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (TDB-UNCTAD). Throughout his one-year tenure, which lasted until the next September, Triyono presided over the 50th anniversary of the UNCTAD, reporting its activities to the
United Nations General Assembly Second Committee in October, and taking part in the UN ECOSOC High Level Meeting with IMF and the World Bank in April. == Airlangga University ==