1. Ratih Hardjono was Presidential Secretary to Abdurrahman Wahid, and in 2000, she served as Programme Coordinator Information and Publication for United Nations Development Programme Indonesia.
12 Facts About Ratih Hardjono
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Ratih Hardjono is from Kramat Jati, East Jakarta and was born on 6 December 1960.
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Ratih Hardjono's father followed the Javanese beliefs of Kejawaen, while her mother, Joan Hardjono, was born in Australia and was Catholic.
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Ratih Hardjono was the third Indonesian to receive such a scholarship, after the journalist Sabam Siagian and poet Goenawan Mohamad.
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Ratih Hardjono was one of their correspondents in Australia but wrote much about the transition of countries from military rule to democracy, as well as the dissolution of the Soviet Union, military coups, and elections in the United States and Australia.
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Ratih Hardjono dealt with the press and performed administration duties, which included the supervision of 500 civil servants in charge of the maintenance of the presidential residences.
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Ratih Hardjono was accused of being an Australian spy due to her connections to Australia.
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Ratih Hardjono resigned in mid-March 2000 with effect from 1 April to prepare for her wedding and to "avoid corruption, collusion, and nepotism".
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Ratih Hardjono coedited The Poor Speak Up, 17 Stories of Corruption in 2002.
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Ratih Hardjono has been Secretary General for the NGO Indonesian Community for Demokrasi since 2005, which is an NGO working in adult education in democracy by establishing Schools of Democracy at the District levels across Indonesia.
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Ratih Hardjono is a Senior Advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group.
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Ratih Hardjono is married to Fajrul Falakh, vice dean of law at Gadjah Mada University, a politician and once deputy chair of the Nahdlatul Ulama with whom she resides in Jakarta and by whom she has twin sons.