13 Facts About Retno Marsudi

Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi was born on 27 November 1962 and is an Indonesian diplomat who formerly served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet of Joko Widodo between 2014 and 2024.

Retno Marsudi is the first female minister appointed to the post.

Retno Marsudi was previously the Indonesian Ambassador to the Netherlands from 2012 to 2014, as well as Ambassador to Iceland and Norway from 2005 to 2008.

Retno Marsudi graduated from SMAN 3 Semarang and continued her study in International Relations, graduating from Gadjah Mada University in 1985.

Between 1997 and 2001, Marsudi served as First Secretary for Economic Affairs at the Indonesian Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands.

Retno Marsudi was promoted to Director of West Europe Affairs in 2003.

In 2005, Retno Marsudi was appointed as the Indonesian Ambassador to Norway and Iceland.

Retno Marsudi briefly took up the study of human rights at the University of Oslo.

Retno Marsudi returned to Jakarta and was appointed Director General for European and American Affairs.

Retno Marsudi was appointed as Indonesian Ambassador to the Netherlands in 2011 by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Retno Marsudi has led various multilateral negotiations and bilateral consultations with the EU, ASEM, and FEALAC.

On 27 October 2014, Retno Marsudi was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs by President Joko Widodo in his Working Cabinet.

In 2023, Retno Marsudi headed Indonesia's newly established Office of Special Envoy to Myanmar for ASEAN, where she pushed for the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus and sought to engage with "all stakeholders" in the ongoing Myanmar civil war to enable dialogue and find a solution to the crisis.