Ali Alatas

Ali Alatas
علي العطاس
Official portrait, 1993
1st Chairperson of the Presidential Advisory Council
In office
10 April 2007 – 11 December 2008
PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byT. B. Silalahi
13th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
21 March 1988 – 20 October 1999
PresidentSuharto
B. J. Habibie
Preceded byMochtar Kusumaatmadja
Succeeded byAlwi Shihab
Personal details
Born(1932-11-04)4 November 1932
Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Died11 December 2008(2008-12-11) (aged 76)
Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore
Resting placeKalibata Heroes' Cemetery
SpouseJunisa Wolff Alatas
ChildrenSoraya Alatas Soegarda, Nadira Alatas Sriwijanarko[1]
Fawzia Alatas-Patompo[2]
OccupationDiplomat

Ali Alatas (Arabic: علي العطاس ʿAlī al-ʿAṭṭās; 4 November 1932 – 11 December 2008[3][4]) was an Indonesian diplomat of Ba 'Alawi sada descent,[5][6] who served as the country's foreign minister from 1988 to 1999. He was Indonesia's longest serving foreign minister.[7]

  1. ^ Veteran Indonesian diplomat Ali Alatas dies at 76 Archived 2008-12-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ [INDONESIA-L] GJA - Alatas, Sudwika Archived 2008-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Former foreign minister Ali Alatas died at 76 Archived 2008-12-15 at the Wayback Machine; The Jakarta Post, 11 December 2008
  4. ^ Former Indonesian minister dies; BBC, 11 December 2008
  5. ^ INTERVIEW: HAMID AL-GADRI Archived 2008-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Indonesia's Radical Arabs Raise Suspicions of Moderate Countrymen
  7. ^ "Indonesia's Ali Alatas tarnished by East Timor". Reuters. 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2010-01-17.