Alwi Shihab

Alwi Shihab
Official portrait, c. 2004
Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare
In office
21 October 2004 – 7 December 2005
PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Preceded byJusuf Kalla
Succeeded byAburizal Bakrie
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
26 October 1999 – 23 July 2001
PresidentAbdurrahman Wahid
Preceded byAli Alatas
Succeeded byHassan Wirajuda
Personal details
Born
Alwi Abdurrahman Shihab

(1946-08-19) 19 August 1946 (age 78)
Rappang, South Sulawesi
Political partyPKB
SpouseAshraf Shahab
Children3
Parents
Alwi Shihab (left) receives a commemorative photo from Rear Admiral Doug Crowder aboard USS Abraham Lincoln, February 2005

Alwi Abdurrahman Shihab (Arabic: علوي عبد الرحمن شهاب Alawī ʿAbd ar-Raḥman Šihāb) (born 19 August 1946 in South Sulawesi) is a scholar of the interaction of Christian and Muslim communities. Currently he is the Indonesian President's special envoy to the Middle East and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. He held the office of Indonesian Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare in 2004–2005 and the Foreign Minister of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001.