Arif Havas Oegroseno, the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, is the alumni of Faculty of Law, Diponegoro University, in 1986. Arif Havas Oegroseno is mandated in “Kabinet Merah Putih” for the 2024-2029 term under the leadership of President Prabowo Subianto. He is also an ambassador with several positions.
Before appointed as Vice Miniter of Foreign Affair, Arif Havas, his nickname, is the Ambassador of Federal Republic of Germany. Born in Semarang, Central Java, in 1963, Arief Havas graduated from Faculty of Law in 1986, Diponegoro University (UNDIP). He, then, continued his higher education to Master of Law Program in Harvard Law School in 1991-1992. Arief Havas has a solid education background in law, especially in international law, which becomes a solid capital for his carrier. During his carrier as diplomat, Arief Havas often involved in negotiation in which determine Indonesia’s position in international arena.
Arief Havas started his carrier as a diplomat in 1986. There was an interesting story of how he started his diplomat carrier. It was when he almost graduated his undergraduate, there was a visit from a delegation team of Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Diponegoro University in 1986. At that time, Prof Muladi, Arief Havas’ lecturer in Faculty of Law UNDIP, suggested the Law students to join the recruitment opened by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Arif Havas joined the recruitment and got selected to be Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ employee, which in the future it becomes a path for his diplomat carrier. Another interesting story of Arief Havas’ carrier as diplomat, inferred from Wikipedia, is when he became an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Republic of Indonesia for Belgium, Luxembourg, and European Union, he visited King Albert II to submit credentials as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Republic of Indonesia. At that time, Arief Havas gave the King a comic of Tintin “The Adventures of Tintin: Flight 714 to Sydney” written by Hergé. Through the comic which Arief Havas gave to King Albert II, the King could recognize how does Indonesia look like, since the comic tells about tells about Indonesia, introducing the city of Jakarta, Kemayoran International Airport, Makassar, traditional Indonesian fishing boats, Bahasa Indonesia, Komodo, and even rujak ulek sauce. It is no wonder that Arief Havas Oegroseno was famous with his Tintin Diplomacy.
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