Dato’ Indera Hermono (born 19 January 1960) is a diplomat who has served as the Ambassador of Indonesia to Malaysia from 2020 to 2025, after which he will be succeeded by Raden Dato Mohammad Iman Hascarya Kusumo. Previously, he also served as the Ambassador of Indonesia to Spain from 2018 to 2020.
He is an alumnus of the Department of Trade Administration, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, graduating in 1980. Earlier in his career, he served for an extended period as Head of the Socio-Cultural Information Section at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia (KBRI) in Colombia from 1992 to 1996.
Appointed directly in the era of Joko Widodo’s presidency at the State Palace, Bogor. As Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia. He previously served as Ambassador to Spain. Born in 1960. Hermono majored in Commercial Administration at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences in 1980. When the Ministry of Foreign Affairs offered a scholarship in 1984, he applied even though he didn’t think his study programme was in demand. He passed, and began receiving the scholarship until he graduated. After graduating and being accepted at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1986, he was immediately trained as a diplomat. Before serving in Indonesia’s overseas representation, Hemono received a scholarship to continue his Master’s degree at Saitama University, Japan until 1991.
After completing his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, he was assigned to the Indonesian embassy in Colombia. He then served again in Uzbekistan until 2003. He served in New Zealand until 2010. In 2012, he was seconded to the Director of Foreign Cooperation of BNP2TKI. He also held the position of Secretary of the Directorate General of Protocol and Consular Affairs. After that, he served as Deputy Ambassador in Malaysia. He returned to serve as Principal Secretary of BNP2TKI and was then appointed as Indonesian Ambassador to Spain. Furthermore, he served as Ambassador Ri to Malaysia for the 2020 period until now. Hermono’s career journey is unique, he is known as an official who never finished serving, meaning that before his term expired, he was assigned to various positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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