Desra Percaya Explained

Honorific Prefix:His Excellency
Desra Percaya
Order:21st
Office:Ambassador of Indonesia to the United Kingdom
Term Start:26 October 2020
President:Joko Widodo
Predecessor:Rizal Sukma
Office1:Director-General for Asia Pacific and Africa
Term Start1:2016
Term End1:2020
Minister1:Retno Marsudi
Birth Date:1961 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Malang, East Java, Indonesia
Nationality:Indonesian
Spouse:Diana Mawarsari
Children:Asteya Prima Percaya
Muhammad Dwi Aditya Percaya
Alma Mater:Airlangga University (S.Sos.)
University of Birmingham (MA)
Graduate Society, Durham (Ph.D)
Profession:Diplomat

Dr Desra Percaya (born 20 April 1961, in Malang, East Java) is an Indonesian diplomat who, since 2020, serves as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Kingdom, accredited to Ireland and the International Maritime Organization.[1]

Education

Percaya read social studies at Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia, graduating with a bachelor's degree, before pursuing further studies in international relations at the University of Birmingham, where he received his MA in 1995. He then enrolled onto the Graduate Society (now Ustinov College) at Durham University, where he completed his PhD, with a thesis entitled "Sino-Indonesian Relations: A Study of Indonesian Perceptions of China" in 2000.[2]

He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of the University (DUniv) by the University of Birmingham in 2014; and again in 2024 by Durham University.

Career

Percaya was appointed Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations in New York in February 2012. He was elected Chairman of the United Nation's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) on 4 September 2013,[3] also serving as Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Co-Facilitator on human rights treaty bodies, Chairman of the NAM Working Group on Disarmament, Vice-Chairman of the UN Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, and Vice-Chairman of the UN Committee on Decolonization.[4]

Percaya served as Director-General for Asia, Pacific, and Africa at the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was previously Indonesia's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Switzerland. Before this he was Director of International Security and Disarmament in the Directorate of Multilateral Affairs in Jakarta between 2007 and 2009. He first joined Indonesia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1986.

Personal life

Born in East Java on 20 April 1961 of Sundanese parentage, Percaya is married and has two children: Asteya Prima and Muhammad Dwi Aditya Percaya.

Honours and awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Office of Assistant to Deputy Cabinet Secretary for State Documents & Translation . 26 October 2020 . President Jokowi Inaugurates 12 Indonesian Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210605024652/https://setkab.go.id/en/president-jokowi-inaugurates-12-indonesian-ambassadors-extraordinary-and-plenipotentiary/ . 5 June 2021 . 5 June 2021 . Cabinet Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia.
  2. Desra Percaya . Sino-Indonesian Relations: A Study of Indonesian Perceptions of China . 2000 . PhD . Durham University . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210605024646/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/108204.pdf . 5 June 2021.
  3. Web site: 18 September 2012 . Desra Percaya of Indonesia Chair of First Committee . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624080417/http://www.un.org/press/en/2012/bio4406.doc.htm . 24 June 2016 . 28 June 2017 . un.org.
  4. Web site: 15 December 2014 . His Excellency Dr Desra Percaya Indonesian UN Ambassador Receives Honorary Doctorate from the University of Birmingham . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160424085719/http://news.europawire.eu/indonesian-un-ambassador-to-his-excellency-h-e-dr-desra-percaya-received-honorary-doctorate-from-the-university-of-birmingham-7654321234567890/eu-press-release/2014/12/15/ . 24 April 2016 . 31 March 2015 . EuropaWire.eu.
  5. Web site: 12 December 2014 . Indonesia's Ambassador to the UN Receives Honorary Doctorate . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160403223117/http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2014/12/un-indonesia-ambassador-receives-honorary-doctorate.aspx . 3 April 2016 . 28 March 2015 . University of Birmingham.
  6. Web site: Durham to honour leading figures from diplomacy, music and local government.