Andreano Erwin

Andreano Erwin
Ambassador of Indonesia to Serbia and Montenegro
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 March 2025
Preceded byMochammad Chandra Widya Yudha
Personal details
Born (1969-01-14) 14 January 1969
SpouseDhian Prihandini
Children2
EducationTrisakti University
University of Indonesia

Andreano Erwin (born 14 January 1969) is an Indonesian diplomat currently serving as the ambassador to Serbia with concurrent accreditation to Montenegro since 2025. Prior to his appointment, he was the chief of the foreign cooperation bureau within the health ministry and director for territorial law and treaties within the foreign ministry.

Early life and education

Born on 14 January 1969 into a family of diplomats, Andreano moved frequently between countries during his childhood. He attended school in multiple nations, including Czechoslovakia, Russia, and the Netherlands. Despite his itinerant youth, which he described as "not pleasant" for a child, he chose to attend university in Indonesia, where his parents were stationed at the time. He completed a bachelor’s degree in international law at Trisakti University.[1] After joining at the foreign ministry, he completed a master’s degree in international relations from the University of Indonesia in 2000.[2]

Career

Andreano established a general trading company with friends, successfully securing a role as a supplier to major corporations. However, a crisis in 1996 led to the company's bankruptcy, prompting him to join the foreign department on the same year based on his parents' suggestion.[1] Early in his career, he was assigned to the directorate of ASEAN economic cooperation.[1] After earning his master's degree, he served at the consulate general in Penang for three and a half years from 2001 to 2004, where he handled matters relating to bilateral economic relations, development, and migrant workers.[2]

He returned to the foreign ministry in 2004 to work in the directorate of political and regional treaties[1] before being posted to the political section of the permanent representative to the United Nations in New York with the rank of first secretary. During his assignment in New York, Andreano was responsible on matters relating to law of the sea, global counterterrorism, bilateral and legal matters within the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council.[2] He attended a session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law in 2008, during which he lauded the commission's effort in finalizing the draft convention on contracts for the international carriage of goods by sea.[3]

Andreano continued his career in handling maritime treaties and border diplomacy with his appintment as deputy director (chief of subdirectorate) that handles health cooperation[4] within the directorate of treaties on economic, social and cultural affairs from 2012 to 2014 and deputy director for territorial treaties within the directorate of political, security and territorial treaties from 2014 to 2015. From 2015 to 2017, Andreano became the assistant to the President's special envoy for the Indonesia-Malaysia maritime boundaries, Eddy Pratomo.[5][2] He officially ended his tenure as assistant special envoy on 6 January 2017.[6]

Between January 2017 to August 2018, Andreano was the deputy chief of mission at the embassy in Kuala Lumpur. He was the chargé d'affaires ad interim of the embassy from 30 January[7] to 31 July.[8] Around his time as the embassy's chargé d'affaires ad interim, Andreano handled the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, which was unknowingly conducted by Siti Aisyah, an Indonesian citizen. Andreano provided legal support to Siti Aisyah on behalf of the embassy[9] and was given access to met Siti at the Cyberjaya Police's detention facility in Selangor.[10] Andreano attended Siti's trial at the Sepang District Court, in which the embassy provided five lawyers to defend Siti Aisyah.[11] Andreano had visited Siti a total of four times, and it was only after his fourth visit that Siti realized that she had murdered Kim Jong-nam after his delegation showed her a newspaper on Kim Jong-nam's death.[12]

From August 2018 to June 2020, Andreano became the deputy permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva.[5] He was elected into a number of ad-hoc positions within the United Nations organ, such as vice-chair of the 2018 Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of States Parties[13] and the co-chair of the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime in 2019.[14] Andreano also defended Indonesia's human rights condition in United Nations Human Rights Council sessions, stating that human rights incidents regarding Papuans have been resolved[15] and invited the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit Papua to observe the human rights situation in the province.[16]

Andreano was installed as the health ministry's chief of foreign cooperation bureau on 20 November 2020.[17] In the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia at that time, Andreano was responsible in coordinating contacts with countries to obtain vaccine.[2] Andreano warned Indonesian regional governments to not import vaccines without coordination with the central government.[18]

On 9 March 2022, Andreano became the director of legal affairs and territorial treaties within the foreign ministry.[19] Several months later, on 5 October 2022 Andreano on behlaf of the Indonesian government signed “The Principles and Guidelines” alongside his Philippines counterpart Maria Angela Ponce. The document marked the start of delimitation between Indonesia and Philippines continental shelf boundary following a landmark agreement in 2014 to delimit their exclusive economic zones (EEZs).[20][21]

In August 2024, President Joko Widodo nominated Andreano as Indonesia's ambassador to Serbia, with concurrent accreditation to Montenegro.[22] He passed a fit and proper test held by the House of Representative's first commission in September that year[23] and was installed by President Prabowo Subianto on 24 March 2025.[24] He presented his credentials to the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić on 7 July 2025.[25]

Personal life

Andreano is married to Dhian Prihandini[26] and has two children.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Martono, Teguh (January 2021). "Strategi Diplomasi Kesehatan Menuju INDONESIA SEHAT" [Health Diplomacy Strategy Towards a HEALTHY INDONESIA] (PDF). Mediakom (in Indonesian). No. 126. pp. 29–30. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e "MIKTA-UNISDR Seminar on Strengthening the Role of National and Local Governments in Reducing Economic Losses and Building DRR Capacity" (PDF). PreventionWeb. United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). 19 October 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  3. ^ "LINKS BETWEEN COMMERCIAL LAW REFORM AND 'CULTURE OF RULE OF LAW'STRESSED IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S LEGAL COMMITTEE". US Fed News Service, Including US State News. October 20, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  4. ^ Martono, Teguh (January 2021). "Strategi Diplomasi Kesehatan Menuju INDONESIA SEHAT" [Health Diplomacy Strategy Towards a HEALTHY INDONESIA] (PDF). Mediakom (in Indonesian). No. 126. pp. 29–30. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  5. ^ a b c "Andreano Erwin, Director for International Cooperation, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia". H20 Annual Summit. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  6. ^ Ratih Mayangsari (January 2018). Laporan Kinerja Biro Sumber Daya Manusia, Organisasi dan Tata Laksana Tahun 2017 (PDF) (in Indonesian). Sekretariat Kabinet Republik Indonesia. p. 22. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
  7. ^ Indonesian Embassy Kuala Lumpur on X: "Sertijab Kepala Perwakilan, Dubes Herman Prayitno kepada Wakil Kepala Perwakilan Andreano Erwin @prayitno_herman @Portal_Kemlu_RI https://t.co/nBAzD6bFQj" / X
  8. ^ Setiawan, Agus (31 July 2017). "Andreano Sertijab ke Dubes Rusdi Kirana" [Andreano Hands Over Duties to Ambassador Rusdi Kirana]. ANTARA News Kuala Lumpur (in Indonesian). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  9. ^ Setiawan, Agus (February 16, 2017). Priyambodo, RH (ed.). "Govt to provide legal assistance to Indonesian murder suspect". ANTARA News. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  10. ^ "Siti Aisyah Thought Kim Jong-nam Murder 'Was a Baby Oil Prank': Deputy Ambassador". Jakarta Globe. February 26, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  11. ^ Purwanto, Heru (March 2, 2017). "Indonesian Embassy provides five lawyers for Siti Aisyah". ANTARA News. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  12. ^ Ma, Alexandra (February 13, 2018). "Kim Jong Un's half brother was assassinated with nerve poison one year ago — here's how it went down and the remaining unsolved mysteries". Business Insider. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  13. ^ "2018 Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of States Parties". Reaching Critical Will. December 7, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  14. ^ International Organization for Migration (April 5, 2019). "Eighth Global Meeting of Chairs and Secretariats of Consultative Processes on Migration – Agenda" (PDF). IOM. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  15. ^ Ibrahim, Farid M. (September 18, 2019). "Bagaimana Kasus Papua dan Veronica Koman Sampai di Dewan HAM PBB". ABC News Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  16. ^ Radio New Zealand (September 19, 2019). "Indonesia working with UN rights chief on Papua visit". RNZ. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  17. ^ Arief, Chaerani (23 November 2020). "Menkes Lantik 28 Pejabat Eselon 2, Termasuk Kepala BBLK Makassar" [Health Minister Inaugurates 28 Echelon II Officials, Including Head of Makassar Health Laboratory]. SulselSehat (in Indonesian). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  18. ^ "Pemda Dilarang Impor Vaksin Tanpa Koordinasi Pemerintah Pusat". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). September 16, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  19. ^ Larasati Dyah Utami (9 March 2022). "Menlu RI Lantik Konsul Jenderal RI Johor Bahru, Konsul RI Songkhla, dan Pimpinan Tinggi Pratama". TribunNews.com (in Indonesian). KG Media. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  20. ^ Rocamora, Joyce Ann L. (October 8, 2022). "PH, Indonesia ink guidelines for continental shelf delimitation". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  21. ^ Lee-Brago, Pia (October 10, 2022). "Philippines, Indonesia sign guidelines for continental shelf boundary". Philstar.com. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  22. ^ Luqman, Kiki (19 August 2024). "Beredar Nama-Nama Calon Duta Besar, Ada Wishnutama yang Diajukan jadi Dubes RI untuk Amerika Serikat" [List of Ambassador Candidates Circulates, Wishnutama Proposed as Indonesian Ambassador to the United States]. Kompas TV (in Indonesian). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  23. ^ Anggrainy, Firda Cynthia (17 September 2024). "Ini Daftar Calon Dubes LBBP Ikut Uji Kelayakan di DPR, Ada Junimart Girsang" [Here is the List of Prospective Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors Undergoing Feasibility Test at DPR, Including Junimart Girsang]. detikNews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  24. ^ Harahap, Ricki Putra (March 24, 2025). "President Prabowo Appoints 31 New Indonesian Ambassadors". Jakarta Globe (in Indonesian). Retrieved July 16, 2025.
  25. ^ TANJUG (7 July 2025). "Vucic receives credentials of new Indonesian ambassador". Tanjug. Tanjug News Agency. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  26. ^ Diplomatic Missions (Sending States in Alphabetical Order) (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
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