Ambassador Arif Havas OEGROSENO

Deputy Minister for Maritime Sovereignty Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs Republic of Indonesia

Date and Place of Birth : 12 March 1963, Semarang, Central-Java, Indonesia

Marital Status : Married to Sartika Oegroseno with two children

Formal Education and short courses

1990-1992 : Harvard Law School
1981-1986 : Faculty of Law, University of Diponegoro, Indonesia
2007 : Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
2003 : Indonesian Senior Foreign Service Training
1999 : Indonesian Mid-Level Foreign Service Training

1989-1990 : Training under World Bank & Harvard Institute for International Development
1988-1989 : Australian Foreign Service Training
1987-1988 : Indonesian Junior Foreign Service Training

Professional Experience

Currently : Deputy Minister for Maritime Sovereignty
Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs

2012 : Member of the advisory Council of the Asian Society of
International Law

2010 until 15 January 2015 : Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Kingdom of Belgium, Head of Mission to the European Union and Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

2010-2011 : President to the States Parties of the 20th Conference of the UNCLOS 1982

2008-2010 : Director-General for Legal Affairs and International Treaties;

Member of Network Task Force on International Property Rights

2003-2008 : Director for International Treaties on Political, Security and Territorial Affairs;

Member of Indonesian Asset Recovery Task Force

Chief Legal Defense on Antitrust Litigation by American Companies to Indonesian Government

Member of Fact-Finding Team of the Death of an Indonesian Human Rights Activist

1999-2003 : Reopened the Indonesian Embassy in Portugal which was suspended since 1975, became the Media Relations Officer

1997-1998 : Head of Section for Humanitarian Affairs, Directorate of International Organization, Department of Foreign Affairs

1993-1997 : Human Rights Officer at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations Office in Geneva

1992-1993 : Foreign Lawyer at Bracewell and Patterson Law Firm, Houston, USA

1988-1990 : Junior Officer at the Directorate of Middle East Affairs

Bilateral, Regional and Multilateral Affairs

• Head of Delegation/Chief Negotiator for maritime delimitation negotiations between Indonesia and Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines;

• Head of Delegation/Chief Negotiator for extradition treaty with Singapore and China;

• Head of Delegation/Chief Negotiator  for mutual legal assistance treaty with Hong Kong and USA;

• Head of Delegation for Indonesia/Chief Negotiator – Australia Framework Security Agreement;

• Head of Indonesian Delegation/Chief Negotiator to the World Ocean Conference in Manado;

• Head of Indonesian Delegation to the Meetings of the States Parties to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea;

• Head of Indonesian Delegation to the Submission of Indonesia extended continental shelf in the North East Sumatra to the UNI Commission on the limit of continental shelf;

• High Level Task Force on the Establishment of ASEAN Charter;

• High Level Legal Expert for Implementation of ASEAN Charter;

• Member of the Indonesian Delegation to other various United Nations conferences in Geneva, New York and Vienna.

Lectures and Remarks

1. ‘Visit Asean Delegation to Indonesia’, European Parliament, Brussels, 1 December 2010
2. The South-South Cooperation Forum: Focus on the Arab African Cooperation. ‘Africa and the newcomers: India, Indonesia and Malaysia’ . Crans Montana Forum, Brussels, 17 February 2011
3. ‘Maritime Securities’, EIAS (European Institute for Asian Studies), Brussels, 01 March 2011
4. ‘Indonesia and the EU post PCA’, Cambridge University (UK), 07 March 2011
5. ‘Asean and Multilateralism’, Institut Européen des Relations Internationales, Brussels, 14 March 2011
6. ‘Social Security in Indonesia’ Catholique University of Leuven (KUL), Leuven, 05 April 2011
7. ‘Archipelagic Waters and Straits for International Navigation’, International Maritime Law Institute, Malta, 07-08 April 2011
8. ‘Indonesia Update’, Catholique University of Leuven (KUL), Leuven, 31 Mei 2011
9. ‘Business opportunities in Indonesia’, Flanders Investment and Trade, Brussels, 08 June 2011
10.  ‘West and East: Clash or Dialogue: role and influence of the institutions of representation of Muslim countries under the Kazakh Presidency’, European Institute of European Relations and Embassy of Kazakhstan, 20 June 2011
11. ‘Maritime Border Diplomacy’  Bali, 22-24 June 2011
12. ‘International Seminar on Deradicalisation’, National Counter-Terrorism Agency, Bali, 07-09 September 2011
13. ‘International Symposium on Safety, Security and Environmental Protection in Straits Used in International Navigation: Is International Law Meeting the Challenge?’, Center for Marine Law and Research, Istanbul Bilgi University, 09-11 September 2011
14. ‘Maritime Security in the South China Sea’, European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels, 19 September 2011
15.  ‘How to keep the fast growing economy green?’, Catholique University of Leuven (KUL), 10 October 2011
16. ‘Accelerating the presence of the New Era’, International Conference on Harmonizing Islam and Western Civilizations towards New Era, Utrecht (NL), 20 October 2011
17. ‘Combatting malnutrition through sustainable interventions EU-ASEAN relations as key driver’  PA Europa, Brussels, 08 November 2011
18. ‘The evolving regional economic architecture in the Asia-Pacific region: implications for the European Union’, European Policy Center, Brussels, 08 November 2011
19. ‘Indonesia Today’, Rotary Club, Mons-Silex, 09 November 2011
20. ‘Security at sea and intelligence’, Crans Montana Forum, Geneve (Ch), 18 November 2011
21. ‘Business opportunities in Indonesia’ ,Voka Week of International Trade, Mechelen, 21 November 2011
22. ‘Crisis, Conflict and Culture: The role of cultural diplomacy in the European Project’, The 2011 International Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in the EU, Brussels, 06 December 2011
23. ‘Regional Security Architecture’, Dr Manfred Wörner Circle NATO, Brussels, 12 December 2011

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