Biography
Dr. Dino Patti Djalal is Founder of Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI). Previously, he was a career diplomat and ambassador, best-selling author, accomplished academic, youth activist, and leader of the Indonesian diaspora community. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada); a Master’s Degree in Political Science from Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, Canada), and a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (London, UK). In 2004, when President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono began his term, Dr. Djalal was appointed as Special Staff / Spokesperson of the President for International Affairs. From 2010 to 2013, Dino served as Indonesia’s Ambassador to the United States. In June 2014, he was appointed as Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, until October that year. He has founded the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia, which now has become the largest foreign policy group in the country, with over 100,000 people in FPCI network.
