H.E. Dr. Makarim Wibisono

His Excellency Dr. Makarim Wibisono presented his credentials as Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva to Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze on 16 September 2004. Before assuming his post in Geneva, he was  Director-General for the Asia Pacific Region and Africa at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Jakarta (2002-2004). Ambassador Wibisono is a career diplomat and joined the foreign service in 1972. He has vast diplomatic experience in bilateral as well as multilateral international relations.

He has served in a number of key positions at the Department of Foreign Affairs such as Director-General for Foreign Economic Relations (2000-2002), Director for Multilateral Economic Cooperation (1991-1993), Deputy Director for Information Affairs (1987-1988), and Deputy Director for Trade and Exhibitions (1981-1982).

Beside positions in the Ministry, Ambassador Wibisono has served in various posts notably as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations in New York, concurrently with the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary accredited to Guatemala, Nicaragua, Jamaica and the Bahamas (1997-2001); Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations in New York (1994-1997); Minister Counsellor, Head of the Economic Division, Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations, New York (1991-1993); Minister Counsellor, Head of the Information Division of the Indonesian Embassy in Washington DC (1988-1991); Head of the Information and Cultural Division of the Indonesian Embassy in Brasilia, Brazil (1977-1981).

Director-General UNOG, Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze welcomes Ambassador Wibisono at his office

Ambassador Wibisono has also held many positions in various international positions, including as Chairman of the APEC Counter Terrorism Task Force (2003-present); member of the United Nations Information and Communication Technology (UN ICT) Task Force (November 2001-present); Chairman of the Working Group of the Non-Aligned Countries on Disarmament, New York (1997-February 2001); Chairman of the World Peace Assembly 2000 on Interreligious Dialogue among Civilizations, United Nations, New York (2000); Chairman of Group 77 in 1998; President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), United Nations, New York (2000-January 2001); Chairman of the ECOSOC AdHoc Advisory Group on Haiti (1999); as well as many other memberships of organization/Committees/Boards.

Ambassador Wibisono holds a Ph.D from Ohio State University and Master of Arts from the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University. He was born on 8 May 1947 in Mataram, Indonesia, and is married with three children.