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Indonesia’s ambassador to the United States plans David M. Kennedy Center address Oct. 12

Indonesia’s ambassador to the United States will address Brigham Young University students on Thursday, Oct. 12, at 11 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building He will discuss “U.S.-Indonesian Relationships: Building a Strategic Partnership between Two Large Democracies.”

Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat became ambassador in January 2006. He has extensive experience, including service as secretary-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Indonesian senior official meeting leader to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and ambassador to Australia and Vanuatu, spending much time doing work during the East Timor conflict in April 2002.

Parnohadiningrat received a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of Gajah Mada in Indonesia and studied at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at http://kennedy.byu.edu.

Writer: Lee Simons

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