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o  Subject: EU-Indonesia Trade and investment relations  
M   BRIEFING 
 
o  Meeting : Meeting with Foreign Minister of Indonesia, Retno Marsudi 
Origin: DG TRADE 
o  Date: 29 November 2016 
o  Place: Brussels, Commissioner's office 
 
Annex  
 
Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi is the first female Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia. The 
Minister is a career diplomat with no political affiliation and was formerly Ambassador to the 
Netherlands. She knows the EU well from her time as the DG for America and Europe in the 
Foreign Ministry where she dealt with the 2009 blacklisting of Indonesian air carriers. 
Minister Retno is faithfully implementing President Widodo's pragmatic vision of foreign policy 
which has become more narrowly aligned with domestic development objectives and economic 
interests. President Widodo's administration is focused on law enforcement issues, including 
fighting against illegal fishing, human trafficking, countering terrorism and narcotics. Therefore 
these issues also figure prominently in Minister Retno's agenda. She has been following the 
migration crisis in Europe closely. South East Asia is facing its own boat people crisis, with tens 
of thousands of Rohingya having left Myanmar for Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia in 
particular. Indonesia is also hosting thousands of migrants who have tried to reach Australia but 
were pushed back. 
 
Curriculum Vitae  
 

 
 
Minister for Foreign Affairs Retno L.P. Marsudi, was born in 4(1)(b)

Minister Marsudi is the first female Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia. She was sworn in 
as member of President Joko Widodo’s Working Cabinet, on 27 October 2014. Prior to her 
appointment, she was Ambassador to The Kingdom of The Netherlands (2012 – 2014) and was 
formerly Director General for America and Europe (2008 – 2012). Minister Marsudi graduated 
in 1985 from Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, majoring in International Relations. Minister 
Retno Marsudi is married to Agus Marsudi, an architect graduated from Gadjah Mada 
University, Yogyakarta, and TU Delft, the Netherlands. The couple have two sons. 
  
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