| Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Pretoria Kedutaan Besar Republik Indonesia di Pretoria  | |
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| Location |  |
| Address | 949 Francis Baard, Arcadia Pretoria, 0007, South Africa |
| Coordinates | 25°44′50″S28°13′37″E / 25.747149°S 28.227077°E Coordinates: 25°44′50″S28°13′37″E / 25.747149°S 28.227077°E |
| Ambassador | Salman Al Farisi |
| Jurisdiction |    |
| Website | kemlu |
The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Pretoria (Indonesian : Kedutaan Besar Republik Indonesia di Pretoria) is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the Republic of South Africa and concurrently accredited to the Republic of Botswana, the Kingdom of Eswatini, and the Kingdom of Lesotho. [1] The embassy is located at 949 Francis Baard Street (formerly named Schoeman Street [2] ) in the suburb of Arcadia, Pretoria. [3] Indonesia also has a consulate general in Cape Town [4] and an honorary consulate in Mbabane, Eswatini. [5]
Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. It is a standardized register of Malay, an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca in the multilingual Indonesian archipelago for centuries. Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation in the world. Of its large population, the majority speak Indonesian, making it one of the most widely spoken languages in the world.
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini (Swaziland); and it surrounds the enclaved country of Lesotho. South Africa is the largest country in Southern Africa and the 24th-largest country in the world by land area and, with over 58 million people, is also the world's 24th-most populous nation. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere. About 80 percent of South Africans are of Bantu ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different African languages, nine of which have official status. The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of European, Asian (Indian), and multiracial (Coloured) ancestry.
Dual accreditation is the practice in diplomacy of a country granting two separate responsibilities to a single diplomat. One prominent form of dual accreditation is for a diplomat to serve as the ambassador to two countries concurrently. For example, Luxembourg's Ambassador to the United States is also the non-resident Ambassador to Canada and the non-resident Ambassador to Mexico.
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The first Indonesian ambassador to South Africa was Rahadi Iskandar (1995–1998). [6] The current ambassador, Salman Al Farisi, was appointed by President Joko Widodo on 2 May 2018. [7]
The President of the Republic of Indonesia is the head of state and also head of government of the Republic of Indonesia. The president leads the executive branch of the Indonesian government and is the commander-in-chief of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. Since 2004, the president and vice president are directly elected to a five-year term.
Joko Widodo, also known as Jokowi, is an Indonesian politician who is the 7th and current president of Indonesia. Elected in July 2014 as the first president not to come from an elite political or military background, he was previously the Mayor of Surakarta from 2005 to 2012, and the Governor of Jakarta from 2012 to 2014.
