Career
Born on 27 March 1971,Faizal holds a bachelor's and master's degree in international relations from the University of Indonesia. He joined the foreign ministry in March 1999. During his tenure,he held diplomatic posts such as the political counsellor at the Embassy of Indonesia,Berlin [1] and head of section at the ASEAN functional cooperation. [2] He was then appointed as the chief of the transnational crime countermeasures subdirectorate in the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament, [1] during which he was involved in handling matters relating to mass imigration and refugees. [3] [4] He also attended the Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in 2015. [5]
Faizal was assigned to the Indonesian permanent mission in Geneva for UN and other international organizations as a minister counsellor. He was then assigned to the ASEAN directorate general in the foreign ministry,where he became the director for political and security cooperation [6] and director for external cooperation. [7] [8]
In August 2024,President Joko Widodo nominated Faizal Chery as Indonesia's ambassador to Ethiopia,with concurrent accreditation to Djibouti,Eritrea,and the African Union. [9] He passed a fit and proper test held by the House of Representative's first commission in September that year. [10] He was installed by President Prabowo Subianto on 24 March 2025. [11]
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