Fikry Cassidy (born 25 May 1965) is an Indonesian diplomat who is currently serving as the ambassador to Venezuela,with concurrent accreditation to Dominica,Grenada,Saint Lucia,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,and Trinidad and Tobago.
Fikry was born on 25 May 1965. He started his education at the Parahyangan Catholic University in 1984,majoring in international relations,and graduated in 1989. He later pursued his master's degree in business administration at the University of Western Australia from 2000 to 2002.[1]
Career
Fikry joined the foreign ministry in July 1990. He served in a number of diplomatic postings,including at the political section of the permanent representative to the United Nations in New York. He was responsible on matters relating to the United Nations Security Council,peacekeeping operations,and international tribunals.[2] He was assigned with the rank of first secretary,and was later promoted to counsellor in 2006.[3] Fikry then became the deputy director (head of subdirectorate) of international security at the foreign ministry[4] and attended a training at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael.[5] Around this time,he also became the acting director for international security and disarmament.[6]
Upon service in the foreign ministry,Fikry returned to the political affairs section of permanent representative to the United Nations in New York with the rank of minister counsellor.[7] He was later transferred to the foreign ministry's agency for policy assessment and development to head its international organizations center.[8] During his tenure,Fikry signed a number of memorandum of understandings on research with universities in Indonesia,such as the Pelita Harapan University[9] and the Budi Luhur University.[10] The center also produced a book on Indonesia’s strategic framework for protecting and addressing cases involving seafarers.[11]
Fikry became the deputy ambassador of Indonesia to the Netherlands on 23 April 2018.[5] Shortly after his arrival,in June Fikry and other embassy officials visited the former Indonesian consulate compound in Amsterdam-Zuid which was squatted. Squatters hung an Indonesian flag with a squatter logo on the building,which deeply offended the Indonesians present. Although the police determined the building was vacant and chose not to evict the squatters that evening,Fikry disputed this,insisting the building was not empty and urging police to act.[12] Between the departure of ambassador I Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja to the arrival of the new ambassador Mayerfas from 26 June to 2 November,Fikry became the chargéd'affairesad interim of the embassy.[13][14] In April 2021,Fikry was nominated as the Deputy for Foreign Policy Coordination in the Coordinating Ministry of Politics and Security,but lost to the more senior Rina Soemarno.[15]
On 23 November 2021,Fikry became the chief of the ministry of transportation's international partnership and institutional facilitation center. He also became the president commissioner of the state-owned dredging company on 1 August 2024.[1] During his tenure,Fikry was entrusted to represent the government and the ministry of transport in a number of transport-related international summits and meeting,including as chair of the 42nd ASEAN Transport Facilitation Working Group,[16] delegate to the working group's 43rd session,[17] and the 22nd ASEAN-JAPAN Senior Transport Official Meeting.[18]
Fikry Cassidy at his credential presentation.
In August 2024,President Joko Widodo nominated Fikry as Indonesia's ambassador to Venezuela,with concurrent accreditation to Dominica,Grenada,Saint Lucia,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,and Trinidad and Tobago. He passed a fit and proper test held by the House of Representative's first commission in September that year[19] and was installed by President Prabowo Subianto on 24 March 2025.[20] Fikry arrived at the Simón Bolívar International Airport on 7 July and was received by the deputy minister for Asia,Middle East,and Oceania Tatiana Pugh Moreno,and he assumed duties from the embassy's chargéd'affaires ad interim on the same day.[21] He presented his credentials to the President of VenezuelaNicolás Maduro on 30 July,[22][23]Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSusan Dougan on 5 November,[24] and to the President of DominicaSylvanie Burton on 10 November.[25]
↑"Mission Staff". Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations, New York. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
↑"Struktur Kementerian Luar Negeri"[Structure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs]. Kementerian Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
↑Samosir, Partogi; Roedyati, Joevi; Arby, R. Ardhya Erlangga; Gultom, Widya; Harahap, Martogi; Widodo, Bramantya Dwiputra; Nugroho, Faiz Ahmad; Saptaningtyas, Ayu. Strategi Perlindungan dan Penanganan Kasus Anak Buah Kapal[Strategy for the Protection and Handling of Seafarer Cases](PDF) (in Indonesian). Kementerian Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia.
↑Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Politik, Hukum, dan Keamanan (6 April 2021). "Pengumuman Hasil Seleksi Terbuka JPT Madya Kemenko Polhukam Tahun 2021"[Announcement of the Open Selection Results for Senior Executive Position at the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs in 2021](PDF). Kemenko Polhukam (in Indonesian). Retrieved 13 August 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑Anggrainy, Firda Cynthia (17 September 2024). "Ini Daftar Calon Dubes LBBP Ikut Uji Kelayakan di DPR, Ada Junimart Girsang"[Here is the List of Prospective Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors Undergoing Feasibility Test at DPR, Including Junimart Girsang]. detikNews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
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