Gadjah Mada University is a public research university located in Sleman,Special Region of Yogyakarta,Indonesia. Officially founded on 19 December 1949,Gadjah Mada University is one of the oldest and largest institutions of higher education in the country,and has been credited as one of the best universities in Indonesia. In the 2023 QS World Universities Ranking,UGM is ranked 1st in Indonesia and 231st in the world.
Sukadji Ranuwihardjo was an Indonesian academic and former Rector (Head) of Gadjah Mada University from 1973 to 1981.
Boediono is an Indonesian economist and statesman. He was the 11th vice president of Indonesia,in office from 2009 to 2014. He became vice president after winning the 2009 presidential election together with the then-incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Prior to this he had been the Governor of the Indonesian Central Bank and a professor of economics at Gadjah Mada University.
David Taylor Irvine,was an Australian diplomat who,from March 2009 to September 2014,was the Director-General of Security,the head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). Prior to his appointment to ASIO,he was Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) from 2003 to 2009. In 2017 he was appointed Chair of the Foreign Investment Review Board.
Allan Robert Taylor was an Australian diplomat,best known for his service as Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service from 1998 to 2003.
Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat is a former Indonesian diplomat. He served as an official in the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs for over two decades.
Harry Aveling is an Australian scholar,translator and teacher. He specialises in Indonesian and Malaysian literature,and Translation Studies. He received the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy in Malay Studies from the National University of Singapore and Doctor of Creative Arts (DCA) from the University of Technology,Sydney. Besides his academic writing,he has translated extensively from Indonesian and Malay,from Vietnamese Francophone literature,and also co-translated from Hindi. He has been awarded the Anugerah Pengembangan Sastra for his translation work. Aveling has two sons,a daughter and five granddaughters.
Joop Ave was the Indonesian Minister of Tourism,Post and Telecommunications (MENPARPOSTEL) between 1993 and 1998.
Sir Keith Charles Owen "Mick" Shann was a senior Australian public servant and diplomat.
Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi is an Indonesian diplomat who has been serving as the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet of Joko Widodo since 2014. She is the first female minister appointed to the post. She was previously the Indonesian Ambassador to the Netherlands from 2012 to 2014,as well as Ambassador to Iceland and Norway from 2005 to 2008.
Susanto Pudjomartono was an Indonesian newspaper editor,journalist and diplomat. He served as the second chief editor of The Jakarta Post from 1991 until 2003. Pudjomartono was then appointed as Indonesia's Ambassador to Russia from 2003 to 2008. He was also a co-founder of Indonesia's Editors' Club.
John Douglas Lloyd Hood was an Australian diplomat who served as Australia's second permanent representative to the United Nations and ambassador to Germany.
Pierre Norman Bruce Hutton was an Australian diplomat.
Imron Cotan is an Indonesian diplomat. He was Ambassador of Indonesia to Australia between 2003 and 2005,and Ambassador of Indonesia to China between 2010 and 2013.
Major Muhammad Husein Mutahar was the founder of Paskibraka,a youth organization in Indonesia which has the main task for raising and lowering the heirloom national flag of Indonesia in ceremonies commemorating the independence day of Indonesia. Mutahar was also an Indonesian music composer,especially for national songs and children's songs. As a composer,he was better known as H. Mutahar as his abbreviation name. In addition,as a diplomat Mutahar was once served as Indonesian ambassador to the Vatican in 1969 to 1973.
Mubyarto was an Indonesian economist. He was born in Sleman,in Yogyakarta,and became a professor of economics at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta specialising in agricultural economics. He frequently wrote and spoke about challenges of agricultural development in Indonesia. Later in his career he became known for his interest in Pancasila economics and ekonomi rakyat.
Siswo Pramono is an Indonesian diplomat who is currently the ambassador for the Republic of Indonesia to Australia,posted in Canberra. During his posting,he is also serving as Indonesian Ambassador to the Republic of Vanuatu.
