HE Dr Siswo Pramono
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to Australia and the Republic of Vanuatu.

Special commentary: “Northern Territory-Indonesia Collaboration on the Development of Critical Industries”

Dr Siswo Pramono has been a career diplomat for over 30 years. He is the highest representative of the Indonesian Government in Australia. Dr Siswo will provide an update on recent developments since the CLP won government in the Northern Territory on 24 August and since the inauguration of President Prabowo Subianto on 20 October. Part of his talk will include the recent signing of an MOU on 12 November to strengthen collaboration on critical and strategic material supply chains. He will also engage in a special Q&A session.

Biography

Dr. Siswo Pramono, LL.M. is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to Australia and the Republic of Vanuatu. Prior to this position, he was Director General/Head of The Foreign Policy Strategy Agency, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. He attained his PhD degree from the Australian National University, and LL.M degree from Monash University, Australia. Dr. Pramono completed his professional diplomatic training in the diplomatic schools of Indonesian Foreign Ministry, Jakarta, and the Clingendael Institute of International Relations, The Netherlands. As a career diplomat, he served in various Indonesian diplomatic missions abroad, including The Indonesian Embassies in The Netherlands and Germany. As a scholar, Dr. Pramono is a non-tenured Lecturer in various universities, namely Airlangga University, Cendrawasih University, as well as a fellow at the The Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI) and Charles Darwin University, Australia.