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Cecep Herawan (born 27 October 1966 in Bandung, West Java) is an Indonesian diplomat and is currently the Secretary-General at the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Previously, Herawan was elected as the Director-General for Information and Public Diplomacy (IDP) on the 15th of September 2017. Serving as the Director-General of IDP he was in charge of promoting the use of public diplomacy through the new digital world; Herawan held a Regional Conference on Digital Diplomacy (RCDD) to discuss an important issue in taking advantage of the potential digital diplomacy by involving government representatives, observers, digital technology experts, and digital technology-based business players. In this career, Herawan was also actively involved in holding the annual Bali Democracy Forum and helped introduce the youth version Bali Democracy Student Conference. Both events were created to discuss the progressive democratic architecture in the Asia-Pacific region.

Before this, he was the Minister/ Indonesia’s Deputy Chief of Mission of the Indonesian Embassy in Seoul, South Korea from 2014 - 2017. Herawan earned his Bachelors’s Degree in Law at the University of Padjadjaran, Bandung and awarded his Master Degree in Economic Law at the University of Indonesia, Jakarta.

Herawan joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in March 1993 and has served at the Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations in New York and Geneva, respectively between 1997-2000 and 2004-2008.

Most of his career as a Diplomat has been invested on multilateral issues, particularly on the development and environmental issues. He was appointed as the Acting Head of General Affairs and Logistic Bureau on 8 March 2011 until May 2013 when he was formally inaugurated as the Head of General Affairs and Logistic Bureau, before leaving for Seoul.

Herawan is married to Widia Herawan and has one daughter named Jasmine Herawan.

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He was assumed in office in 2017 President : Joko Widodo Minister   :  Retno Marsudi

Personal Details Born        :  27 October 1966, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia Nationality: Indonesia Spouse(s) : Widia Herawan Children   : Jasmine Herawan Education : University of Padjadjaran, University of Indonesia Profession: Diplomat