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Ambassador Febrian Alphyanto Ruddyard (born on 4 February 1964) is an Indonesian Diplomat. He has been serving as Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations (UN), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and other international organizations in Geneva since December 2021.

He was officially inaugurated as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary/Permanent Representative by the President of the Republic of Indonesia on 25 October 2021 at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary/Permanent Representative to the United Nations, World Trade Organizations, and Other International Organizations in Geneva (2021-now)
After submitted the credential letter to the Director General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), H.E. Mrs. Tatiana Valovaya, Ambassador Ruddyard officially started his assignment in Geneva. He began his assignment by paying the courtesy call to the Heads of International Organizations in Geneva, i.e., WTO, WHO, WIPO, UNCTAD, ILO, ITU, UPU, among others.

As Permanent Representative, he led the delegation of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, and other international organizations in Geneva that work on wide variety of portfolio, from the human rights, international trade, global health, economic development, intellectual property, disarmament, environment, telecommunication and digital, labor, humanitarian, and parliament.

He also has been elected to numerous prestigious leadership position in Geneva, among others, are:


 * 1) Vice-President of the Trade Development Board (TDB) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for the term 2023-2024
 * 2) President of the Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Experts on E-Commerce and the Digital Economy (IGE on E-Commerce) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 2022
 * 3) Chair of the Working Group on Situation (WGS) of the United Nations Human Rights Council 2022
 * 4) Chair of the Support Group of the United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) for the term 2022 - 2023

Deputy Minister/Director-General for Multilateral Cooperation (2017-2021)
Before his appointment in Geneva, Mr. Ruddyard served as Deputy Minister for Multilateral Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia in Jakarta from 2017 – 2021. During this period, he was appointed as the Governor of the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC), the Co-Chair of the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum (GCTF) Countering Violent Extremism Working Group (CVE WG), and Co-Chair of the Senior Official Meeting (SOM) of the Bali Process.

During his leadership as the Deputy Minister for Multilateral Cooperation, he successfully led the campaign team of Indonesia to numerous prestigious candidatures in international organizations, among others, are:


 * 1) Non-Permanent Member of the United Nations Security Council for the term 2019-2020.
 * 2) Member of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the term 2020-2022.
 * 3) Member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council for the term 2021-2023.
 * 4) Council Member of the International Maritime Organization for the term 2020-2021. and 2018-2019.
 * 5) Member of the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization for the term 2017-2021.

Prior Assignment
Ambassador Ruddyard joined the Indonesian diplomatic corps in 1990 and has a long record of working in various areas of issues and positions. Among others are Director for Middle East Affairs (2013-2014) dand Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs (2010-2013).

From 2015 to 2017, Mr. Ruddyard served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at Indonesian Embassy in Vienna. His diplomatic assignment includes the Indonesian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, Indonesian Embassy in Canberra dan Kedutaan Besar Republik Indonesia di Riyadh, Arab Saudi. Mr. Ruddyard also served as the Coordinator of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on Disarmament Affairs in New York from 2007-2010.

Personal Background
Ambassador Ruddyard holds a Master of Arts in International Studies from the University of Birmingham (Birmingham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the Padjajaran University (Bandung, Indonesia). He was born in Semarang and grew up in Bandung and Singapore. He is married with three sons.