Mohammad Kurniadi Koba

Mohammad Koba
Deputy for Foreign Policy Coordination of the Coordinating Ministry of Politics and Security
Assumed office
26 March 2025
Preceded byRina Soemarno
Director of the Indonesia Diplomatic Academy
In office
21 November 2022 – 13 April 2025
Preceded byYayan Ganda Hayat Mulyana
Succeeded byBonifacius Riwi Wijayanto (acting)
Khasan Ashari
Personal details
EducationAirlangga University
Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Mohammad Koba is an Indonesian Diplomat who is currently serving as the Deputy for Foreign Policy Coordination in the Coordinating Ministry of Political and Security Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia since March 2025. Prior to his assignment in the Coordinating Ministry, Koba was served as the Director of the Indonesia Diplomatic Academy from 2022 to 2025 and Ambassador/Deputy Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations in New York, from 2019 to 2022.

Early life and education

Koba received his bachelor's degree in International Relations from the Airlangga University in 1995 and master's degree in European Integration and Development from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 2002.[1]

Career

Koba served in various postings abroad, including at the Indonesian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva (2008 to 2012). He was in charge of matters relating to CITES, UNFCCC, POPs Convention, PIC, and RAMSAR.[2] Koba represented Indonesia in the 10th Conference of Parties of the Basel Convention, which saw the adoption of an amendment to the convention that enhances the effectiveness of banning export of hazardous wastes from developed nations to developing countries.[3]

Upon his return to Indonesia in April 2012, Koba was assigned as the Deputy Director in the General Affairs Bureau. Koba was appointed as the head of the bureau on 26 April 2017.[4] He served in this position until 2019, when he took up office as Indonesia's Ambassador/Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. He returned upon his appointment as the Director of the Indonesia Diplomatic Academy of the Foreign Ministry.[5] On 24 March 2025, he was installed as the Deputy for Foreign Policy Coordination in the Coordinating Ministry of Political and Security Affairs Republic of Indonesia.[1] He handed over his office in the foreign ministry on 13 April 2025.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Profil Pimpinan Tinggi Kemenko Polkam RI". Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Politik dan Keamanan. Archived from the original on 16 April 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Staff of the Mission". Mission-Indonesia.org. Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations. 15 April 2008. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  3. ^ "RI, Switzerland break deadlock over basel convention negotiations". Antara News. October 23, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  4. ^ "Menteri Luar Negeri Lantik 10 Pimpinan Tinggi Pratama Kementerian Luar Negeri" [Foreign Minister Inaugurates 10 Primary High Leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs]. Kementerian Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia (in Indonesian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. 26 April 2017. Archived from the original on 19 July 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  5. ^ Menteri Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia mengambil sumpah jabatan dan melantik Mohammad Kurniadi Koba sebagai Kepala Pusat Pendidikan dan Pelatihan, pada Senin, 21 November 2022 di Ruang Nusantara Kementerian Luar Negeri.
  6. ^ Serah Terima Jabatan Kapusdiklat dari Bapak Mohammad K. Koba kepada Sekretaris Jenderal Kemlu RI, Bapak Cecep Herawan.