Arif Havas Oegroseno is Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of the Republic of Indonesia to the Federal Republic of Germany, sworn in by the President of the Republic of Indonesia on 20 February 2018. Prior to this, he held the office of Vice Minister for Maritime Sovereignty at the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs from 2015 – 2018 after serving as Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Kingdom of Belgium, Grand Duchy of Luxemburg and the European Union from 10 August 2010 to January 2015.

His previous task included Director General for Law and International Agreements from 2008 – 2010. This position represented a promotion from the previous position of Director for Political, Security and Regional Agreements, Directorate General for Law and International Agreements from 2002 – 2008.

In June 2010, he became the first Indonesian to preside over the 20th Conference on the Convention on Maritime Law of 1982 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The President of this conference preside over 160 member states of the Convention on Maritime Law of 1982.

His career as a diplomat and civil servant stretches over 32 years since 1987, culminating presently with the rank of Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary/Pembina Utama Madya/Golongan IV E.

His overseas posting as a diplomat included the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Lisbon, Portugal, from 1999 – 2002 with the main task to re-open the Indonesian mission closed since 1975, and the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia in Geneva with focus on human rights.

Arif Havas Oegroseno is an alumnus of the Harvard Law School 1992 and the Faculty of Law, Universitas Diponegoro 1986. Besides participating in various career courses for civil servant and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he also took part in a number of short training courses abroad, among others World Bank – Harvard Institute on International Development, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, International Boundaries Negotiations, San Remo Humanitarian Course, and Australian Foreign Service Course.

He was awarded the honorary medal of the Commander in the Order of Leopold of Belgium from the King of Belgium as well as the honorary medals by two cities of Belgium, the Honorary Knight of Blancmoussi of Stavelot, and the Honorary Knight of Confrerie du Ramort of Ostende.

Arif Havas Oegroseno is a member of the Executive Committee of the Asian Society of International Law and a member of the International Panel of Centre for International National University of Singapore. He has given lectures in Indonesia among others at Universitas Indonesia, Universitas Padjadjaran, Universitas Diponegoro, Universitas Airlangga, Univesitas Udayana, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Universitas Muhammadiyah Jogjakarta, UIN Malang and UIN Jogjakarta. Overseas, he held lectures among others at the Cambridge University, University of Virginia, Johns Hopkins University, World Maritime University, Rhodes Academy, Leuven University, Liege University, Konstanz University, Humboldt University and Wismar University in Germany.

Moreover, he has spoken at several national, regional and multilateral conferences including as keynote speaker together with the judge of the International Court of Justice during the event “60th Anniversary of International Law Commission” at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva.

He actively contributes his opinion to the national mass media such as the daily Kompas and global mass media such as International Herald Tribune. He also writes in scientific publications, among others ANALISA CSIS Indonesia beyond the Water’s Edge: Managing an Archipelagic State 2009; Maritime Border Diplomacy 2012; and Freedom of Seas, Passage Rights and the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention 2010.

Arif Havas Oegroseno is married to Sartika Oegroseno and has two children, Faiz Oegroseno and Nabila Oegroseno, both pursuing their professions. He routinely plays badminton and long-distance (50-150 km) road-bike.