Retno Marsudi

**Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi** (born 27 November 1962) is an Indonesian diplomat. She has been Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet of Joko Widodo since 2014. She is the first female minister in that post. She was  the Indonesian Ambassador to the Netherlands from 2012 to 2014. She was also Ambassador to Iceland and Norway from 2005 to 2008.

## Early life and education

Marsudi was born in Semarang. She graduated from SMAN 3 Semarang. She graduated from Gadjah Mada University in 1985 in International Relations. She then earned a Master's degree in International European Law & Policy at The Hague University of Applied Science. She also followed the Foreign Ministry training program at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael.

## Career in the diplomatic service

Marsudi joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after university. Between 1997 and 2001, Marsudi was First Secretary for Economic Affairs at the Indonesian Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands. In 2001, she became Director of Europe and America Affairs. Marsudi was promoted to Director of West Europe Affairs in 2003.

In 2005, Marsudi became the Indonesian Ambassador to Norway and Iceland. She was awarded the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit in December 2011. Marsudi was the first Indonesian to receive the award. She also studied human rights for a short time at the University of Oslo. Marsudi returned to Jakarta and became Director General for European and American Affairs.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made Marsudi Indonesian Ambassador to the Netherlands in 2011. She has also led negotiations and meetings with the EU, ASEM, and FEALAC.

## Political career

On 27 October 2014, President Joko Widodo made Marsudi Minister of Foreign Affairs.

In 2021, Marsudi was became co-chair – with Karina Gould and Lia Tadesse – of the COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) Engagement Group.

## Honors

- Medal of Malalai (2020)
    - Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru (2018)

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Retno Marsudi
- **image**: Retno L. P. Marshudi minister official portrait (2021).jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2021
- **order**: 17th
- **office**: Foreign Minister of IndonesiaMinister of Foreign Affairs
- **term start**: 27 October 2014
- **president**: Joko Widodo
- **1blankname**: Vice Minister
- **predecessor**: Marty Natalegawa
- **office2**: Ambassador of Indonesia to the Netherlands
- **term start2**: 21 December 2011
- **term end2**: 16 January 2015
- **president2**: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Joko Widodo
- **predecessor2**: Junus Effendi Habibie
- **successor2**: I Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja
- **office3**: Ambassador of Indonesia to Norway
- **term start3**: 2005
- **term end3**: 2008
- **president3**: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
- **predecessor3**: Hatanto Reksodiputro
- **successor3**: Esti Andayani
- **birth name**: Retno Lestari Priansari
- **birth place**: Semarang, Indonesia
- **party**: Non-partisan
- **spouse**: Agus Marsudi
- **children**: Dyota Marsudi
Bagas Marsudi
- **alma mater**: Gadjah Mada University <small>(Bachelor of Science, S.I.P.)</small>
The Hague University of Applied Sciences <small>(Master of Laws, LL.M.)</small>