Rey Abraham

Rey Abraham, BSS (Born in April 28, 2000) is Indonesian Youth that is currently serving as the Chairman of The Indonesian Students Association in the United Kingdom. He has been involved in several leadership positions including President of PresUniv Debating Society 2020 and Secretary General of President International Model United Nations 2020. He focuses in international affairs, politics, diplomacy, and public speaking. Currently, he is pursuing his master degree in Global Development (Politic, Governance, and Development Policy) with the Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) from the Ministry of Finance, the Republic of Indonesia.
During his previous study, he has been actively participated both academically and non-academically. Therefore, he was awarded the Most Outstanding Student in the International Relations Study Program 2021. He also became the first student to finish the study and pass the thesis defense in 2021. He has been awarded several achievements both national and international level, mostly in public speaking. According to one of the national news, Rey expressed his interest in having a career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia.
==Education and achievement==
Rey Abraham has a strong academic interest since his early education. During his high school in SMAN 4 Denpasar, he has been participating in several international conference and summit as Indonesian representative, such as in Singapore-Indonesia Student Leadership Adventure Camp 2015 and Asia Pacific Young Leader Summit 2017. Bali he has been awarded more than 25 regional and national achievements in mostly debate and public speaking, including one of the most prestigious dentist olympiad held by the University of Indonesia. Some of his achievements are as follows:
# Champion of Speech Contest Pendidikan Nasional University 2018
# Champion of Speech Contest Udayana University 2018
# Champion of Speech Contest Politeknik Negeri Bali 2017
# Champion of Dentist Wanna Be Olympiad University of Indonesia 2017
# Champion of Speech Contest by ALSA Udayana University 2017
# Champion of Speech Contest by STIPAR Triatma Jaya 2017
# Champion of Speech Contest University by Dwijendra 2017
# Best Speaker of Debate Competition University of Pendidikan Nasional 2016
# Champion of Speech Contest National Gemasi's English Competition University of Padjajaran 2016
# Champion of Speech Contest University of Pendidikan Nasional 2016
# Champion of Debate Competition University of Pendidikan Nasional 2016
# Champion of Speech Contest University of Udayana 2016
# Champion of Law Debate Competition University of Udayana 2016
# Champion of Twin News Casting SMAN 2 Denpasar 2016
After graduating high school, Rey Abraham chose to continue his undergraduate in International Relations, President University. During his tertiary education, his encounter to international affairs and diplomacy related subjects delivered him to Model United Nations which has expanded his interest beyond public speaking and debate into exercising the academic knowledge practically. He held several leadership and organizational positions such as the President of PresUniv Debating Society 2020 and Secretary General of President International Model United Nations 2020. Rey became the first student who finished his study and pass the thesis defense amongst his batch. He also graduated with magna cumlaude. Aside than that, he was the part of youth development international non-governmental organizations with diverse roles in diverse divisions, including the manager of public relations, external relations, information management, marketing, and the last role global manager of platform in AIESEC.
During his undergraduate degree, he was selected for the opportunity in several student exchange programs, including the mobility program in Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia and Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan. He was also active in sharing knowledge towards different program studies in different universities across Indonesia as speaker and panelist.
He has been awarded more than 50+ achievements during undergraduate. Some of the achievements are as follows:
# Chair of United Nations Development Programme of Malang International Model UN by Universitas Brawijaya 2021
# Chair of World Food Programme of Indonesia Model UN by Universitas Indonesia 2021
# Chair of United Nations Women of Institut Teknologi Bandung Model UN by Institut Teknologi Bandung 2021
# Chair of United Nations Children Fund of Bosowa Model UN 2020
# Chair of UN Women of President Model UN 2019
# Chair of United Nations Development Programme of One Model UN 2019
# Best Delegate of United Nations Development Programme in EconomiX Model UN 2021
# Best Delegate of Sexual Violence Council Indonesian Youth Conference on Violence by Katalisator Muda Indonesia 2020
# Best Delegate of World Health Organization in London School Model UN 2020
# Best Delegate of United Nations Development Programme in International Student Energy Model UN 2019
# Best Delegate Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee in Udayana Bali Model UN 2019
# Best Delegate of Short Diplomatic Course by Adam Kurniawan Library with Bank Indonesia 2018
# Best Position Paper of Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee in Udayana Bali Model UN 2019
# Best Position Paper of Economy and Social Committee in Bandung Model UN 2019
# Best Speaker Novice Category in Asian English Olympics 2019
# Champion of EXPO News Anchor Competition by ESA IKIP Siliwangi 2022
# Champion of EXPO Speech Competition by ESA IKIP Siliwangi 2022
# Champion of EDSA Speech Competition by IAIN Kudus 2021
# Champion of Naradipta EO Speech Competition by Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta 2021
# Champion of Shining and Rising Speech Competition by Universitas Sriwijaya 2020
# Champion of Divergent Speech Competition by UIN Sultan Alauddin 2020
# Champion of ADC Speech Competition by Universitas Mataram 2020
# Champion of Ellite Speech Competition by Universitas Kanjuruhan Malang 2020
# Champion of IR Festival Speech Competition by Universitas Kristen Indonesia 2020
# Champion of Debate Competition of National Equilibrium Science Fair by Udayana University 2019
After finishing his study at President University in 2022, Rey Abraham decided to continue his postgraduate degree in Global Development in Politics, Governance, and Development Policy pathway, the University of Manchester in 2023.
==Ambassador==
Rey has not only active in academic but also chosen as a representation of an entity as ambassador. Due to his active social presence he has been chosen as the Youth Ambassador of CIMB Niaga Bank in 2020 (Until present), Ambassador of Indonesian Youth Potential in 2022 (Until present), and Ambassador of President University in 2018.
==Publications==
Rey Abraham has been actively involved in publishing book and journal. Some of his writings are the journal entitled "An Analysis of People’s Republic of China’s Socio-Political and Economic Implications of Covid-19 Outbreak Year 2020" in the Journal of Comprehensive Science and a book entitled "There is Always Something."
Category:2000 births
Category:Indonesian people
Category:University of Manchester alumni