During his time as prime minister he also spent 26 days as Foreign Minister, from 3 to 29 April, making him the shortest serving Indonesian foreign minister as of 2011.
他在擔任總理期間也曾經於當年4月3日至29日期間兼任外交部長26天，他還因此而成為印尼史上任期最短的外交部長。