Umar Hadi

Umar Hadi is the Director General for American and European Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. He previously served as the Indonesian Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Indonesian Consul General in Los Angeles, and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Indonesian Embassy in the Hague. Umar Hadi is also an Executive Board Member of KAIST College of Business, South Korea. He serves as an advisor to several start-up companies in Indonesia and South Korea.

As a career diplomat, Umar Hadi initiated ground-breaking collaborative projects between the Foreign Ministry and civil society organizations, among others, in establishing the International Conference of Islamic Scholars and the Asia-Pacific Regional Dialogue for Interfaith Cooperation. He has served on the Board of Advisors of the Institute for Peace and Democracy, the implementing agency of the Bali Democracy Forum, since its inception in 2008. He has also organized a series of meetings of the Global Inter-Media Dialogue, an Indonesia-Norway joint initiative to promote intercultural understanding. Umar Hadi has written, co-authored, and edited several publications, including: “Islam in Indonesia: A to Z Basic Reference” (2009), “Indonesia and World Peace” (2008), “Indonesian Masterpieces at Home and Abroad” (2008), and “The Linggajati Conference: A History Book for Children” (2007). He has also produced a feature film titled “Bali: Beats of Paradise.” Umar Hadi studied at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Medford, USA), the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva, Switzerland), and Padjadjaran University (Bandung, Indonesia).