Ali Alatas (born Jakarta, 4 November 1932) is an Indonesian diplomat of Hadhrami descent who served as the country's foreign minister. Ali Alatas is a Sayyid, which means a direct decendant of the Prophet Muhammad SAW through Fatimah, the daughter of the Prophet and Imam Ali ibn Abithalib (the 1st Imam and the 4th ruler of the Islamic Caliphate after Muhammad). Motto: Jaya Raya (Indonesian): Prosper and Great Founded 22 June 1527 Governor Sutiyoso Area 661. ... Jump to: navigation, search November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... The United Nations, with its headquarters in New York City, is the largest international diplomatic organization. ... Hadhramaut, (also Hadramawt) a governorate of Yemen, is a coastal region of the south Arabian peninsula on the Gulf of Aden in the Arabian Sea, extending eastwards from Yemen to the Dhofar region of Oman. ... A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the governmental foreign policy of a sovereign nation. ...

In 2003, Alatas was appointed as the United Nations special envoy. He arrived in Myanmar on 18 August 2005 for a three-day-visit to negotiate the release of Aung San Suu Kyi. He is the first special envoy allowed into the country in more than a year. Jump to: navigation, search 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945. ... August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Aung San Suu Kyi Daw Aung San Suu Kyi ( ; born June 19, 1945 in Rangoon, now known as Yangon) is a nonviolent pro-democracy activist in Burma, now known as Myanmar. ...

External links

• Profile at TokohIndonesia.com (In Indonesian)