Hamid Awaluddin () was the ambassador of the

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to the

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and

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between 2008 and 2011.

Biography

Awaluddin was born in

Pare-Pare Parepare is a city (''kota'') in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, located on the southwest coast of Sulawesi, about north of the provincial capital of Makassar. A port town, it is one of the major population centers of the Bugis people. The city had a ...

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on 5 October 1960. His tenure in office as Indonesian ambassador in Russia and Belarus began on 8 April 2008. Previously he was Minister of Law and Human Rights in Indonesia from 20 October 2004 – 8 May 2007. His tenure as Indonesian ambassador in Russia and Belarus ended in November 2011. On 26 November 2011 the Russia Muftis Council has awarded Hamid Awaluddin with an “Al-Fahr” honorary medal for his role in initiating partnership between Indonesian and Russian Muslims.

Career

His political career began early with his involvement in university activities. Beginning in his student years, he was active in the Islamic Students Association in

Makassar Makassar ( ), formerly Ujung Pandang ( ), is the capital of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of South Sulawesi. It is the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia and the country's fifth-largest urban center after Jakarta, ...

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. He attended university at

Hasanuddin University Hasanuddin University () which is abbreviated as Unhas, is one of the largest autonomous universities in Indonesia. It is located in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Unhas was established on September 10, 1956, and named after Sultan Hasanud ...

in Makassar and later received his PhD in 1998 from the

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in the U.S. Before becoming cabinet minister Awaluddin was a member of the Indonesian Election Commission. Hamid was also the lead negotiator and representative of Indonesian Government in the negotiations which led to the signing of the Peace Settlement MOU with the

Free Aceh Movement The Free Aceh Movement (, GAM; ) was a separatism, separatist group seeking independence for the Aceh region of Sumatra, Indonesia. GAM fought against Indonesian government forces in the Insurgency in Aceh, Aceh insurgency from 1976 to 2005. E ...

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in August 2005.A detailed account is set out in Hamid Awaludin, ''Peace in Aceh: Notes on the peace process between the Republic of Indonesia and the Aceh Freedom Movement (GAM) in Helsinki'', CSIS, Jakarta, 2009, translated by Tim Scott, .

References

External links

Indonesian Embassy in MoscowIndonesian Delegation in Dagestan

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