{"record":{"aliases":[],"appointmentIds":["indonesia-809519260fb6fa","indonesia-4072eac0a2c4cb"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":[],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/iwan-freddy-hari-susanto-acc6deded3/","countrySlug":"indonesia","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/iwan-freddy-hari-susanto-acc6deded3/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["Iwan Freddy Hari Susanto studied international law at Airlangga University in Surabaya and foreign affairs and trade at Monash University in Australia. His career included assignments in Canberra and Beijing and work in the Foreign Ministry’s East Asia and Pacific and ASEAN departments before he became deputy chief of mission in Washington.","Susanto led the Washington mission during parts of 2020 and 2021. During the first pandemic year, he described embassy assistance to Indonesians whose livelihoods had been disrupted by closures and job losses. Staff delivered food, vitamins, and masks to vulnerable residents across the Washington region. He again became acting chief when Ambassador Muhammad Lutfi returned to Indonesia as trade minister in December 2020.","In April 2021, Susanto opened an online Indonesian language program organized by the embassy and the Education Ministry. The program served learners across the United States. After returning to Jakarta, he became director for American affairs I; in March 2024, he joined a Foreign Ministry visit to Batam State Polytechnic to discuss international cooperation, workforce preparation, and facilities for Indonesia’s semiconductor industry."],"id":"indonesia:iwan freddy hari susanto","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-acc6deded39b898b5eae.html","name":"Iwan Freddy Hari Susanto","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["iwan-liputan"],["iwan-antara","iwan-liputan"],["iwan-bipa","iwan-batam"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-acc6deded39b898b5eae.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[],"relationships":[],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"fca18f86fd465893","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"2020-12-23","id":"iwan-liputan","locator":"Tommy K. Rony report, biographical paragraphs","publisher":"Liputan6","title":"Dubes AS untuk RI Muhammad Lutfi Jadi Mendag, Wakilnya Pimpin KBRI Washington DC","type":"contemporary-report","url":"https://www.liputan6.com/amp/4440692/dubes-as-untuk-ri-muhammad-lutfi-jadi-mendag-wakilnya-pimpin-kbri-washington-dc"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"2020-04-25","id":"iwan-antara","locator":"Relief distribution and Susanto remarks","publisher":"ANTARA","title":"Indonesian Embassy delivers basic-needs packages to Indonesians in US","type":"contemporary-report","url":"https://en.antaranews.com/news/146776/indonesian-embassy-delivers-basic-needs-packages-to-indonesians-in-us"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"2021-04-13","id":"iwan-bipa","locator":"Opening held April 10, 2021","publisher":"Indonesia Ministry of Education","title":"The Ministry of Education and Culture and the Indonesian Embassy in Washington DC Launch a BIPA Distance Learning Program in the United States","type":"primary-record","url":"https://www.kemendikdasmen.go.id/en/press-release/6828-the-ministry-of-education-and-culture-and-the-indonesian-embassy-in-washington-dc-launch-a-bipa-distance-learning-program-in-the-united-states"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"2024-03-28","id":"iwan-batam","locator":"March 26 visit report","publisher":"Politeknik Negeri Batam","title":"Kunjungan Tim Kementerian Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia, Gali Kesiapan Polibatam Pengembangan Ekosistem Industri Semikonduktor Nasional","type":"contemporary-report","url":"https://www.polibatam.ac.id/kunjungan-tim-kementerian-luar-negeri-republik-indonesia-gali-kesiapan-polibatam-pengembangan-ekosistem-industri-semikonduktor-nasional/"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"2021-04-13","id":"mission-de6e908239956b4b4e18","locator":"Government press release identifies Iwan Freddy Hari Susanto as acting chief in the launch of remote Indonesian-language teaching. Documents a second acting interval after Lutfi’s late-2020 ambassadorship; full interval boundaries not established.","publisher":"","title":"Education Ministry: Embassy and Ministry open remote BIPA program in U.S.","type":"Mission record","url":"https://www.kemendikdasmen.go.id/en/press-release/6828-kemendikbud-dan-kbri-washington-dc-buka-program-ajar-jarak-jauh-bipa-di-amerika-serikat"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"2020-06-26","id":"mission-1bad414c6c84b45d79cf","locator":"Official embassy post identifies Iwan Freddy Hari Susanto as chargé d’affaires; supports the documented acting appointment in 2020.","publisher":"","title":"Embassy of Indonesia official social post, 26 June 2020","type":"Mission record","url":"https://x.com/IndonesiainDC/status/1276714494551568384"}],"topics":["consular assistance","COVID-19","education","semiconductors"]},"schemaVersion":1}