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H.E. Amb. Achmad Rizal Purnama

Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Republic of Türkiye. He has served as Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since July 2020. He provided strategic policy recommendations to Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Retno Marsudi and Former Deputy Minister H.E. Mahendra Siregar during his tenure. Ambassador Purnama also contributed to the success of Indonesia's G20 Presidency in 2022 and ASEAN Chairmanship in 2023. He also served as Director of Middle East Affairs from April 2019 to July 2020. He graduated from Al-Azhar University in 1999 with a Bachelor of International Law Major and a Master of Middle Eastern Studies.