Juwono Sudarsono is The author of well-respected works on political science and international relations. He was educated at the University of Indonesia

University of Indonesia

The Universitas Indonesia, is a state, comprehensive world class university located in Depok, West Java and Salemba, Jakarta, Indonesia. Universitas Indonesia is the oldest tertiary-level educational institution in Indonesia...

, Jakarta (B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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, M.S.

Master of Science

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); The Institute of Social Studies

Institute of Social Studies

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, The Hague, Netherlands; The University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

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, USA (M.A.

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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) ; and The London School of Economics

London School of Economics

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, UK (Ph.D.

Ph.D.

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).

Son of the late Dr Sudarsono, who was Minister of Home Affairs and Minister for Social Affairs in the late 1940s (Sjahrir II Cabinet

Sjahrir II Cabinet

The second Sjahrir Cabinet was the third Indonesian cabinet and the second formed by Sutan Sjahrir. It served from to March to June 1946.-Background:The first Sjahrir cabinet had been forced to resign by Tan Malaka and his opposition Struggle...

). Juwono served as head of the department of International Relations and dean at the Faculty of Social and Political Science, University of Indonesia (1985-1994) and taught at The School of Public and International Affairs, Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

, New York City in 1986-87.

In public service, Juwono Sudarsono has served as Vice Governor of The National Defence College (Lemhannas), 1995-1998; Minister of State for the Environment under President Soeharto, 1998; Minister for Education and Culture under President B.J. Habibie, 1998-1999; Minister for Defence under President Abdurrahman Wahid (the first civilian to occupy this position in 50 years), 1999-2000; Ambassador to the United Kingdom under President Megawati Soekarnoputri, 2003-2004; and Minister for Defence under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, 2004-2009.

External links

• Juwono Sudarsono
• Profile at TokohIndonesia.com (In Indonesian)
• Interview with TIME