Arrmanatha Christiawan Nasir is an Indonesian diplomat and the current Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, in office since 21 October 2024.
Nasir was previously the Indonesian Ambassador to the United Nations and the International Seabed Authority in New York, from 2021 to 2024, and the Indonesian Ambassador to the French Republic, Principality of Andorra, Principality of Monaco, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) from 2019 to 2021.
From 2014 to 2019, he served as Spokesperson for Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between 2008 and 2012, he held the position of Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations in New York, where he was responsible for economics and development issues in the General Assembly’s Second Committee (Economic and Financial) and the Economic and Social Council, negotiating for the “Group of 77” developing countries and China on a number of resolutions. From 2010 to 2011, he served as Advisor on economic issues and least developed countries to the President of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly.
Among other positions within the Government of Indonesia, Mr. Nasir was Deputy Director for Agriculture and Commodities at the Directorate General of Multilateral Affairs, from 2005 to 2008.
Mr. Nasir earned a master’s degree in international relations from the University of Indonesia; a Master of Business Administration from Leicester University in the United Kingdom; and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Buckingham, also in the United Kingdom.