Dian Triansyah Djani

Dian Triansyah Djani (born 9 July 1962) is an Indonesian diplomat currently serving as the special advisor to the foreign minister for priority programs. He was Permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) in New York from 2016 to 2021 and in Geneva from 2009 to 2012, with a tenure as director general of America and Europe from 2012 to 2016 and ASEAN from 2005 to 2009. Djani specialized in international trade, development, and regional cooperation.

Early life and education Djani was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 9 July 1962. He was educated at various schools abroad, attending elementary school at SD Tebet Timur Dalam in Jakarta before moving to the Indonesian Embassy School in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where he completed his primary education in 1973. He continued his secondary schooling abroad, attending junior high school at the Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok and later in Moscow. He began high school at the Indonesian Embassy School in Moscow before returning to Jakarta to graduate from State Senior High School VI in 1980.

Djani pursued higher education in economics, obtaining a bachelor's degree with a major in development studies and international trade from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Indonesia in 1986. He furthered his studies in the United States, earning a Master of Arts in economic development and international trade from the Graduate Program at Vanderbilt University in 1990. He was also appointed to be Vice President of the 72nd UN General Assembly in 2017–2018,

Awards For his service, he has been awarded the Satya Lencana Karya Satya for 10 and 20 years of service, as well as the Kesatria Bhakti Husada Aditya in 2011.

Personal life He is married to Lista Damayanti Djani, and they have one son, Panji Caraka Djani.