Diennaryati Tjokrosuprihatono

Diennaryati Tjokrosuprihatono (born 3 January 1954) is an Indonesian developmental psychologist, academic administrator, and diplomat most known for her advocacy on early childhood education in Indonesia. She was also Ambassador of Indonesia to Ecuador between 2016 and 2020.

Early life Diennaryati was born on 3 January 1954 in Paris as the daughter of Mochammad Dimmyati Moesanip, a career diplomat, and Zubaeda Thamrin.

Diennaryati began her education at a British Council-owned kindergarten in Baghdad from 1959 to 1960 and elementary school from 1960 until reaching third grade in 1962. She then moved to Bogor, where she studied at the Regina Pacis elementary school from 1962 to 1965. She completed her junior high school and high school education in 1968 and 1972. As a student, Diennaryati joined the school's choir, dance club, and student council. Diennaryati was responsible for establishing a joint degree program between the faculty and the University of Queensland, which began since 2000. Students enrolled in the program received a psychology degree from both the University of Indonesia and University of Queensland. In honor of developing the program, Diennaryati became an adjunct professor at the University of Queensland and received an award from Australia's department of education.

Around this period, the university was undergoing a transition from a directly owned government agency into a self-funded, autonomous, higher education institute. To allow the university's effort in searching funds for itself, the UI Entrepreneurship Management and Development Agency was established, with Diennaryati as one of its executive secretaries. Diennaryati also became the university's coordinator for public relations, where she was involved in managing the flow of information to UI internals and medias through banners, newsletters, advertisements and public service announcements, as well as setting up CCTVs in the rector election debate site to allow journalists and UI internals to follow the rector election real-time.

After 2002, the amount of deputy deans in the faculty was reduced from four to two. Diennaryati became the second deputy dean for non-academic affairs, serving from 2004 to 2008. representing the Jakarta II electoral district. Although she became the party's most voted candidate in the electoral district with 10,212 votes, the party failed to pass the electoral threshold for the district. After failing to secure a seat in the House of Representative, President Joko Widodo nominated her for the ambassador to Ecuador in early August 2015. She was approved by the 1st commission of the House of Representatives and was installed on 13 January 2016. She presented her credentials to the Vice President of Ecuador on 20 April 2016.

Diennaryati was Indonesia's second ambassador in the country, as an embassy has just been established in 2010. According to her, at the start of her career, Indonesia was largely unknown in the country. The Indonesian diaspora in the country at that time numbered 59 people, which mostly consists of local and home staffs of the embassy and missionaries.

Diennaryati focused on cultural diplomacy to strengthen Indonesia's rapport with Ecuador, introducing Indonesian culture through culinary and art festivals. In December 2018, both countries held its first bilateral Working Group on Trade and Investment to discuss increasing cooperation on trade and investment. For her efforts in promoting Ecuador-Indonesia relations, Diennaryati received the Eloy Alfaro Award in 2018 and the Golden World Award in 2019 from the Union of Ecuador Journalists. Diennaryati ended her tenure on 14 September 2020 with career diplomat Agung Kurniadi as her replacement.

Later life Two years after the end of her tenure as ambassador, Diennaryati was appointed as the fourth deputy rector of the Pancasila University, responsible for cooperation, law, public relations, and ventures. She assumed office on 13 October 2022. On 2 September 2024, the amount of deputy rectors in the university was reduced from four to two. Diennaryati's post was abolished, and she was appointed to the newly established office of university secretary.

Personal life Diennaryati married Tjokro Suprihatono, former security chief of Regulatory Agency for Upstream Oil and Gas, in 1977. Tjokro Suprihartono is the son of former Jakarta governor Tjokropranolo. The couple has four children.