Umar Hussein

Umar Hussein (born 30 October 1935) is an Indonesian diplomat who served as ambassador to Iraq from 1993 to 1995. Previously, he was deputy chief of mission at the embassy in Manila and assistant to the deputy for international affairs in the National Defense and Security Council.

Early life and education

Umar Hussein was born in Watampone, South Sulawesi, on 30 October 1935. Umar earned his baccalaureate (sarjana muda, , equivalent to an associate degree in the Western higher education system) from the Foreign Service Academy in 1957, and a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Social and Politics at National University in 1971. He completed senior diplomatic course in 1976. Umar, who is a Muslim, is married and has two children.

Diplomatic career Umar Hussein joined the foreign department shortly after completing his diplomatic education in 1957. From 1961 to 1963, he served as a foreign department representative in the Nationality Advisory Council of the defense and security department. He went overseas for the first time for his posting at the embassy in Stockholm in 1963, where he acquired the diplomatic rank of attaché before being promoted to third secretary a few years later. He was then sent to the embassy in Paris, where he served from 1965 to 1967. He was in the post until October 1996.