Dino Patti Djalal is Indonesia's ambassador to the United States. Before he became ambassador in 2010, he was a spokesman for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Djalal joined the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1987 and became director for North American affairs in 2002. Early in his career, he was involved in the settlement of conflicts in Cambodia, the Philippines, the South China Sea and East Timor as director general for political affairs. Djalal is the initiator of the U.S.-Indonesia Security Dialogue, an annual bilateral consultation on security and defense that was conceived in 2001 and continues today. A frequent public speaker, he is the author of multiple books, including "The Can Do Leadership," a national best seller in Indonesia with some 1.7 million copies sold. He also organized the largest angklung musical ensemble (5,192 people) in Washington, D.C., in 2011 for a Guinness record. A graduate of Carleton University, he holds a master's from Simon Fraser University and a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics.

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