IndonesianTalk.com — Yusran Hadromi and a Diplomatic Career Measured by Legacy JAKARTA — A diplomat’s career is often measured by the positions he or she has held: secretary, counselor, chargé d’affaires or ambassador. Others are remembered for treaties signed, negotiations concluded or crises successfully navigated. Yusran Hadromi appears to measure his career differently. After three decades in the diplomatic service, the 29 August 1969-born diplomat says what matters most is not necessarily reaching the highest position, but leaving a legacy — through ideas, relationships and initiatives that continue to have an impact after an assignment ends. “More toward legacy and ideas,” is how Yusran describes his approach to his long career. Positions change. Countries of assignment change. Offices are eventually handed over to someone else. What remains, he believes, is the footprint left behind. That footprint does not always come in the form of major diplomatic agreements. Sometimes it is an Indonesian…
Yusran Hadromi and a Diplomatic Career Measured by Legacy
IndonesianTalk.com — Yusran Hadromi and a Diplomatic Career Measured by Legacy JAKARTA — A diplomat’s career is often measured by the positions he or she has held: secretary, counselor, chargé d’affaires or ambassador. Others are remembered for treaties signed, negotiations concluded or crises successfully navigated. Yusran Hadromi appears to measure his career differently. After three decades in the diplomatic service, the 29 August 1969-born diplomat says what matters most is not necessarily reaching the highest position, but leaving a legacy — through ideas, relationships and initiatives that continue to have an impact after an assignment ends. “More toward legacy and ideas,” is how Yusran describes his approach to his long career. Positions change. Countries of assignment change. Offices are eventually handed over to someone else. What remains, he believes, is the footprint left behind. That footprint does not always come in the form of major diplomatic agreements. Sometimes it is an Indonesian…


