Syahda Guruh Langkah Samudera

Syahda Guruh Langkah Samudera
Ambassador of Indonesia to Qatar
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 October 2025
PresidentPrabowo Subianto
Preceded byRidwan Hassan
Personal details
Born (1976-11-24) 24 November 1976
EducationBrawijaya University (S.H.)
University of Indonesia (M.H.)

Syahda Guruh Langkah Samudera (born 24 November 1976) is an Indonesian diplomat who is currently serving as the ambassador to Qatar since 2025. He served as director for economic law and treaties within the foreign ministry from 2020 to 2025.

Early life and education

Born on 24 November 1976,[1] Syahda studied law at the Brawijaya University.[2] He established the center for law assessment and research in the law faculty[3] and authored two books relating to Indonesia's autonomy.[4][5] Syahda received his law degree in 1999 after four years of study and, upon entering the foreign ministry, pursued a master's degree in law at the University of Indonesia from 2003 to 2005.[6]

Career

Syahda joined the foreign ministry in March 2000. His first posting at the foreign ministry was at the directorate of economic, social, and cultural treaties in January 2001, where he became its acting chief of environment treaties. His tenure focused on legal instruments such as UNFCCC and UN CBD. After four years, Syahda was assigned to the political section embassy in London for three and a half years with a focus on bilateral relations with the UK and Ireland. He also represented Indonesia at the International Maritime Organization, where he covered issues related to maritime safety, security, and marine environmental protection. He started his career in the embassy with the rank of third secretary[7] and was later promoted to second secretary.[8]

Upon his return to Jakarta in August 2008, he became the chief of investment treaty section within the foreign ministry, where he acted as a negotiator for bilateral investment treaty and intellectual property rights, and was a delegation to the Asia Africa Legal Consultative Organization. From February 2011 to December 2014, he served with the permanent mission to the United Nations in New York,[9] where his responsibilities included serving as a delegation to the 2nd Committee for issues on the Post 2015 Development Agenda, and as an adviser to the Indonesia's president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono co-chair team for the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons for the same agenda between 2012 and 2013. He also acted as a legal expert to the Indonesia delegation in the 2011 and 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference, where he focused on legal issues regarding to the climate regime after the Paris Agreement, and as acting chief of negotiator at the First ADP meeting in Bonn in 2012. Additionally, he was the G77 coordinator for some issues of the Rio+20 outcome document in 2012, including food security, sustainable transport, and sustainable city.[10] Syahda began his career within the diplomatic mission with the rank of second secretary of the first economic section for a year[9] and was then promoted to first secretary.[11][12]

Following his time in New York, Syahda returned to the foreign ministry in Jakarta, serving as deputy director (chief of subdirectorate) for trade, economic services, investment, finance and environment from February 2015 to December 2016.[2][13] Upon reorganizations within the foreign ministry's structure, Syahda's subdirectorate was split into several subdirectorates, and he was named as the deputy director for trade and investment treaties in January 2017.[14] After two years, in February 2019 he was transferred to the permanent mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland with the rank of counsellor, and later minister counsellor, to October 2020, focusing on international trade and WTO issues.[15]

On 6 October 2020, Syahda became the director for economic law and treaties.[16] President Prabowo Subianto nominated him as ambassador to Qatar in July 2025.[17] He underwent a closed assessment by the House of Representative's first commission on 5 July[18] and was approved in a session three days later.[19] He was installed as ambassador on 8 October 2025.[20]

Personal life

Syahda is married to Crownishinta Bintang Shakuntala.[12]

References

  1. ^ LKj Dit. HPE TA 2023 [Performance Accountability Report of the Directorate of Economic and Environmental Law, Fiscal Year 2023] (PDF) (in Indonesian). Kementerian Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia. 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Kementerian Luar Negeri Beri Kuliah Untuk Mahasiswa Baru FH UB 2016" [Ministry of Foreign Affairs Gives Lecture to New Law Students at UB 2016]. Hukum UB (in Indonesian). Faculty of Law, Universitas Brawijaya. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  3. ^ FKPH BOOKLET (PDF) (in Indonesian). Forum Kajian dan Penelitian Hukum, Fakultas Hukum Universitas Brawijaya. 15 October 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Menimbang otonomi vs federal : mengembangkan wacana federalisme dan otonomi luas menuju masyarakat madani Indonesia" [Weighing Autonomy vs Federalism: Developing the Discourse of Federalism and Broad Autonomy Toward a Civil Society in Indonesia]. JAKLITERA – Perpustakaan Jakarta (in Indonesian). Remaja Rosdakarya. 2000. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  5. ^ Otonomi yang luas dan mandiri menuju Indonesia baru (in Indonesian). Tarsito. 1999. ISBN 978-979-9185-06-8.
  6. ^ "Analisis yuridis terhadap dimensi publik dan privat pada perjanjian pinjaman luar negeri" [Juridical Analysis of the Public and Private Dimensions in Foreign Loan Agreements]. Universitas Indonesia Library (in Indonesian). Universitas Indonesia. 2005. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  7. ^ Office, Foreign and Commonwealth; Office, Great Britain Foreign and Commonwealth (2007). The London Diplomatic List. Stationery Office. ISBN 978-0-11-591792-9.
  8. ^ Diplomatic List - Department of Foreign Affairs. Department of Foreign Affairs. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  9. ^ a b "MISSION STAFF (as of February 19th, 2011)". Indonesia Permanent Mission To The United Nations New York (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  10. ^ Dodds, Felix; Laguna-Celis, Jorge; Thompson, Liz (2014-01-21). From Rio+20 to a New Development Agenda: Building a Bridge to a Sustainable Future. Routledge. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-134-75154-9.
  11. ^ "MISSION STAFF". Indonesia Permanent Mission To The United Nations New York (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  12. ^ a b Permanent Missions to the United Nations: Number 303. United Nations Publications. 2013. p. 130. ISBN 978-92-1-101282-8.
  13. ^ "Syahda Guruh L. Samudera - Event & Training Hukumonline". Hukumonline (in Indonesian). Hukumonline.com. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  14. ^ "List of Participants" (PDF). United Nations Digital Library. United Nations Commission on International Trade Law. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  15. ^ "Staff of the Mission". Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations, WTO and Other International Organizations (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  16. ^ Pramudyani, Yashinta Difa; A., Zaenal (6 October 2020). Zaenal, A. (ed.). "Menlu Retno Marsudi lantik tujuh pejabat eselon II" [Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi inaugurates seven echelon II officials]. Antara News Jawa Barat (in Indonesian). Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  17. ^ Faisol, Amir. "Komisi I DPR Gelar Fit and Proper Test 24 Calon Dubes Hari Ini". IDN Times (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  18. ^ kumparanNEWS (5 July 2025). "Daftar 12 Calon Dubes yang Telah Fit and Proper Test Hari Ini" [List of 12 Ambassador Candidates Who Underwent Fit and Proper Test Today]. Kumparan (in Indonesian). Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  19. ^ Safitri, Kiki (9 July 2025). "DPR Nyatakan 24 Calon Dubes Penuhi Syarat, Langsung Dikirim ke Prabowo". Kompas.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  20. ^ Yanwardhana, Emir (8 October 2025). "Prabowo Segera Lantik 10 Dubes Baru, Ini Daftarnya!". CNBC Indonesia. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
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