Imron Cotan
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Imron Cotan (born 21 December 1954) is an Indonesian diplomat. He was Ambassador of Indonesia to Australia between 2003 and 2005, and Ambassador of Indonesia to China between 2010 and 2013.
Life and career
Cotan was born on 21 December 1954. He graduated from Gadjah Mada University before joining the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs in 1982. After completing the department's course for junior diplomats in 1984, he took on a role promoting international environmental preservation.{{citation|url=http://www.kbri-canberra.org.au/aboutemb/dubes/2003cv.htm |title=Curriculum Vitae of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to the Commonwealth of Australia: H.E. Mr. Imran Cotan|date=1 December 2003|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425040623/http://www.kbri-canberra.org.au/aboutemb/dubes/2003cv.htm|archivedate=25 April 2013}}
In November 2003, Cotan took up a post as Ambassador of Indonesia to Australia. Speaking about on his time in Australia at the end of the posting in 2005, Cotan reflected that the relationship was difficult when he first came to Canberra in 2003 because of events that happened in East Timor in 1999.{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-09-21/departing-cotan-reflects/2108958|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002074919/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-09-21/departing-cotan-reflects/2108958|archivedate=2 October 2016|title=Departing Cotan reflects|date=21 September 2005|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia}} Cotan said the aid and relief Australia's military had provided to Indonesia in the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami had brought the two countries closer.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/Asia-Tsunami/Disaster-draws-Indonesia-Australia-closer-than-ever/2005/01/04/1104832113251.html|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|archivedate=30 November 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131130151921/http://www.smh.com.au/news/Asia-Tsunami/Disaster-draws-Indonesia-Australia-closer-than-ever/2005/01/04/1104832113251.html|title=Indonesia, Australia closer than ever|first1=Cynthia|last1=Banham|first2=Tom|last2=Allard|first3=Mark|last3=Metherell|date=5 January 2005}} He said however that he was stunned at the way Australians reacted to the arrest and sentencing of Schapelle Corby for drug smuggling in 2004–05—some Australians wanted the country's tsunami aid taken into account in Corby's sentencing.
Cotan was appointed Ambassador of Indonesia to China in 2010. In an interview in 2011, Cotan said he was proud to see the relationship between the two countries reach its highest point ever.{{cite news|url=http://www.theworldfolio.com/interviews/imron-cotan-indonesia-ambassador-to-the-people-republic-of-china-n1998/1998/|date=2011|title=Indonesia´s ambassador to China says political stability the key to prosperity|website=The World Folio|archivedate=2 October 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002080026/http://www.theworldfolio.com/interviews/imron-cotan-indonesia-ambassador-to-the-people-republic-of-china-n1998/1998/}} While he was ambassador, the Indonesian Government opened a consulate general in Shanghai, which was expected to enhance the ties between the two nations.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}
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{{s-bef|before=Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat}}
{{s-ttl|title=Ambassador of Indonesia to Australia|years=2003–2005}}
{{s-aft|after=Teuku Mohammad Hamzah Thayeb}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Ambassador of Indonesia to China|years=2010–2013}}
{{s-aft|after=Sugeng Rahardjo}}
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