Candidature of Mr Parapak

Candidate for the post of Secretary-General

Jonathan PARAPAK
Secretary-General
Department of Tourism, Posts and Telecommunications

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal data
Name:	Jonathan L. Parapak
Present position:	Secretary-General Department of Tourism, Posts and Telecommunications
Place and date of birth:	Indonesia, 12 July 1942
Nationality:	Indonesian
Office address:	Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat 17 Jakarta 10110, Indonesia Tel.: +62 21 384 9142 Fax: +62 21 386 7600 email sekjen@dppt.wasantara.net.id
Education
Bachelor of Engineering, University of Tasmania, Australia, 1966
Master of Engineering Science, University of Tasmania, Australia, 1969
Indonesian National Resilience/Defence Institute, 1984
Various technical, managerial and executive courses in the United States, Japan and Indonesia
Professional experience
a) Operational and technical experience
He served for about 2 years (1966-1969) in various engineering capacities in the Post Master General Department (now Telecoms) Australia, participating in radio system design and installation.
He served in various capacities as System Engineer, Manager of Engineering and Director of Operations and Engineering in PT. Indosat, the international telecommunications carrier of Indonesia. He was project manager of satellite stations and the early submarine cable systems around the region.
b) Managerial and corporate experience
He served for over 10 years (1980-1991) as the President and CEO of PT. Indosat, the State-owned company for international telecommunications. During his tenure, Indosat expanded to become the most respected and best-managed company in Indonesia. Since 1991 he has been the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of PT. Indosat and the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of PT. Inti (1993-present), the State-owned company for manufacturing telecommunication equipment. He has also served on several other company boards in Indonesia. As the Secretary-General of the Department of Tourism, Posts and Telecommunications, he supervises the seven State-owned companies in the sector.
He also played a major role in the preparation and implementation of privatization and the initial public offering of Indosat and Telkom in 1994 and 1995.
c) Government experience
Jonathan Parapak has served in his current position as the Secretary-General (equivalent to Deputy Minister in some countries) since 1991. He is assisting the Minister and is responsible for the development of policy initiatives, regulatory/deregulatory development, overall planning of the department, personnel management, preparation and implementation of budgets, preparation of government and ministerial decrees and regulations support services and the supervision of State-owned companies. He has contributed towards the high growth of tourism, modernization, restructuring and deregulation of postal services, the accelerated deregulation and privatization of the telecommunications sector in Indonesia.
He is Chairman of the Government Committee on the joint operations scheme and the Nusantara 21 (National Information Infrastructure/NII) vision of Indonesia.
d) Regional experience
Jonathan Parapak has for many years been participating in various regional organizations, such as ASEAN, APT, APEC. He has led the Indonesian delegations to telecommunications conferences and meetings such as the APEC Ministerial Meetings on Telecommunications and Information.
e) International experience
ITU
Jonathan Parapak has served in several positions relating to ITU activities, such as ITU World Plan Asia-Oceania (1988-1991), as a member of the ITU High Level Committee and Chairman of the First World Telecoms Policy Forum.
INTELSAT
Jonathan Parapak has participated in various activities of INTELSAT. He has led the Indonesian delegation to traffic meetings, operations representative meetings, signatory meetings and the Assembly of Parties. He served on the Board of Governors for several years and was its Chairman during 1989-1990.
Inmarsat
Jonathan Parapak has also participated in several activities of Inmarsat, including leading the Indonesian delegation to the Assembly of Parties.
WTO
Jonathan Parapak has led the Indonesian negotiating team on Basic Telecommunications.
University, research and development experience
He served as an honorary lecturer at the University of Indonesia (1970-1980), honorary lecturer at the Indonesian Institute of National Resilience.
He is the Chairman of the Board of Advisors, Postgraduate School of Telecommunications at the University of Indonesia.
He is also a member of the National Council of Research.
He is the Chairman of the Foundation of Telecommunications Training and Development.
He is also the Chairman of the National Committee on Telecoms Research and Development.
Community service
Chairman of the Public Service Association of the Department of Tourism, Posts and Telecommunications.
Secretary-General of the Indonesian Professional Engineers Association.
Chairman of several foundations involved in education, provision of scholarships and social work.
Special awards
Various management awards
National Medal for his contribution to national development
Star for Highest Merit of Service to the Country (1992)

Jonathan Parapak has extensive experience and a proven track record in operational, technical, managerial, regulatory and policy aspects of telecommunications. He has served in leadership positions, in companies, government organizations and international organizations. He has experience in working in an international and multicultural environment. He has played major roles in managing corporations and in the restructuring of companies and organizations, developing and implementing policy initiatives for deregulation, privatization and liberalization. He is ready and well equipped to serve ITU and its members in the "ITU of the Future".

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