Mahendra Siregar

Mahendra Siregar is an Indonesian politician and diplomat who most recently served as the chief of the Financial Services Authority (OJK) of Indonesia. Previously, he was appointed as Ambassador to the US by President Joko Widodo in 2018, serving from April to October 2019. He was then appointed as the deputy minister of foreign affairs on 25 October 2019, supporting Indonesian foreign minister Retno Marsudi in the second Jokowi cabinet. Mahendra is a respected economist in Indonesia who has held various senior positions within the Indonesian bureaucracy.