FAO Appoints Alue Dohong as New Asia Pacific Representative and Assistant DG

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has appointed Alue Dohong as Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, effective May 15, 2025. 

The Indonesian national brings extensive experience in environmental management and sustainable development to his role.

Prior to joining FAO, Dohong served as Senior Advisor to the Minister for Environment and Head of the Indonesian Environment Control Agency since December 2024. He previously served as the Deputy Minister of Environment and Forestry from 2019 to 2024.

According to the release received by Tempo on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, Dohong's career kicked off in 1994 as a Lecturer Staff at the University of Palangka Raya, Indonesia. He specialized in peatland restoration, environmental management, and sustainable development within the Master’s Programme in Natural Resources and Environment.

He also served as Kalimantan Site Coordinator for the Wetlands International-Indonesia Programme in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, a role he held from 2003 to 2011.

Dohong then worked as an Expert with the Central Kalimantan REDD+ Liaison Office from 2011 to 2013. He later served as Deputy Head for Construction, Operation, and Maintenance (COM) at the Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) in Indonesia, from 2016 until 2019.

Alue Dohong holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Management from the University of Queensland, Australia, a Master of Science in Environmental Management from the School of Geography at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, and a Bachelor of Science in Economic Development from Palangka Raya University, Indonesia.

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