Witjaksana Soegarda

Witjaksana Soegarda (1939 – 25 May 2010) was an Indonesian diplomat.

Witjaksana Soegarda
Born	1939 (1939)
Died	25 May 2010(2010-05-25) (aged 70–71) Jakarta, Indonesia
Burial place	Jeruk Purut Cemetery
Occupation	Diplomat
Spouse	Soraya Alatas ​ (m. 1986)​
Children	5
Father	Soegarda Poerbakawatja
Relatives	Ali Alatas (father-in-law) Paripurna P. Sugarda (nephew)

Early life

Soegarda was born in 1939 as the ninth of twelve children of Soegarda Poerbakawatja.^[1][2]

Career

Soegarda started his career by working as a diplomat at the Indonesian Embassy in New York.^[2] He served as Indonesian Ambassador to Denmark and served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Italy, Malta and Albania from 1995 until 1998.^[1] On 9 July 1997, Soegarda was appointed as ASEAN Secretariat General Director.^[3]

Personal life

In 1981, Soegarda started a relationship with Soraya Alatas, the daughter of diplomat Ali Alatas.^[2] They later married at the Indonesia Embassy in New York on 13 September 1986 and had five children.^[2][1] Their marriage lasted until Soegarda's death in May 2010.^[1]

Soegarda died at Harapan Kita Hospital in Kota Bambu Utara ward, Palmerah, on 25 May 2010 due to a lung disease at the age of 71.^[1] He was buried at Jeruk Purut Cemetery on 26 May.^[1]