Dr. Yayan Ganda Hayat Mulyana is Head of Foreign Policy Strategy Agency, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (MFA) in 1993. Since then, he has assumed responsibilities in various divisions of the MFA, including Head of the Secretariat for Special Envoys of the President (2004 – 2006). His first diplomatic posting was at the Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the UN in New York (2000 – 2004). The second posting was also at the Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the UN in New York, serving as the Political Coordinator of the Indonesian Team to the UN Security Council (2007 – 2008). He then served at the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore as the Coordinator of Information, Social and Cultural Affairs, also as the Spokesperson of the Embassy (2009 – 2010). Returning from Singapore, he served as Assistant to the Special Staff of the President for International Relations at the Office of the President (2010 – 2014). Between June 2012 and June 2013, he was also serving as an expert to the Indonesian National Committee on the Vision of the Post-2015 Development Agenda.