Alwi Shihab

Alwi Shihab
Official portrait, c. 2004
Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare
In office 21 October 2004 – 7 December 2005
President	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Preceded by	Jusuf Kalla
Succeeded by	Aburizal Bakrie
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 26 October 1999 – 23 July 2001
President	Abdurrahman Wahid
Preceded by	Ali Alatas
Succeeded by	Hassan Wirajuda
Personal details
Born	Alwi Abdurrahman Shihab (1946-08-19) 19 August 1946 (age 77) Rappang, South Sulawesi
Political party	PKB
Spouse	Ashraf Shahab
Children	3
Parent(s)	Abdurrahman Shihab (father) Asma Aburisy (mother)

Alwi Abdurrahman Shihab (Arabic: علوي عبد الرحمن شهاب Alawī ʿAbd ar-Raḥman Šihāb) (born 19 August 1946 in South Sulawesi) is a scholar of the interaction of Christian and Muslim communities. Currently he is the Indonesian President's special envoy to the Middle East and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. He held the office of Indonesian Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare in 2004–2005 and the Foreign Minister of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001.