The new Philippine Ambassador to Indonesia, Ambassador Gina Jamoralin, presented her credentials to President Jokowi Widodo on June 26, 2023. We now have two Philippine Ambassadors based here in Jakarta. The other one is Ambassador and Permanent Representative (PR) Hjayceelin “Joy” Quintana who formally assumed her post earlier this year.
Why are there two Philippine Ambassadors in Jakarta?
There are two Philippine Ambassadors in Jakarta because we have an ambassador that serves the bilateral relations between the Philippines and Indonesia. That diplomatic responsibility belongs to Ambassador Gina Jamoralin whose office is at the Philippine Embassy.
The Philippines is the 16th country to have established diplomatic relations with Indonesia on November 24, 1949. The two countries will be celebrating their 75th year of diplomatic relations next year and Ambassador Jamoralin is expecting to roll out more cultural activities to deepen and strengthen the two countries’ bilateral relations.
The headquarters of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN is based here in Jakarta. All member-states of the ASEAN have Permanent Representatives with the rank of Ambassador. This diplomatic duty belongs to Ambassador and PR Joy Quintana who holds office at the Philippine Mission. Her office takes responsibility for the multilateral relations of the Philippines with the ASEAN member-states as well as ASEAN’s dialogue partners.
We have had 5 Ambassadors posted at the ASEAN as Permanent Representatives since its charter required an ambassador posted here. Here are the Ambassadors and PRs posted at the Philippine Mission:
The Ambassadors
This year, the Philippines see two women ambassadors here in Jakarta. Both women are career diplomats and have grown in the service at the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Ambassador Gina Jamoralin is a career diplomat who has served the country in various capacities, such as in Bucharest, Tokyo, and most recently as Consul General of the Philippines in Chicago (2018-2020), and Honolulu (2014-2018). Prior to her assignment to Indonesia, Ambassador-designate Jamoralin served as the Assistant Secretary for International Economic Relations, and previously as Assistant Secretary for American Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs. (source: Ph Embassy in Indonesia)
Ambassador and PR Joy Quintana has had a long service at the Department of Foreign Affairs.
She served in the Philippine diplomatic missions in Beijing (China), Washington, DC (USA), Dublin (Ireland), Muscat (Oman), and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. In her concurrent capacity as Ambassador to the UAE, Ambassador Quintana served as Permanent Representative to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) headquartered in Abu Dhabi. (source: ASEAN)
The two women career diplomats are heading a 7,000-strong Filipino community here in Indonesia who works as company heads and executives, engineers, accountants, and teachers.
The Filipino community looks forward to their leadership.
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Congratulations again to our newest Ambassador! And thank you, Ms. Wendy for sharing those information to us.
Congratulations to Them 👏
New Ambassadors and i know they’re really work great for this ❤️❤️❤️
Congratulations to the new ambassador ❤️ and thank you for the information Ms. Wendy, it’s nice to know po why there are two Philippine Ambassadors in Jakarta 💗
Thanks po for sharing information about this.
CONGRATS FOR BEING A NEW AMBASSADOR 🎊🎉 THANKS FOR SHARING THIS MAAM WENDY❤️👍
Wow kaya po pala merong dalawang Philippine Ambassadors sa Jakarta…and super nakakaproud din po nito.. thanks for sharing this information.
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Wow tlga naman kahanga hangaa ang galing nila . Congratulations to both of you 🫶❤️
I never had an information about the Philippine Ambassador. I am astonished with this information and now I know their roles and reason behind having two ambassadors. So proud of these two women!
You look amazing — so ambassadress, yourself, hihi!
Thanks for educating me on this. I never really knew much about these diplomatic matters. I can’t imagine the challenges they have on the job, especially that they are women. Bravo!
I love posts about Philippine interrelationships with other countries. Thanks for the detailed info and I look forward to more of your writings Ms Wendy! 💜
Congratulations to new appointees! Hope that they will serve our citizens well in Indonesia.
Thank you, Ms. Wendy. Now I know why we have two ambassadors. It can be of tremendous assistance in improving the connection between the Philippines and Indonesia. Women have diplomatic power!
Thank you for the update. It’s important to note the difference between the two ambassadorial roles.