Background
Arifin, Sjahabuddin was born on March 3, 1928 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Arifin, Sjahabuddin was born on March 3, 1928 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Student, Faculty Law, University Indonesia, Jakarta, 1949—1951. D.Econs., University Bern (Switzerland), 1958.
Staff, Indonesian embassy, Bern, 1951—1957. Economic expert Indonesian Department Foreign Affairs, Jakarta, 1957—1962, head directorate economic multilateral cooperatives, 1967—1971, director general foreign economic, social and cultural relations, 1971—1977, secretary general, 1977—1981. Lecturer School of Economics, Pajajaran University, Bandung, Indonesia, 1960—1962.
Counsellor Indonesian embassy, Washington, 1962—1963, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Iran, Teheran, 1963—1967, Court of St. James's, London, 1981—1987.
Member of Jakarta Golf, Highgate Golf (London).
Married Siti Asiah Arifin. Children: Nuralamsyah, Syahrizal, Lukmansyah.