{{Short description|Indonesian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Joop Ave | office = 4th [[List of ministers of tourism (Indonesia)|Minister of Tourism, Post, and Telecommunications]] | image = Joop Ave.png | order = | predecessor = [[Susilo Sudarman]] | president = [[Soeharto]] | successor = [[Abdul Latief (Indonesian businessman)|Abdul Latief]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|12|5}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|2|5|1934|12|5|df=y}} | death_place = [[Singapore]] | birth_place = [[Yogyakarta]], [[Dutch East Indies]] | occupation = Author<br>Broadcaster | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = [[University of the Philippines]] (Did not graduate) | term_end = 14 March 1998 | term_start = 17 March 1993 }} '''Joop Ave''' (5 December 1934 – 5 February 2014) was the Indonesian Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications (MENPARPOSTEL) between 1993 and 1998.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133334671 |title=IN BRIEF Indonesia in tourism deal. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=11 February 1995 |accessdate=2 December 2013 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He served in the [[Fourth Development Cabinet]] and was active for 20 years in the field of protocol. He was the Director General of Tourism (1982) and fluent in four foreign languages; [[English language|English]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[French language|French]] and [[German language|German]].
Ave was born in [[Yogyakarta]] in 1934 in the former Dutch East Indies, as Indonesia was then called, as a colony of the Netherlands. Both parents were of Dutch/Indonesian origin but the name Ave comes from his father's ancestors who were of French descent. They fled France as Huguenots and eventually ended up in Indonesia via the Netherlands.
After the Second World War, a war of independence against Dutch colonization broke out in Indonesia and it was no longer safe in the country for [[Indo people|Indos]] (Indonesians with partly Dutch roots). That is why Ave left for the Netherlands in 1946 with his mother, five sisters and a brother. His father died in captivity in 1944 after he was arrested by the Japanese occupiers for (alleged) membership of a resistance group. After Indonesia became independent from the Netherlands in 1949, Joop Ave returned that year to Indonesia with his mother and most of the siblings. Later, all the siblings and his mother moved to America (via the Netherlands) and eventually ended up in California. Only Joop has always lived in Indonesia, with breaks in between.
He studied at the [[Foreign Service Academy]] (1957) of the [[University of the Philippines]], [[Manila]], but did not complete the course.
He began his career in 1957 as an author and broadcaster on the French program at [[Voice of Indonesia|RRI Voice of Indonesia]] in [[Jakarta]], before being hired by the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Indonesia)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] (1957). Ten years later, he was in charge of the Consulate General of Indonesia in [[New York City]], US (1967), Secretary I (1970) and [[Consular Affairs]] (1972).
Ave served as the Head of Household at the [[Merdeka Palace|Presidential Palace]] from 1972 until 1978. He was awarded the title of Raden Mas Kanjeng Haryo Condronegoro of Mangkunagara VIII. At the time of the [[Surakarta]] palace fire, he was one of a special group that was active in researching the cause of the blaze.
Before being appointed as Director General of Tourism (1982), he served as Director General of Protocol and Consular Affairs Department of the period (1978–1982). In addition to serving in the bureaucracy, he also served as Chairman of the [[ASEAN]] Sub-Committee on Tourism (1983–1986) and the PATA Board of Directors (1984–1986).
He was also a co-editor of a number of books about Indonesia and tourism.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Gertler, Leonard O. | author2=Hardjasoemantri, Koesnadi | author3=Ave, Joop | author4=Nuryanti, Wiendu | author5=Hillig, Jurgen | author6=International Conference on Cultural Tourism (1992 : Gadjah Mada University) | title=Universal tourism : enriching or degrading culture? | year=1993 | publication-date=1993 | publisher=Gadjah Mada University Press | isbn=978-979-420-276-0 }}</ref>
Ave wrote about Indonesian art and craft, such as Batik.<ref>{{Citation |author1=Ave, Joop |title=Grand batik interiors |date=2007 |edition=First |publisher=Menteng, Jakarta, Indonesia BAB Publishing Indonesia |isbn=978-979-8926-26-6 |author2=Ave, Joop, (editor.) |author3=Jay, Sian, (editor.) |author4=Hitchcock, Michael |author5=Damais, Soedarmadji J. H |author6=Nuryanti, Wiendu |author7=Jasin, Ibham, (photographer.) |author8=Tandyo, Eky, (photographer.)}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Ave, Joop | author2=Achjadi, Judi | author3=Siddharta, Hildawati | title=The crafts of Indonesia : seni kriya | year=1988 | publication-date=1988 | publisher=Times Editions | isbn=978-981-204-018-3 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Ave, Joop | author2=Jasin, Ibham | title=Indonesian arts and crafts | year=2008 | publication-date=2008 | publisher=BAB Pub. Indonesia | edition=1st | isbn=978-979-8926-27-3 }}</ref>
Ave died at [[Mount Elizabeth Hospital]], [[Singapore]] on 5 February 2014, after a long illness.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/02/06/former-minister-joop-ave-dies-aged-79.html |title=Former minister Joop Ave dies aged 79 |work=The Jakarta Post}}</ref> He was 79. He was [[cremation|cremated]] three days later in [[Nusa Dua]], [[Bali]].<ref>{{Cite news|title = Former minister Joop Ave cremated in Nusa Dua|date = 10 February 2014|newspaper = Bali Daily (The Jakarta Post)|url = http://www.thejakartapost.com/bali-daily/2014-02-10/former-minister-joop-ave-cremated-nusa-dua.html|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140225114503/http://www.thejakartapost.com/bali-daily/2014-02-10/former-minister-joop-ave-cremated-nusa-dua.html|archivedate = 25 February 2014}}</ref>
==Official postings== *Drafting programme and French broadcaster RRI, Jakarta (1957) *Servant Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1957) *Consul General in New York (1967) *Secretary I (1970) *Consular (1972) *Head of the presidential palace in Jakarta (1972–1978) *Director General of Protocol and Consular Department of Foreign Affairs (1978–1982) *Director General of Tourism (1982–1988)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126999269 |title=INDONESIA'S SALESMAN. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=31 May 1984 |accessdate=2 December 2013 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> *Minister of Tourism Development Cabinet VI (17 March 1993 – 14 March 1998)
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