Witjaksana Soegarda (1939 – 25 May 2010) was an Indonesian diplomat. Early life. Soegarda was born in 1939 as the ninth of twelve children of Soegarda Poerbakawatja. Career. Soegarda started his career by working as a diplomat at the Indonesian Embassy in New York. He served as Indonesian Ambassador to Denmark and served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Italy, Malta and Albania from 1995 until 1998. On 9 July 1997, Soegarda was appointed as ASEAN Secretariat General Director. Personal life. In 1981, Soegarda started a relationship with Soraya Alatas, the daughter of diplomat Ali Alatas. They later married at the Indonesia Embassy in New York on 13 September 1986 and had five children. Their marriage lasted until Soegarda's death in May 2010. Soegarda died at Harapan Kita Hospital in Kota Bambu Utara ward, Palmerah, on 25 May 2010 due to a lung disease at the age of 71. He was buried at Jeruk Purut Cemetery on 26 May.