• BBoediono

    Coordinating Minister for the Economy - United Indonesia Cabinet

    BBoediono

    Born: Feb. 25, 1943, Blitar, East Java
    Education:
    Bachelor of Economics, University of Western Australia (1967); Master of Economics, Monash University, Australia (1972); Ph.D. in business economics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, U.S. (1979)
    Career:
    Lecturer in economics at Gadjah Mada University; Bank Indonesia’s deputy governor in charge of fiscal monetary policy (1997- 1998); State Minister for National Planning and Development (1998-Oct. 1999); Minister of Finance (2001-2004).
    Other Activities:
    Writes text books on economic
    theory and monetary policy.

  • Abdul Rahman Saleh

    Attorney General - United Indonesia Cabinet

    Abdul Rachman Saleh

    Born in Pekalongan, Central Java, on April 1, 1941, Abdul Rachman obtained a bachelor’s degree in law from the Gadjah Mada University in 1967, and started his career as a journalist with the Nusantara daily in 1968. He most recently came into the national spotlight as the only Supreme Court judge to submit a dissenting opinion in the appeal trial of Golkar Party leader Akbar Tandjung, who had been convicted of graft by lower courts. Four other justices agreed to accept Akbar’s appeal.

  • Aburizal Bakrie

    Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare - United Indonesia Cabinet

    Aburizal Bakrie

    Born in Jakarta on Nov. 15, 1946, Bakrie holds a degree in electrical engineeringfrom the Bandung Institute of Technology. He waselected president of the ASEAN Business Forum for two consecutive periods from 1991 to 1995. Bakrie was elected chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) for two consecutive terms from 1994 to 2004. He is a noted businessman known for making PT Bakrie and Brothers into one of the most successful firms in the country.

  • Adhyaksa Dault

    State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

    Adhyaksa Dault

    Born in Donggala, Central Sulawesi, on June 7, 1963, Adhyaksa is studying for his Ph.D. in the Maritime Affairs Department at the Bogor Institute of Agriculture. He was chairman of the Indonesian Youth Association (KNPI) from 1999 to 2002 and headed the Indonesian Advocates Union (IPHI) from 1999 to 2004. Adhyaksa, the husband of Mirah Arismunandar and father of Umar Putra Adhyaksa, 8, and Fakhira Putri Maryam Adhyaksa, 4, said his ministry would work with the National Sports Council (KONI) to professionalize sport

  • Alwi Abdurrahman Shihab

    Special presidential envoy for Middle East cooperation

    Alwi Abdurrahman Shihab

    Born in Rappang, South Sulawesi, on Aug. 19, 1946, Alwi earned a Ph.D in philosophy from the Ain Syams University in Egypt in 1990 and a Ph.D from Temple University in the United States in 1995. He is currently National Awakening Party leader (2002-2007). He was an assistant to professors at Temple University (1993-1995) and Harvard University (1998), the U.S. He also served as minister of foreign affairs in the Abdurrahman Wahid administration.

  • Andung Nitimiharja

    Minister of Industry

    Andung Nitimiharja

    Andung has been an expert staff of the investment and regional autonomy department with the Office of State Minister of State Enterprises since 2003. Born on April 4, 1950, he was also deputy chairman of the national business development department at the Capital Investment Coordinating Body during the chairmanship of Theo F. Toemion from 2000 to 2001. A graduate of engineering from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture, Andung pursued a doctorate in development studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

  • Anton Apriyanto

    Minister of Agriculture

    Anton Apriyanto

    Born on Oct. 5, 1959 in Serang, Banten, Anton obtained his bachelors and masters degree from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB). He later received his doctorate in food chemistry at Reading University in Britain. He is currently a full-time lecturer of food and nutrient technology at IPB, and a guest lecturer with the National University of Singapore. Anton claimed he did not know President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono personally or professionally,although the latter recently obtained his doctorate from IPB.

  • Bachtiar Chamsyah

    Minister of Social Affairs - United Indonesia Cabinet

    Bachtiar Chamsyah

    Born in Sigli, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, on Dec. 31, 1945, Bachtiar graduated from Medan State University in 1997. He was the minister of social affairs in the last administration and was United Development Party (PPP) deputy secretarygeneral between 1993 and 2003.

  • Bambang Sudibyo

    Minister of National Education - United Indonesia Cabinet

    Bambang Sudibyo

    Born in Temanggung regency, Central Java, on Oct. 8, 1952, Bambang earned a Ph.D in business administration from the University of Kentucky in 1985. He has been working as a lecturer at Gadjah Mada University’s School of Economics (1987-present). Bambang, a professor, was a finance minister during Abdurrahman Wahid’s administration. A confidant of National Mandate Party (PAN) Amien Rais, Bambang is a former chairman of the Indonesian Economists Association (ISEI) and PAN treasurer.

  • Djoko Kirmanto

    Minister of Public Works - United Indonesia Cabinet

    Djoko Kirmanto

    Born on July 5, 1943 in Penging, Central Java, Djoko graduated from Gadjah Mada University in Yo g y a k a r t a and completed his masters in land and water development at IHEDELFT in the Netherlands in 1977. He was appointed in 1997 as assistant to the residential development department head at the Ministry of Public Works during the Soeharto administration. Since 2001, he has held the post of director general of residential affairs at the Ministry of Settlement and Regional Infrastructure.

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