Profiles
Unveil the stories of influential figures transforming Indonesia’s industries, economy, and political landscape.
Sofyan Djalil
Sofyan A. Djalil was born in 1953 in Aceh. Djalil is the Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning of Indonesia. He was a very persistent person at a young age to reach his goals, that persistence made him successful in studying at the University of Indonesia (UI). At UI, he studied Business Law and graduated in 1984. He then met his future wife, Dr. Ir. Ratna Megawangi, M.Sc. and has 3 children.
Siti Nurbaya Bakar
Siti Nurbaya Bakar was born in 1956 in Jakarta to Mochamad Bakar and Sri Banon. She is the current Minister of Environment and Forestry. Her father is a retired Betawi Police officer and his mother is from Lambung. Siti is married to Rusli Rachman and has two children: Meitra Mivida NR and Ananda Tohpati.
Sandiaga Uno
Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno was born in 1969 in Riau, Indonesia. Uno is the current Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy. During his childhood, he met with Erick Thohir and was in the same elementary school as a schoolmate. Sandiaga Uno was an undergraduate of Wichita State University in the United States, he graduated with a cum laude. He continued his university education in the United States at George Washington University in 1990 after receiving a paid scholarship from William Soerjadjaja and graduated with an MBA in 1992 and a GPA 4.00.
Sakti Wahyu Trenggono
Wahyu Sakti Trenggono was born in Semarang in 1962, He is the current Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. Trenggono is a person who focuses on business development. He attended a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering at the Bandung Institute of Technology in 1986, after which he continued his Masters in Management at the Bandung Institute of Technology.
Ridwan Kamil
Mohammad Ridwan Kamil called Kang Emil or Ridwan was born in Bandung in 1971. Kamil is the Governor of West Java since 2018. He is the son of a husband and wife Dr. Atje Misbach, S. H. and Dra. Tjutju Sukaesih. Ridwan is the second of five children. Ridwan has a family, he is married to Atalia Praratya Kamil and has children Camillia Laetitia Azzahra and Emmiril Khan Mumtadz.
Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi
Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi was born in Semarang, Central Java in 1962. Marsudi is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs. She studied secondary at SMA Negeri 3 Semarang and is an undergraduate graduate from Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. Then he continued his master's studies majoring in European Union Law at Haagse Hogeschool, in the Netherlands. He continued his studies at the University of Oslo on Human Rights.
Puan Maharani
Puan Maharani Nakshatra Kusyala Devi, or known as Puan Maharani was born on 6 September 1973. She is the current Speaker of People’s Representative Council. Her mother is Megawati Soekarno Putri, the founder of the Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), currently one of the biggest parties in Indonesia, a former Indonesian President and the daughter of Indonesia's first President, Soekarno. Her father, Taufiq Kiemas, was also a politician who had served both in the House of Representatives and the People’s Consultative Assembly. She married Hapsoro “Happy” Sukmonohadi, who works in the property business as well as being the commissioner of various companies, Odira Energy Persada, PT. Prima Utama Mandiri, PT. Rukun Raharja Tbk, PT Meteor Mitra Mandiri, and PT Triguna internusa Pratama.
Pratikno
Pratikno was born in Bojonegoro in 1962. Pratikno is the current Minister of State Secretariat. He is married to Dra. Ec. Siti Faridah and has 3 children. From a young age, he had a passion for learning in order to achieve his goals. In his childhood, there was not a single elementary school building where he lived. He also studied at the house of a village head. He was the only one of his many friends who entered junior high school because the distance from his house was very far, but with strong determination he continued.
Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo
Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo was born in Jakarta on the 17th of October 1951 to a distinguished family. Djojohadikusumo is the current Minister of Defence. His father, Prof. Dr Soemitro Djojohadikusumo was a famous Indonesian economist as well as the architect of the economic plan for the New Order. Soemitro was also a Minister of Trade and Industry and Minister of Finance during Soekarno’s era and a Minister of Trade and Minister of Research during Soeharto’s era. His grandfather, Margono Djojohadikusumo was one of the founders of Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI). He is the youngest of 4, and his brother, Hashim Sudjono Djojohadikusumo, is an Indonesian conglomerate. He was married to Siti Hediati Hariyadi, the daughter of Soeharto, Former President of Indonesia from 1983 to 1998. He is a father to his son, Ragowo Hediprasetyo as known as Didiet, who currently lives in Paris, France as a designer.
Perry Warjiyo
Perry Warjiyo was born in 1959 in Sukoharjo. He is the current Governor of Bank Indonesia. During his early years, he studied in Public Elementary School (SDN) Gawok, Sukoharjo then continued to Public Junior High School (SMPN) Gatak, Sukoharjo, later continued to Public Senior High School (SMAN) 3 Surakarta. He studied S1 at the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) and graduated in 1982. He continued with Masters and PhDs in Monetary and International Economics from Iowa State University, United States in 1989 and 1991. In his youth, he claimed to be a child of poor farmers.
Nicke Widyawati
Nicke Widyawati was born in Tasikmalaya in 1967. Widyawati was appointed as the President Director of Pertamina. Widyawati studied in SMAN 1 Tasikmalaya and then she took her bachelor degree (S1) in 1991, she then took her graduate of Business Law – Padjadjaran University (S2) in 2009 and Industrial Engineering – ITB. She took various executive positions since 2009, before serving as President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero), Nicke Widyawati was trusted as HR Director Pertamina and has served as Director of Strategic Procurement 1 PT PLN (Persero). She became one of a handful women leaders on the top echelons of Indonesia's state-owned companies (BUMN).
Nadiem Makarim
Nadiem Makarim was born in 1984, in Singapore to Nono Anwar Makarimand Atika Algadri. His father Nono is an activist and a famous lawyer of Minang-Arabic descent. While his mother Atika Algadri is a free-lance writer and a descendant of the famous Hamid Algadri, a pioneer of Indonesian independence. Makarim is the current Minister of Education and Culture.