Profiles
Unveil the stories of influential figures transforming Indonesia’s industries, economy, and political landscape.
Muhammad Syarifuddin
Muhammad Syarifuddin was born in Baturaja, South Sumatera in 1954. He is now the current Chief of Justice of the Supreme Court for the period of 2020-2025. His early education started in his hometown where he was educated from elementary school to junior highschool, later in highschool he chose to go to Yogyakarta. Syarifuddin went to study at University of Indonesia in the Faculty of Law and graduated in 1980 and received a bachelor degree in Law. He later continued his studies and received a master degree from Djuanda University in 2006, then a doctorate degree in Law at Parahyangan Catholic University in 2009.
Muhammad Lutfi
Muhammad Lutfi was born in 1969 in Jakarta to a husband and wife, Firdaus Wadjidi and Suhartini. He is the current Minister of Trade. In his youth he was educated at Purdue University, Indiana, United States and graduated from the university in 1992. There he met with Erick Thohir and Sandiaga Uno.
Muhadjir Effendy
Muhadjir Effendy was born in Madiun in 1956, is the sixth child of nine children from the husband and wife pair Soeroja and Sri Soebita. He is the current Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs. He is married to Suryan Widati and has children: Muktam Roya Azidan, Senoshaumi Hably, and Harbantyo Ken Najjar.
Mochamad Basuki Hadimuljono
Mochamad Basuki Hadimuljono was born in Surakarta, Central Java in 1954. Basuki is the current Minister of Public Works and Public Housing. Basuki is the fourth of eight children. His father was a soldier from the Army. As a child he often moved around following his father's duties.
Major General of TNI Maruli Simanjuntak
Major General of TNI Maruli Simanjuntak was born in Bandung, West Java in 1970. Simanjuntak is the Commander of Army Strategic Command of Indonesia or Panglima Komando Cadangan Strategis Angkatan Darat Indonesia (Pangkostrad). Simanjuntak studied in the Military Academy in 1992 as Special Forces Infantry and Detachment Tempur Cakra.
Moh. Mahfud MD
Mahfud MD was born in Madura in 1957, with the name Mohammad Mahfud from the wife of Mahmodin and Siti Khadidjah. He is the current Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs. Mahfud MD's father, kept a low-level employee in Sampang Regency. Mahfud MD studied Islam at the diniyyah madrasa. Then he continued to a State Elementary School and in the afternoon he studied religion at Madrasah Ibtida'iyyah, then studied religion at Surau. Then to the Somber Lagah Islamic Boarding School to study religion. Mahfud did not continue his education at SMPN but he continued his education at the State Religious Teacher Education (PGA) in Pamekasan.
Ma’ruf Amin
Ma'ruf Amin was born in Banten in 1943, he is the current Vice President. Amin spent most of his early life in Tangerang, where he inherited a tradition of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) from his family. His family chose to send Ma'ruf Amin to the Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School in Jombang, East Java. After graduating he continued his education at the Ibn Chaldun University in Bogor, West Java. Amin is known to be a descendant of Syaikh Nawawi Banten (great-grandson of Syekh Nawawi Banten). He then received an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor Honoris Causa) in Sharia Economic Law from UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. After the death of his wife in 2013, Amin later took another marriage in 2014 with a widow named Wury Estu Handayani.
Luhut Binsar Panjaitan former Army General in the Indonesian Armed Forces
Luhut Pandjaitan is son to father Bonar Pandjaitan who became an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corp. and mother Siti Farida Naiborhu. Pandjaitan was born in North Sumatera, Toba Samosir, in Indonesia on 28th September 1947. Pandjaitan is now the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment. In his early days, Pandjaitan was taught by his mom to always be honest, study hard, and work hard. He moved to Riau Province when he was three years old because his father Bonar Pandjaitan worked in Caltex Petroleum Corp (now Chevron) and attended Yayasan Cendana Elementary School owned by Caltex and attended his junior high school in Pekanbaru. Pandjaitan is a keen swimmer and once represented Riau at the national sports event in 1962. But during his childhood's successive athletic experience, Pandjaitan likes to misbehave as he likes to fight, his parents sent him to a school in Bandung, West Java. Then, Pandjaitan attended SMAK 1 PENABUR High School in Bandung and met his future wife — Devi Simatupang. There in Bandung Luhut were the founders of Indonesian Student Action Front (KAPI) which protested against the Old Order, the President Soekarno, and the Communist Party of Indonesia. He then took a Masters degree in Public Administration abroad, at George Washington University, United States.
Listyo Sigit Prabowo
Listyo Sigit Prabowo was born in Ambon, Maluku in 1969. He is the current Chief of Police for the period of 2021 until present. He is married to Jualiati Sapta Dewi Maghdalena and has a son named Cornelius Krishna Satya Patria Wardhana. In his early years, Prabowo spent his early life studying in Yogyakarta. After his graduation from Junior High School or Sekolah Menengah Pertama (SMP), he continued his study to High School or Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA) 8 in Yogyakarta. While in High School, he was known to be a smart kid and a quiet type of person and he never made any problems.
La Nyalla Mattalitti
La Nyalla Mattalitti Born in Jakarta, 1959. Mattalitti is the current Chairman of Regional Representative Council. He comes from an educated family and is someone from an educated family as well as a businessman family. His father and mother namely: Mahmud Mattalitti and Hj. Fauziah Mahmud Mattalitti. His father, Mahmud Mattalitti, is a former assistant lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Airlangga University. Meanwhile, his grandfather, Haji Mattalitti, was a well-known Bugis-Makassarese merchant in Surabaya, East Java. La Nyalla always followed his parents, he spent most of his life with his family in Surabaya. He is married to Muchmudah.
Joko Widodo
Joko Widodo was born in 1961, he is the current President of Indonesia. Widodo was born to a father and mother named Noto Mihardjo and Sujiatmi and is the first child along with three younger sisters namely Sriyantini, Ida Yati, Titik Relawati. His father is a seller of wood and bamboo in Karanganyar, Solo. Jokowi's early life was not luxurious at first, he came from a family that was less able to make ends meet. At first, he had many difficulties such as paying school fees, and finding food. To make ends meet, Jokowi helps his family become carpenters like after school he helps his father collect customers who buy wood and push carts filled with orders.
Johnny Gerald Plate
Johnny Gerald Plate was born in Ruteng, Flores in 1956. He has a wife Maria Ana and has 3 children. He is the current Minister of Communication and Information Technology. Johnny took elementary school (SD) to high school (SMA) educators. He then continued his studies at Atmajaya Catholic University in 1986. He was quite active in various organizations while he was studying, it was noted that he had attended Menwa and was a member of the advisory board of the Indonesian Catholic Student Association (PMKRI).