Bambang Brodjonegoro

Bambang Permadi Soemantri Brodjonegoro is an Indonesian economist. He is now the Minister of Research and Technology/National Research and Innovation Agency since 25 October 2019. Previously, he was the Minister of National Development Planning of Indonesia, taking office after a cabinet reshuffle by President Joko Widodo (widely known as Jokowi) and replacing Sofyan Djalil.

Bambang Brodjonegoro
Official Portrait of Bambang Brodjonegoro as Vice Minister of Finance (2013)
Minister of Research and Technology
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 October 2019
President	Joko Widodo
Preceded by	Mohamad Nasir
Minister of National Development Planning
In office 27 July 2016 – 20 October 2019
President	Joko Widodo
Preceded by	Sofyan Djalil
Succeeded by	Suharso Monoarfa
Minister of Finance
In office 27 October 2014 – 27 July 2016
President	Joko Widodo
Preceded by	Chatib Basri
Succeeded by	Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Vice Minister of Finance
In office 3 October 2013 – 20 October 2014
President	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Preceded by	Mahendra Siregar
Succeeded by	Mardiasmo
Personal details
Born	(1966-10-03) 3 October 1966 Jakarta, Indonesia
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	University of Indonesia University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Previously, he was the Finance Minister of Indonesia in the Working Cabinet under Joko Widodo's administration from 27 October 2014 to 27 July 2016.[1] His office was taken by the current Finance Minister of Indonesia, Sri Mulyani Indrawati.[2]

Under Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's administration, he was the Deputy of Finance Minister in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet.[3]

Early life

Born at Jakarta, he is the son of Professor Sumantri Brodjoneogoro, a former Rector of University of Indonesia and Minister of Education and Culture in 1973. Bambang Brodjonegoro completed his study at Economics Faculty of Universitas Indonesia in 1990. The next year, Bambang studied for a master's degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, United States, continuing on to doctoral program completed in 1997.

Career

As an academician, he began his career as a lecturer at University of Indonesia to become the Dean of the Economics Faculty, University of Indonesia. In 2009 he became the Director-General of the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), Islamic Development Bank Group, located in Jeddah, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. After a 2 years as The Director-General of IRTI, he was appointed as The Chairman of The Fiscal Policy Agency, Ministry of Finance, The Republic of Indonesia in 2011. He then was then promoted as the Vice-Minister of Finance during Susilo Bambang Yudoyono’s presidency.

In October 2014, he was inaugurated as Finance Minister in President Joko Widodo’s first cabinet. During his tenure, he initiated Indonesia’s first Tax Amnesty scheme. Bambang Brodjonegoro also designed an improved budget spending by allocating the very first direct-transfer to all 74,000 villages in Indonesia.

References

1. "Presiden tunjuk Bambang Brodjonegoro sebagai Menkeu". Antara News.
2. Rahadiana, Karlis Salna Rieka (27 July 2016). "Indonesia Brings Back Veteran Indrawati as Finance Minister". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
3. "Bambang Brodjonegoro Dilantik Jadi Wakil Menteri Keuangan". bisnis.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-07.

Political offices
Preceded by Chatib Basri	Minister of Finance 2014–2016	Succeeded by Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Preceded by Sofyan Djalil	Minister of National Development Planning 2016–2019	Succeeded by Suharso Monoarfa
Preceded by Mohamad Nasir	Minister of Research and Technology 2019–present	Incumbent