Budi Gunadi Sadikin

Budi Gunadi Sadikin
20th Minister of Health
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 December 2020
PresidentJoko Widodo
Prabowo Subianto
DeputyDante Saksono Harbuwono
Preceded byTerawan Agus Putranto
Personal details
Born (1964-05-06) 6 May 1964 (age 60)
Bandung, Indonesia
Alma mater
(BSc)
Occupation

Budi Gunadi Sadikin (born 6 May 1964)[1] is an Indonesian politician. He currently serves as Minister of Health since 2020.[2][3] He is only the second Health Minister not to graduate from a medical school, and the first since Mananti Sitompul.[4]

Early life and education

In 1988, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Science from the Bandung Institute of Technology.[5]

Professional career

Budi started his career as IT staff at IBM Asia Pacific in Tokyo from 1988 until 1994. Then, he became a banker as General Manager of Electronic Banking - Chief GM Jakarta - Chief GM HR PT Bank Bali Tbk (1994-1999), and Senior VP Consumer and Commercial Banking ABN Amro Bank Indonesia & Malaysia (1999-2004).[6]

He also served as Executive VP Consumer Banking Bank Danamon (2004-2006), Director of Micro and Retail Banking Bank Mandiri (2006-2013), and President Director of PT Bank Mandiri Tbk (2013-2016).[3][6]

Starting in 2016, Budi began to enter the government as Special Staff to the Minister of State Owned Enterprises (2016-2017).[6]

In 2017, he was appointed as President Director of PT Inalum. In his era, Inalum bought 51 percent of PT Freeport Indonesia.[6][7]

He was then appointed as Deputy Minister of State-Owned Enterprises I since November 2019.[6]

Political career

Health minister

During the COVID-19 pandemic, his office set up a special unit to deal with flagging oxygen supplies for medical use.[8]

References

  1. ^ Muhammad Idris (2020-12-23). "Profil Budi Gunadi Sadikin, Jebolan Fisika Nuklir, Bankir, Lalu Menkes" (in Indonesian). Kompas.com. Archived from the original on 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  2. ^ "A Glimpse of Jokowi's Six New Ministers: from Political Rival to Banker-turned-Health Minister". Jakarta Globe. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Budi Gunadi Sadikin Appointed New Health Minister Replacing Terawan". Tempo.co. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  4. ^ Alam, Sarah Oktaviani. "Disebut-sebut Menkes 'Non Medis' Pertama RI, Siapakah Mananti Sitompul?". detikHealth (in Indonesian). detikcom. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  5. ^ [citation needed]
  6. ^ a b c d e mae (2024-10-21). "Profil Budi Gunadi Sadikin: Dari Bankir ke Kursi Menteri Kesehatan". CNBC Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  7. ^ Sari, Haryanti Puspa; Prabowo, Dani (2024-10-20). "Prabowo Tunjuk Budi Gunadi Sadikin Jadi Menteri Kesehatan". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Kompas Cyber Media. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  8. ^ "Searching for oxygen as virus surges in Indonesia". Newspapers.com. New York: Newsday. Associated Press. 8 July 2021. p. A37. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
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2020–present 		Incumbent
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