Bahlil Lahadalia | |
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Minister of Investment | |
Assumed office 28 Apr2021 | |
President | Joko Widodo |
Preceded by | Marzuki Usman |
Chair of Investment Coordinating Board | |
Assumed office 23 October 2019 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Trikasih Lembong |
Personal details | |
Born | Banda Islands,Central Maluku Regency,Maluku,Indonesia | 7 August 1976
Bahlil Lahadalia (born 7 August 1976) is an Indonesian businessman and politician. He has been serving as Minister of Investment since April 2021,dual-hatted as head of the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM),which he had served since October 2019. [1] He has also served as Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources ad interim since 3 February 2022. [2] [3] [4]
He was born in and had most of his education in Maluku,from elementary to junior high school [5] before moving to Fak-Fak,(where his father is from) to take high school. [5] [6] He decided to study economics in Jayapura at Port Numbay Economy College,a local private college. [7] However,as he revealed during a guest lecture in University of Brawijaya,he graduated very late at age of 26 years old,as his education was interrupted due to his involvement in the May 1998 riots. [8]
During his time as a student,he was active in the Muslim Students' Association in Papua,and he eventually reached the position of General Treasurer of the National Leadership of the Muslim Students' Association. [9] [5]
His first job was as a cake seller when he was a pre-teen. He later became a bus conductor when he was just a teenager,and eventually became a public transportation driver when he was in senior high school. [10] Years later,after he had graduated from Port Numbay,he was hired as a worker of Sucofindo,a state-run company. [10] With his friends,he later founded three companies named PT Rifa Capital,PT Bersama Papua Unggul,and PT Dwijati Sukses. [11]
He owns PT Rifa Capital Holding Company and 10 other companies,and is active mostly in the transportation and property sectors. [6]
He is a former chairman of the Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association. [12]
As a businessman,at some point in time,he met Joko Widodo who was a fellow businessman at that time and befriended him. The friendship they shared was very close to the point Joko Widodo himself considered him a brother. [10]
During 2019 Indonesian presidential election,Lahadalia supported Joko Widodo for his run for second term of his presidency. He became Director of Directorate for Young Voters Raiser of the Joko Widodo - Ma'ruf Amin presidential campaign team,National Campaign Team of the Working Indonesia Coalition. [10] For his work for Joko Widodo campaign in defending his presidency,in October 2019,he was appointed head of BKPM (Indonesian:Badan Koordinasi Penanaman Modal,English:Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board). [13] He was sworn in as Indonesia's first minister of investment on 28 April 2021,following the creation of the Ministry of Investment. [13] [14]
On 4 February 2022,Arifin Tasrif,the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources suddenly replaced with Lahadalia as ad interim minister for undisclosed health-related issue reason. The change is effective from 3 February 2022. [2] [3] It later revealed that Tasrif is infected with COVID-19,and the change of the ministry is just temporary. [4]
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