Getting To Know Who Bambang Brodjonegoro Is
JAKARTA - Bambang Brodjonegoro, a professional academic figure who has served as Minister of Research and Technology / National Innovation Research Agency (Menristek / BRIN) for the Forward Indonesia Cabinet 2019-2024. Bambang Brodjonegoro was appointed to re-enter the cabinet of the Jokowi government after previously serving as Minister of Finance and Minister of National Planning (PPN) in the 2014-2016 Indonesian Cabinet. His figure is also one of the initiators of the initial move of Indonesia's new capital city to East Kalimantan through his role when he served as Minister of National Planning of the Indonesian Working Cabinet (2016-2019).
As the successor of Mohamad Nasi, the ministry he leads no longer includes higher education as its main function. With the release of the National Innovation Research Agency, the role of Bambang Brodjonegoro is also the Head of the National Innovation Research Agency (BRIN). An institution that is tasked with integrating every innovation released so that it runs smoothly from upstream to downstream. Starting from planning, starting from planning, implementation, production, and optimization related to post-release.
Who is Bambang BrodjonegoroBambang Brodjonegoro's new mandate is to further advance Indonesian research, technology and innovation, in order to be able to become the main driving element of the nation's economy and increase competitiveness in the international arena.
Bambang Permadi Soemantri Brodjonegoro his full name. Son of Prof. Dr. Ir. Soemantri Brodjonegoro, former Chancellor of the University of Indonesia from 1964-1973 who served as minister in two different posts: Minister of Energy, Resources and Minerals from 1973-1976 and Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia in 1976.
Born and raised in Jakarta. After graduating from Pangudi Luhur, Bambang Brodjonegoro was accepted into the Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia, majoring in Economic Development and Regional Economics. As the best-achieving graduate class of 1990, Bambang left for Chicago, United States to pursue his dream of completing an academic degree. In 1993 he won his master's degree in Transportation Administration and Development Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, one of the best campuses in terms of economics majors. Continues his doctoral degree to study Regional Science and Development Economics, at the same campus where he earned his previous master's degree. When he was 31 years old, he had won two doctoral degrees.
Bambang Brodjonegoro is eager to continue the tradition of the Brodjonegoro breed in the academic world, which must be achieved as high as possible. His childhood life was never treated spoiled like another child, Nani Soeminarsari the mother, was very strict about the values of honesty as a philosophy of life.
Bambang Brodjonegoro's career in governmentThe name Agus Martowardojo, was someone who saw that Professor Bambang's contribution was deemed necessary in his ministry at that time. In 2011, for the first time, Bambang Brodjonegoro had a career in government as Head of the Fiscal Policy Agency of the Ministry of Finance. Two years later in the year, his acceleration resulted in his appointment as Deputy Minister of Finance. During the four years before becoming a minister, he admitted that it was a valuable period for him who came from the academic world to be able to learn to adapt to the government system.
Status as Minister of Finance of the Indonesian Cabinet Jokowi-Jusuf Kalla's work is a momentum. Giving birth to the concept of the Tax Amnesty Law is Bambang Brodjonegoro's contribution to return the state's financial treasury, it has not been completed and the effect is visible, in 2016 he was transferred by Jokowi as Minister of National Planning (PPN) until 2019.
The Capital City of New IndonesiaNamed Finance Minister of The Year 205 by FinanceAsia for his positive contribution as Minister of Finance in Asia Pacific countries. Especially in terms of budget management, fiscal policies, capital market development, and structural reforms in facing the economic challenges in 2015 which at that time were felt to be increasingly difficult.
Asking about how the new capital of the Republic of Indonesia will be realized, Bambang Brodjonegoro is the first person who understands it the most in concept and implementation. As the initiator of the initial move of the new capital city, at that time he was the Minister for National Development Planning. As well as the Head of the National Development Planning Agency, he is a key figure who carries out holistic mapping from planning to implementation.
Its task is to formulate and find a strategic location with how the technical transfer of the capital city will be, resulting in a quite devastating figure of Rp. 466 trillion. The figures that emerge after analysis, planning and scheme development are how the new capital city in Panajam Passer, East Kalimantan will run.
It is estimated that the transfer process will take around 5 to 10 years with a total funding of around Rp. 323 trillion to 466 trillion.
According to him, there are four reasons why East Kalimantan was chosen: geographic location, reducing economic inequality due to the dominance of Gross Domestic Product [GDP] between the West and East Indonesia regions, too dense development in Java, and massive land conversion in Java. The new capital will be presented with the concept of an all-green forest city as the main atmosphere.
He was also nominated as a candidate for the head of the New Authority Agency along with three other names, of which his rival Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahja Purnama. It turns out that Bambang's figure first received support from one of the mass organizations there, the East Kalimantan Regional Community Organization Alliance, said to have received approval through 41 agreements by the chairman and organizational elements.
Youngest DeanHe is the youngest Dean when he was under 40 years old, earning a doctorate at the age of 31 years. Bambang's steps in raising the alma mater of the UI economics faculty are indeed neat. The presence of postgraduate programs in economics and double degree is the pioneer.
Since graduating S3, he has spent 12 years with UI. It is not surprising that today he has been named Professor of Economics at UI. Bambang began his career as a teacher, climbing from the Head of the Study Program, Head of the Department, to the Dean of the Faculty of Economics for the period 2005-2009, to a Professor of Economics at UI.
His academic achievements are as a bachelor of economics, master of urban planning (MUP) and a Ph.D in regional and urban planning.
Bambang Brodjonegoro is a pioneer in the birth of the Postgraduate Program in the Faculty of Economics and double degree, in collaboration with one of the well-known Australian National University campuses and a university in the Netherlands.
Interesting Facts of Bambang BrodjonegoroGreat Teacher, Father and Son. Father and son who became Professor. Prof. His father Soemantri Brodjonegoro is a Professor of Chemistry at the Bandung Institute of Technology while his son is also a Professor of Economics at the University of Indonesia.
Minister 3 Different Positions. He has experienced 3 different positions during Jokowi's administration, as Minister of Finance, Minister of National Planning (PPN), and Minister of Research and Technology / Head of the National Innovation Agency (BRIN).
Badminton and Writing. He really enjoys badminton on weekends during his spare time, until now he is still actively playing. Active in academic writing, some of his writings are stored in a book by Edward Elgar, The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) Singapore. He is also actively writing articles to be distributed in several international journals. Call it one of them, Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics.
Profile of Bambang BrodjonegoroFull Name Bambang Permadi Soemantri Brodjonegoro, SE, M.UP., Ph.D. Professional Academic Title: Bachelor of Economics (SE) Master of Urban Planning (M.UP.) Philosophy Doctor (Ph.D.) Place and Date of Birth Jakarta, October 3, 1966
Religion Islam Parents Raden Soemantri BrodjonegoroNani Soeminarsari SpouseIrina Justina Zega ChildDaniswara Brodjonegoro Wealth Report Rp23,361,130,576 and $ 65,488 (2016 / LHKPN)
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Education
1997S-3: Regional Science and Development Economics, University of Illinois, United States at Urbana-Champaign, United States
1993S-2: Transportation Administration and Development Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
1990S-1: Development Economics & Regional Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia, Indonesia
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Career Journey
2019-present Minister of Technology Research / Head of the Indonesian National Innovation Research Agency - Advanced Indonesia Cabinet (BRIN)
2016-2019 Head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) RI - Indonesian Cabinet Work
2014-2016 Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia - Advanced Indonesia Cabinet
2018-2023 Chairperson of the Indonesia Forum Foundation
2017-2018 Chairman of the Indonesia Economist Association (ISEI)
2013-2014 Deputy Minister of Finance, United Indonesia Cabinet II
2011-2014 Head of the Ministry of Finance's Fiscal Policy Agency
2009-2011 Director General, The Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2011-present Chair of the Indonesian Islamic Economist Association (IAEI), (2011-present)
2007-2008 Chairperson of the Minister of Finance Expert Team for Fiscal Decentralization of the Republic of Indonesia
2005-2009 Dean of the Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia
2002-2005 Chairman of the Audit Committee, Board of Commissioners of PT. PLN Indonesia
2001-2004 Director of the Postgraduate Program in Economics, University of Indonesia
1999-2002 Deputy Director for Regional Economics and Infrastructure Research, LPEM-Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia
1998-2001 Secretary of the Postgraduate Program in Economics, University of Indonesia
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appreciation
2004 Visiting Fellow, The Indonesia Project - Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia
2002 Eisenhower Fellowships, The Single Region Program - Southeast Asia, United States, September - November
1999ISEAS-World Bank Research Fellowship Award (as Visiting Research Fellow), The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore Visiting Fellow, The Institute of East Asian Studies, Thammasat University, Thailand
1991-1995 Academic Scholarship awarded by the Indonesian Government - HED
1989 Student Achievement, University of Indonesia