JAKARTA - Former State Minister for the Environment Nabiel Makarim who served in 2001-2004 has passed away on Friday afternoon.
"He has passed away," said Head of Public Relations of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Nunu Anugrah, quoted by Antara, Friday, October 22.
"Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi roji''un. The leadership and all levels of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry are deeply saddened by the passing of Mr. Nabiel Makarim (Minister of Environment for the period 2001-2004). May the deceased be Husnul Khotimah," added Nunu.
Nabiel Makarim died at the age of 75 today at 13:20 WIB at his residence.
Nabiel Makarim served as State Minister for the Environment in the Gotong Royong Cabinet led by the 5th President of the Republic of Indonesia Megawati Soekarnoputri in the period 2001-2004.
Previously he also held positions as Deputy for Pollution Control at the Environmental Impact Management Agency (BAPEDAL) and Assistant Minister for Environmental Damage Control at the Office of the State Minister for Population and Environment.
In his career in the environmental field, he is involved in several programs that have an impact on the Indonesian environmental sector, such as the Clean River Program (Prokasih) and Pollution Control, Evaluation and Rating (PROPER).
Nabiel Makarim was born in Surakarta, Central Java on November 9, 1945, has a wife named Ainun Makarim and two children. He was educated at the Bandung Institute of Technology and earned master's degrees at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management in the United States.
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