Ignasius Jonan | |
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17th Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Indonesia Ministry | |
In office 14 October 2016 – Present |
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President | Joko Widodo |
Preceded by | Archandra Tahar |
Ministry of Transportation, Indonesia Ministry | |
In office 20 October 2014 – 27 July 2016 |
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President | Joko Widodo |
Preceded by | E.E. Mangindaan |
Succeeded by | Budi Karya Sumadi |
Personal details | |
Born |
Singapore |
21 June 1963
Nationality | Indonesian |
Alma mater |
Airlangga University (Drs.) Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (M.A.) Tufts University (M.A.) |
Occupation | Indonesian Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources |
Ignasius Jonan (born 21 June 1963) is the Indonesian Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources serving under President Joko Widodo's administration. He was a former Indonesian Minister of Transportation a former CEO of the Indonesian government-owned railway company, PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT. KAI), from 2009 to 2014.
Born in Singapore, Jonan received his Bachelor's degree in Accounting from Airlangga University, Surabaya in 1986, and M.A. in International Relations and Affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University in 2005. He started his professional career in the banking sector, holding a managing director role in the American banking and financial services corporation, Citigroup, before entering the public transportation sector in 2009. He was named by Sofyan Djalil. the then-Minister of State-owned Enterprises, to lead PT. KAI from 2009 to 2014.
Jonan was born on 21 June 1963 in Singapore. He spent his youth in Surabaya, graduating from St. Louis 1 Catholic High School in the city. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from Airlangga University's School of Business and Economics in 1985. He took executive and management programs between 1999 and 2000 from Columbia Business School and John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
He received his Master's degree in International Relations and Affairs from Tufts University in 2005.