Rizal Ramli
| Rizal Ramli | |
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| 1st Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs | |
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In office 12 August 2015 – 27 July 2016 |
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| President | Joko Widodo |
| Preceded by | Indroyono Soesilo |
| Succeeded by | Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan |
| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 12 June 2001 – 9 August 2001 |
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| President | Abdurahman Wahid |
| Preceded by | Prijadi Praptosuhardjo |
| Succeeded by | Boediono |
| Coordinating Minister for Economics Affairs | |
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In office 23 August 2000 – 12 June 2001 |
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| President | Abdurahman Wahid |
| Preceded by | Kwik Kian Gie |
| Succeeded by | Burhanuddin Abdullah |
| Chairman of Indonesian Bureau of Logistics | |
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In office March 2000 – 19 February 2001 |
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| President | Abdurahman Wahid |
| Preceded by | Jusuf Kalla |
| Succeeded by | Widjanarko Puspoyo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 10, 1954 Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia |
| Alma mater |
Bandung Institute of Technology (Ir.) Sophia University (M.A.) Boston University (Ph.D.) |
Rizal Ramli (born December 10, 1954 in Padang, West Sumatra) is an Indonesian politician and economist. Ramli served as Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs under Joko Widodo administration as well as Coordinating Minister for Economics Affairs (August 2000–June 2001) and Minister of Finance (June 2001–August 2001) under the Abdurrahman Wahid administration. He was the Chairman of Komite Bangkit Indonesia (Indonesia Awakening Committee) and an independent candidate for President of Indonesia in the July 2009 election.
Rizal Ramli (RR) and his parents are from Padang. He was forced to move to his grandmother's house, Ny. Rahmah, in Bogor, West Java when he was six, due to the death of his parents.
Ramli's father was an assistant district officer. While Mrs. RR was a known teacher in the discipline instilled with high morals and intellect. "My mother, Rabiah, died first when I was five years old. The next year my father, Ramli, followed" said RR started the story bringing him to Java.
At the age of 3, Rizal Ramli was already able to read. And for that, he says, is thankful to his mother who taught and guided at all times to learn the letters. "My mother is a teacher, so she taught me for a quick easy read. And for me, to be good in reading is the key to get better."
After graduating from high school, Ramli continued his study at Institute of Technology, Bandung (ITB), where he obtained an undergraduate degree in Physics. He worked as a translator to pay his school fee in ITB.
He was an activist and the Chairman of ITB Students Council in 1977. Ramli and 3 of his friends were the authors of the "White Book". In the book, he wrote about many criticism against the system of authoritarian rule in Indonesian government under the Soeharto regime. The white book also explores the practice of corruption, collusion and nepotism in Indonesian Government, particularly the family of President Suharto. Although the white book was eventually banned in the campus, copies were circulated around Java. The popularity also received media attention at that time. The book was then translated into 8 languages by Ben Anderson, a scholar from Cornell University, USA. One of the first critics to Soeharto in Indonesia at that time, Ramli was jailed for 6 months.
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