Sri Mulyani Indrawati ꦯꦿꦲꦶ꧈ꦩꦸꦭꦾꦟꦶ꧈ꦆꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦮꦠꦶ |
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26th Finance Minister of Indonesia | |
Assumed office 27 July 2016 |
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President | Joko Widodo |
Preceded by | Bambang Brodjonegoro |
In office 7 December 2005 – 20 May 2010 |
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President | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
Preceded by | Jusuf Anwar |
Succeeded by | Agus Martowardojo |
Managing Director of the World Bank Group | |
In office 1 June 2010 – 27 July 2016 |
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President |
Robert Zoellick Jim Yong Kim |
Preceded by | Juan José Daboub |
Succeeded by | Kyle Peters (Acting) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Tanjungkarang, Indonesia (now Bandar Lampung) |
26 August 1962
Political party | Independent |
Spouse(s) | Tony Sumartono |
Alma mater |
University of Indonesia (S.E.) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (M.Sc., Ph.D.) |
Religion | Islam |
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Sri Mulyani Indrawati (Javanese: ꦯꦿꦲꦶ꧈ꦩꦸꦭꦾꦟꦶ꧈ꦆꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦮꦠꦶ;Gêdrìk: Sri Mùlyani Indråwati; O-Javanese: Sri Mulyani Indrawati; born 26 August 1962) is an Indonesian economist who has been Minister of Finance of Indonesia since 2016; previously she served in the same post from 2005 to 2010. In June 2010 she was appointed as Managing Director of the World Bank Group and resigned as Minister of Finance. On July 27, 2016, Sri Mulyani was reappointed as Minister of Finance in a cabinet reshuffle by President Joko Widodo, replacing Bambang Permadi Soemantri Brodjonegoro.
As finance minister from 2005 to 2010, Sri Mulyani was known as a tough reformist and was largely credited with strengthening Indonesia's economy, increasing investments and steering Southeast Asia's largest economy through the 2007–10 financial crisis. In 2014, she was ranked as the 38th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine.
Sri Mulyani was born in Tanjung Karang (now called Bandar Lampung) in Lampung, Sumatra, on August 26, 1962. She is the seventh child of university lecturers Prof. Satmoko and Retno Sriningsih. Her name is of Javanese origin, with Sanskrit roots.Sri has the meaning of radiance, or diffusing light, and is common as both honorific and part of female names among Javanese. Mulyani comes from the word mulya which is used to describe the concept value, valuable.Indrawati come from Indra and feminine suffix -vati.