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Budi Gunadi Sadikin

Indonesian politician (born 1964) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Budi Gunadi Sadikin
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Budi Gunadi Sadikin (born 6 May 1964)[1] is an Indonesian politician. He currently serves as Minister of Health since 2020.[2][3] He is only the second Health Minister not to graduate from a medical school, and the first since Mananti Sitompul.[4]

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Early life and education

In 1988, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics from the Bandung Institute of Technology.[5]

Professional career

Budi started his career as IT staff at IBM Asia Pacific in Tokyo from 1988 until 1994. Then, he became a banker as General Manager of Electronic Banking - Chief GM Jakarta - Chief GM HR PT Bank Bali Tbk (1994-1999), and Senior VP Consumer and Commercial Banking ABN Amro Bank Indonesia & Malaysia (1999-2004).[6]

He also served as Executive VP Consumer Banking Bank Danamon (2004-2006), Director of Micro and Retail Banking Bank Mandiri (2006-2013), and President Director of PT Bank Mandiri Tbk (2013-2016).[3][6]

Starting in 2016, Budi began to enter the government as Special Staff to the Minister of State Owned Enterprises (2016-2017).[6]

In 2017, he was appointed as President Director of PT Inalum. In his era, Inalum bought 51 percent of PT Freeport Indonesia.[6][7]

He was then appointed as Deputy Minister of State-Owned Enterprises I since November 2019.[6]

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Political career

Health minister

During the COVID-19 pandemic, his office set up a special unit to deal with flagging oxygen supplies for medical use.[8]

References

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