Mar'ie Muhammad

Mar'ie Muhammad (3 April 1939^[1] – 11 December 2016) was an Indonesian politician and philanthropist. He served as the Minister of Finance under President Suharto from 1993 to 1998. He also served as the Chair of the Indonesian Red Cross Society (PMI) from 1998 to 2009.

Mar'ie Muhammad
Minister of Finance
In office 17 March 1993 – 16 March 1998
President	Suharto
Preceded by	J. B. Sumarlin
Succeeded by	Fuad Bawazier
11th Chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross Society
In office 22 December 1998 – 22 December 2009
Preceded by	Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana
Succeeded by	Jusuf Kalla
Personal details
Born	(1939-04-03)3 April 1939 Surabaya, East Java, Dutch East Indies
Died	11 December 2016(2016-12-11) (aged 77) Cawang, Jakarta, Indonesia
Children	3
Occupation	Economist

During his period as Chair of PMI, the major 2004 earthquake and tsunami devastated Aceh and Nias. He travelled to areas affected and was active in arranging effective coordination between the Indonesian Red Cross and the national Indonesian Agency for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Aceh.^[2]

Muhammad died of brain cancer on 11 December 2016 at the National Brain Center Hospital in Cawang, Jakarta at the age of 77.^[3]

Honours

• Star of Mahaputera, 2nd Class (Indonesian: Bintang Mahaputera Adipradana) (30 July 1996)^[4]
• Star of Mahaputera, 3rd Class (Indonesian: Bintang Mahaputera Utama) (12 August 1992)