Breaking News: New energy minister installed

Sudirman Said was installed by Presiden Joko Widodo this morning (Monday) as Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources along with other members of the new Cabinet.

Jokowi announced the lineup of his Cabinet at the State Palace on Sunday.

Born on April 16, 1963 in Brebes, Central Java, Sudirman, an accountant who got a master of business administration (MBA) degree from the George Washington University, was known as an anti-corruption activist. He was among the founder of the Indonesian Institute of Corporate Governance in 2000 along with several noted firgures, such as Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, former minister of energy and mineral resources, Erry Riyana Hardjamapekas, former president director of PT Timah, Marie Muhammad, former minister of finance, according to Wikipedia.

In 2005, he was named Deputy Chief of the Aceh Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR), assisting BRR?s chief Kuntoro. The agency was tasked to reconstruct the Aceh province in the aftermath of the December 2004 tsunami.

He later moved to the oil and mining business. He once served as corporate secretary of state owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina and was later appointed as director of supply chain by then president director Ari Soemarno with a special task of fighting oi fuel import mafia. He was later appointed as the coordinator of Pertamina?s assets and subsidiaries restructuring. He later moved to mining service firm PT Petrosea Tbk, a subsidiary of coal mining and energy firm PT Indika Tbk, where he took several positions, including vice president director.

He was appointed president director of Pindad by then Minister of State owned Enterprises Dahlan Iskan on June 4, 2014.

Editing by Johannes Simbolon