Aburizal Bakrie

Aburizal Bakrie (born 15 November 1946) is an Indonesian politician and a widely recognised successful businessman in Indonesia via his conglomerate Bakrie Group. From 2004 until 2005 Bakrie served as Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economy. From 2005 until 2009 he served as Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare. Since 2009, Bakrie served as the Chairman of the Golkar Party up to late 2014 and resumed chairmanship in May 2015.

In this Indonesian name, the name "Bakrie" is a family name, and the person should be referred to by the family name "Bakrie".

Aburizal Bakrie
Bakrie in March 2011
9th General Chairman of the Golkar Party
In office
9 October 2009 – 17 May 2016
Preceded byJusuf Kalla
Succeeded bySetya Novanto
Personal details
Born (1946-11-15) 15 November 1946
Jakarta, Indonesia
Political partyGolkar
SpouseTatty Murnitriati
Children3, including Anindya Bakrie
Alma materBandung Institute of Technology

He is well known to be responsible for the Sidoarjo mud flow via his company Energi Mega Persada.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.