Akbar Tandjung

Akbar Tandjung
Akbar Tandjung
	Official portrait, 1999
13th Speaker of the House; of Representatives
	In office; 6 October 1999 – 30 September 2004
Preceded by	Harmoko
Succeeded by	Agung Laksono
7th General Chairman of the Golkar Party
	In office; 11 July 1998 – 19 December 2004
Preceded by	Harmoko
Succeeded by	Jusuf Kalla
Member of House of Representatives
	In office; 1 October 1999 – 1 October 2004
	In office; 1 October 1977 – 21 March 1988
Preceded by
Ministerial offices
7th Minister of the State Secretariat
	In office; 23 May 1998 – 20 October 1999
Preceded by	Saadilah Mursyid
Succeeded by	Muladi (acting)
3rd Minister of Public Housing
	In office; 17 March 1993 – 21 May 1998
Preceded by	Siswono Yudo Husodo
Succeeded by	Theo L. Sambuaga
5th Minister of Youth and Sports
	In office; 21 March 1988 – 17 March 1993
Preceded by	Abdul Gafur
Succeeded by	Hayono Isman
Personal details
Born	Djandji Akbar Zahiruddin Tandjung; 14 August 1945; Sorkam, Central Tapanuli, Japanese East Indies
Political party	Golkar
Spouse	Krisnina Maharani (m. 1960)
Alma mater	University of Indonesia; Gadjah Mada University;
Occupation	Politician

Djandji Akbar Zahiruddin Tandjung (born 14 August 1945) is an Indonesian politician who served as the Speaker of the People's Representative Council from 1999 until 2004. A member of the Golkar party, he also served as the party's chairman from 1999 until 2004 and was a member of the People's Representative Council from East Java from 1977 until 2004.

He served as a minister under former presidents Suharto and B.J. Habibie. He was Speaker of the People's Representative Council (DPR) from 1999 to 2004. In 2002 he was convicted of corruption over the embezzlement of funds intended for food relief for the poor, but the conviction was overturned on appeal in 2004.

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