Prospective Minister : Mari Elka Pangestu, PhD
Mari Elka Pangestu, PhD
Women born in Jakarta, October 23, 1955, it is Tionghoa-Indonesian woman who holds the first position as minister in Indonesia as the Minister of Trade in the United Indonesia Cabinet Volume I (2004-2009).
Mari Pangestu obtained his Bachelor and Master of Economics from the Australian National University, and his PhD (Doctorate) in the field of International Trade, Finance and Monetary Economics from the University of California, Davis, in 1986.
Before assuming office as Minister of Trade, Mari Pangestu has long been active in various trade forums such as PECC and he was one of economic researchers in Indonesia. Mari Pangestu is expected to re-occupy the position as Minister of Trade in the next cabinet.
