Budi Gunadi Sadikin Explained

Budi Gunadi Sadikin
Office1:20th Minister of Health
Term Start1:23 December 2020
President1:Joko Widodo
Prabowo Subianto
Deputy1:Dante Saksono Harbuwono
Predecessor1:Terawan Agus Putranto
Birth Date:6 May 1964
Birth Place:Bandung, Indonesia
Alma Mater: (BSc)

Budi Gunadi Sadikin (born 6 May 1964)[1] is an Indonesian politician. He currently serves as Minister of Health since 2020.[2] [3] He is only the second Health Minister not to graduate from a medical school, and the first since Mananti Sitompul.[4]

Early life and education

In 1988, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Science from the Bandung Institute of Technology.[5]

Professional career

Budi started his career as IT staff at IBM Asia Pacific in Tokyo from 1988 until 1994. Then, he became a banker as General Manager of Electronic Banking - Chief GM Jakarta - Chief GM HR PT Bank Bali Tbk (1994-1999), and Senior VP Consumer and Commercial Banking ABN Amro Bank Indonesia & Malaysia (1999-2004).[6]

He also served as Executive VP Consumer Banking Bank Danamon (2004-2006), Director of Micro and Retail Banking Bank Mandiri (2006-2013), and President Director of PT Bank Mandiri Tbk (2013-2016).

Starting in 2016, Budi began to enter the government as Special Staff to the Minister of State Owned Enterprises (2016-2017).

In 2017, he was appointed as President Director of PT Inalum. In his era, Inalum bought 51 percent of PT Freeport Indonesia.[7]

He was then appointed as Deputy Minister of State-Owned Enterprises I since November 2019.

Political career

Health minister

During the COVID-19 pandemic, his office set up a special unit to deal with flagging oxygen supplies for medical use.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profil Budi Gunadi Sadikin, Jebolan Fisika Nuklir, Bankir, Lalu Menkes. Muhammad Idris. Kompas.com. https://archive.today/20210219213958/https://money.kompas.com/read/2020/12/23/071810026/profil-budi-gunadi-sadikin-jebolan-fisika-nuklir-bankir-lalu-menkes?page=all. 2021-02-19. 2020-12-23. 2021-02-19. id.
  2. News: 22 December 2020. A Glimpse of Jokowi's Six New Ministers: from Political Rival to Banker-turned-Health Minister. Jakarta Globe. 6 February 2021.
  3. News: 22 December 2020. Budi Gunadi Sadikin Appointed New Health Minister Replacing Terawan. Tempo.co. 6 February 2021.
  4. Web site: Alam . Sarah Oktaviani . Disebut-sebut Menkes 'Non Medis' Pertama RI, Siapakah Mananti Sitompul? . 2024-06-06 . detikHealth . detikcom . id-ID.
  5. Budi Gunadi Sadikin. World Economic Forum. October 2024.
  6. Web site: mae . 2024-10-21 . Profil Budi Gunadi Sadikin: Dari Bankir ke Kursi Menteri Kesehatan . 2024-10-21 . CNBC Indonesia . id.
  7. Web site: Sari . Haryanti Puspa . Prabowo . Dani . 2024-10-20 . Prabowo Tunjuk Budi Gunadi Sadikin Jadi Menteri Kesehatan . 2024-10-21 . KOMPAS.com . Kompas Cyber Media . id.
  8. News: Searching for oxygen as virus surges in Indonesia . 22 February 2023 . Newspapers.com . Associated Press . Newsday . 8 July 2021 . New York . A37 . en.