| Faisal Hasan Basri Batubara | |
| Birth Date: | 6 November 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Bandung, Indonesia |
| Nationality: | Indonesian |
| Alma Mater: | University of Indonesia Vanderbilt University |
| Field: | Economics |
| Spouse: | Syahfitri Nasution |
| Notes: | Relative: Adam Malik |
Faisal Basri (born 6 November 1959) is an Indonesian economist and politician. He is a faculty member at University of Indonesia, specializing in political economics, and a member of KPPU, Indonesian competition regulator. Basri is the grandnephew of Indonesia's third Vice President, Adam Malik.[1]
In 2012, Basri ran for governor in the Jakarta gubernatorial election as independent along with Biem Benyamin, the son of a prominent Betawi figure, Benyamin Sueb,[2] but he was unsuccessful in winning the governorship, with fewer votes than Joko Widodo, Fauzi Bowo, and Hidayat Nur Wahid, and ahead of Alex Noerdin and Hendarji Supanji.[3]
Basri was born in Bandung, West Java on 6 November 1959 to Hasan Basri and Saidah Nasution. His family moved to Jakarta in 1966 after his father got a job in a printing company in Setiabudi, South Jakarta.
He obtained his degree in economics in 1985 from University of Indonesia. Basri completed his MA at Vanderbilt University in 1988.