Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita

Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita (born 3 January 1969) is an Indonesian politician.[1] He is the current Minister of Industry in the Republic of Indonesia, appointed on 24 August 2019.[2][3][4]

Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita
26th Minister of Industry
Assumed office
23 October 2019
PresidentJoko Widodo
Preceded byAirlangga Hartarto
29th Minister of Social Affairs
In office
24 August 2018 – 20 October 2019
PresidentJoko Widodo
Preceded byIdrus Marham
Succeeded byJuliari Batubara
Member of People's Representative Council
In office
1 October 2009 – 24 August 2018
PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Joko Widodo
Personal details
Born (1969-01-03) 3 January 1969
Jakarta, Indonesia
Political partyGolkar
Spouse(s)Loemongga Haoemasan
ParentsGinandjar Kartasasmita

Personal life and education

Agus Kartasasmita was born on 3 January 1969 in Jakarta, Indonesia. His father is Ginandjar Kartasasmita a former Speaker of Indonesia Regional Representative Council. Kartasasmita attended Canisius High School in 1984 and left in 1985 to Knox High School in New York. In 1991, he went to Pacific Western University where he studied Commercial Science and graduated in 1994 with a BSc in Commercial science. In 2007, he enrolled into Universitas Pasundan where he graduated with Master of Public Administration in 2009. In 2014, he obtained a PhD in Administration from Universitas Pasundan.

Career

Agus Kartasasmita began his political career when he was elected into the People's Representative Council of Indonesia in 1998 and served till 2004.[5] While serving as member of parliament he was a member of Commission I of the Parliament.[6] In 2009 he was re-elected into the Legislative Assembly, during his tenure he served as Chairman of the Working Committee of the State Intelligence Bill, International Treaties Committee Chairman Bill, Chairman of the Special Committee for National Security Bill and Vice Chairman of Commission I[7] respectively until 2014.[8][9]

In 2014, he was re-elected into People's Representative Council of Indonesia. He is a member of the Commission XI of the House of Representative. In early 2015, he was appointed Secretary of Golkar Party faction in People's Representative Council.[10][11]

On 24 August 2018, he was appointed Minister of Social Affairs by President Joko Widodo.[12][13][14] On October 23 2019, president elect Jokowi announced that Agus Gumiwang would make a return to his Indonesia Onward Cabinet as Minister of Industry replacing Gumiwang's fellow Golkar Party politicians Airlangga Hartarto.[15]

References
  1. "Perangi Kemiskinan Melalui Integrasi Bansos PKH dengan BPNT". Tribunnews.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  2. "agus gumiwang kartasasmita dari sosial ke perindustrian".
  3. Times, I. D. N.; Hutasoit, Lia. "5 Fakta Mensos Baru Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita". IDN Times (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  4. "VIDEO: Dua Menteri Buka Diklat 3 in 1 Industri Garmen dan Alas Kaki Bagi Disabilitas di Solo". Tribun Solo (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  5. Mietzner, Marcus (2008). "Comparing Indonesia's Party Systems of the 1950s and the Post-Suharto Era: From Centrifugal to Centripetal Inter-Party Competition". Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 39 (3): 431–453. doi:10.1017/S0022463408000337. ISSN 0022-4634. JSTOR 27751535.
  6. BeritaSatu.com. "Anak Ginandjar Kartasasmita Bela Freeport". beritasatu.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  7. KOMINFO, PDSI. "RUU Penyiaran siap dibahas". Website Resmi Kementerian Komunikasi dan Informatika RI. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  8. "DPR Sahkan UU Intelijen". VOA Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  9. Kompasiana.com. "Inilah Anggota Dewan Kita Melalui Jalur Keluarga". KOMPASIANA (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  10. Firdaus, Helmi. "Bambang Soesatyo Robek Surat Kubu Agung, Yorrys Murka". nasional. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  11. Faqih, Fikri. "Dekat JK, Agus Gumiwang dinilai mampu stabilkan kondisi politik". merdeka.com. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  12. Media, Kompas Cyber. "Ini Alasan Jokowi Pilih Agus Gumiwang Jadi Mensos". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  13. Agu 2018, Hanz Jimenez Salim24; Wib, 17:35 (2018-08-24). "Cerita Agus Gumiwang Mendadak Jadi Menteri Hingga Tak Didampingi Istri". liputan6.com. Retrieved 2019-04-21.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. Media, Kompas Cyber. "Mensos Agus Gumiwang, Loyalis Jokowi yang Pernah Dipecat Golkar". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  15. Post, The Jakarta. "BREAKING: Jokowi announces his new Cabinet. Here's the line up". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
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