Arief Yahya

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Arief Yahya
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Arief Yahya as Minister of Tourism (2016)
11th Minister of Tourism
In office
27 October 2014 –23 October 2019
President Joko Widodo
Preceded by Mari Elka Pangestu
Succeeded by Wishnutama
Personal details
Born (1961-04-02) 2 April 1961 (age 59)
Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia
NationalityIndonesian
Political partyNon Party
RelationsSaid Suhadi (Father)
Siti Badriya (Mother)
Children4
Alma mater Bandung Institute of Technology
University of Surrey
Padjadjaran University
ProfessionProfessional

Arief Yahya (born 2 April 1961 in Banyuwangi) is the former Minister of Tourism of Indonesia between 2014 and 2019 in the Working Cabinet of President Joko Widodo. Prior to becoming a minister, he had been the CEO at state-owned Telkom Indonesia between 2012 and his appointment.

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Background

Yahya was born in Banyuwangi, East Java on 2 March 1961, his father a merchant while her mother was a stay-at-home parent. At the age of 18, he was admitted to the Bandung Institute of Technology to study electrical engineering. Later, he would receive a scholarship from his workplace to study at Surrey University. He continued to earn his doctorate at Padjadjaran University, graduating with a business management degree in 2014. [1] [2]

Career

Telkom

He started working at Telkom Indonesia in 1986. There, he gradually rose up the corporate ranks, at points becoming head of a local office, a regional division, then becoming a director of enterprise and wholesale. [1]

In 2012, he was appointed by the government as CEO, replacing Rinaldi Firmansyah. [3]

Minister of Tourism

He was appointed minister of tourism by newly elected Joko Widodo in 2014. [4] In 2015, his ministry set a target to have 20 million foreign visitors by 2019, with visits that year numbering around 9 million per year. By 2017, the number had increased to 14 million. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Profil Arief Yahya". VIVA (in Indonesian). Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "H.E. Arief Yahya" (in Indonesian). World Travel and Tourism Council. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Telkom – Arief Yahya ditunjuk sebagai Direktur Utama" . Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Presiden Joko Widodo umumkan kabinet". BBC Indonesia (in Indonesian). 26 October 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  5. ↑ Guild, James (7 June 2018). "Indonesia's Booming Tourism Industry". The Diplomat. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
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