Arief Yahya | |
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![]() Arief Yahya as Minister of Tourism (2016) | |
10th 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 | Banyuwangi,East Java | 2 April 1961
Nationality | Indonesian |
Political party | Non Party |
Relations | Said Suhadi (Father) Siti Badriya (Mother) |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | Bandung Institute of Technology University of Surrey Padjadjaran University |
Profession | Professional |
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.
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]
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]
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]