Career
As an academician,he began his career as a lecturer at the University of Indonesia's faculty of economy and became the chair of the economics department in the faculty. He also served as a member of the board of commissioners of the State Electricity Company. During his tenure as a lecturer,Bambang developed postgraduate program in his department as well as double degree partnerships with the Australian National University and a Dutch university. [4]
In March 2005,Bambang became the nominee for the faculty's dean,alongside with Rhenald Kasali from the management department and Siddharta Utama from the accounting department. [5] Despite being the youngest candidate, [5] Bambang was selected by UI rector Usman Chatib Warsa following an assessment process on 10 March. [4] His selection was responded positively by alumni and faculty members,including alumni chairman Arwin Rasjid,who "pledged support from 12,000 alumni",and chief secretary to the vice president Prijono Tjiptoherijanto who expected that "the new dean can restore the faculty's prestige and excellence". [6] During the assessment,Bambang emphasized an open-minded,committed,and forward-looking leadership and promised academic services reforms in online registration system,teaching incentives,innovative methods,academic support facilities,as well as global and market-aligned curriculum. [7] He was installed as dean on 21 March 2005 and was the-then university's youngest dean at the age of 38. [8]
In 2009,he became the director-general of the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI),Islamic Development Bank Group,located in Jeddah,The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. After two years as The director-general of IRTI,he was appointed as the chairman of The Fiscal Policy Agency,Ministry of Finance,The Republic of Indonesia in 2011. He then was then promoted to the vice-minister of finance during Susilo Bambang Yudoyono's presidency.
In October 2014,he was inaugurated as finance minister in President Joko Widodo's first cabinet. During his tenure,he initiated Indonesia's first tax amnesty scheme. Bambang Brodjonegoro also designed an improved budget spending by allocating the very first direct transfer to all 74,000 villages in Indonesia.
On 23 October 2019,he was appointed as minister of research and technology,a post he was co-held with the head of the National Research and Innovation Agency,under Presidential Decision No. 113/P/2019. [9] He holds the post until April 2021. On 9 April 2021,Bambang Brodjonegoro announced his departure at an event at Hasanuddin University and told the audience the visit would be the last event he attended in his capacity as the minister and head of BRIN. On 10 April 2021,Bambang Brodjonegoro reported resigned from his positions as the minister and head of BRIN. [10] [11] On 28 April 2021,Nadiem Makarim was inaugurated as the new minister for the Ministry of Education,Culture,Research,and Technology,and Laksana Tri Handoko was appointed as the new head of the National Research and Innovation Agency,effectively ending the ministry and his time as minister. [12]
After no longer becoming minister,Bambang Brodjonegoro established his own executive office to manage his post-ministerial activities and disseminate his works and thoughts around May 2021. He returned to academia and became head of the Council of Professors of Faculty of Economy and Business University of Indonesia shortly after that. [13] He also appointed and trusted to become independent commissioner in national companies such as Bukalapak (appointed 1 May 2021), [14] Telkom (appointed 28 May 2021), [15] Astra International (appointed 17 June 2021), [16] TBS Energi Utama (appointed 18 June 2021), [17] Oligo Infrastructure (appointed 1 July 2021), [18] and Indofood (appointed 27 August 2021). [19]
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