Budi Gunadi Sadikin

• Bandung Institute of Technology

(BSc)

Budi Gunadi Sadikin
20th Minister of Health
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 December 2020
Occupation	Bureaucrat banker

Budi Gunadi Sadikin (born 6 May 1964) ^[1] is an Indonesian politician. He currently serves as Minister of Health since 2020. ^{[2] [3]} He is only the second Health Minister not to graduate from a medical school, and the first since Mananti Sitompul. ^[4]

Early life and education

In 1988, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics from the Bandung Institute of Technology. ^[5]

Professional career

Budi started his career as IT staff at IBM Asia Pacific in Tokyo from 1988 until 1994. Then, he became a banker as General Manager of Electronic Banking - Chief GM Jakarta - Chief GM HR PT Bank Bali Tbk (1994-1999), and Senior VP Consumer and Commercial Banking ABN Amro Bank Indonesia & Malaysia (1999-2004). ^[6]

He also served as Executive VP Consumer Banking Bank Danamon (2004-2006), Director of Micro and Retail Banking Bank Mandiri (2006-2013), and President Director of PT Bank Mandiri Tbk (2013-2016). ^{[3] [6]}

Starting in 2016, Budi began to enter the government as Special Staff to the Minister of State Owned Enterprises (2016-2017). ^[6]

In 2017, he was appointed as President Director of PT Inalum. In his era, Inalum bought 51 percent of PT Freeport Indonesia. ^{[6] [7]}

He was then appointed as Deputy Minister of State-Owned Enterprises I since November 2019. ^[6]

Political career

Health minister

During the COVID-19 pandemic, his office set up a special unit to deal with flagging oxygen supplies for medical use. ^[8]

References

1. Muhammad Idris (2020-12-23). "Profil Budi Gunadi Sadikin, Jebolan Fisika Nuklir, Bankir, Lalu Menkes" (in Indonesian). Kompas.com. Archived from the original on 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
2. "A Glimpse of Jokowi's Six New Ministers: from Political Rival to Banker-turned-Health Minister". Jakarta Globe. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
3. "Budi Gunadi Sadikin Appointed New Health Minister Replacing Terawan". Tempo.co. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
4. Alam, Sarah Oktaviani. "Disebut-sebut Menkes 'Non Medis' Pertama RI, Siapakah Mananti Sitompul?". detikHealth (in Indonesian). detikcom. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
5. "Budi Gunadi Sadikin". World Economic Forum. October 2024.
6. mae (2024-10-21). "Profil Budi Gunadi Sadikin: Dari Bankir ke Kursi Menteri Kesehatan". CNBC Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-10-21.
7. Sari, Haryanti Puspa; Prabowo, Dani (2024-10-20). "Prabowo Tunjuk Budi Gunadi Sadikin Jadi Menteri Kesehatan". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Kompas Cyber Media. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
8. "Searching for oxygen as virus surges in Indonesia". Newspapers.com. New York: Newsday. Associated Press. 8 July 2021. p. A37. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

Political offices
Preceded by Terawan Agus Putranto	Minister of Health 2020–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Mahmuddin Yasin	Deputy Minister of State-Owned Enterprises 2019–2020 Served alongside: Kartika Wirjoatmodjo	Succeeded by Pahala Mansury