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| 11th Vice President of Indonesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 20 October 2009 – 20 October 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Jusuf Kalla | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Jusuf Kalla | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13th Governor of Bank Indonesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 22 May 2008 – 16 May 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Burhanuddin Abdullah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1943-02-25)25 February 1943 (age 82) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Independent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Boediono (EYD:Budiono, pronounced[budiˈjono]ⓘ; born 25 February 1943) is an Indonesian politician and economist who served as the 11thvice president of Indonesia from 2009 to 2014. He became vice president after winning the2009 presidential election together with the then-incumbentPresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Before this, he had been the Governor of the Indonesian Central Bank and a professor of economics atGadjah Mada University.
Boediono received his early education inprimary school inBlitar,East Java. In the early 1960s, he began university studies atGadjah Mada University inYogyakarta before winning a scholarship to study at theUniversity of Western Australia inPerth. In 1967 he graduated from the University of Western Australia with an economics degree and continued his studies for a master's degree in economics atMonash University inMelbourne which he completed in 1972. Later, he undertook further studies toward his doctorate from theWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania which he completed in 1979.[2] He also worked in theIndonesia Project at theAustralian National University in the early 1970s as a research assistant in economics.[3]
Boediono was listed as one of the Wharton School's 125 Influential People and Ideas in 2007 and was dubbed "Indonesia's financial rudder".[4]
Boediono was aBank of Indonesia deputy governor in charge of fiscal monetary policy from 1997 to 1998 and served as State Minister of National Planning and Development from 1998 to October 1999.
Following the removal ofAbdurrahman Wahid from the presidency in 2001, PresidentMegawati Sukarnoputri appointed Boediono as Minister of Finance in her new administration. Under his leadership, the economy grew by 4% in 2002.[5]
PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed Boediono as Coordinating Minister for the Economy during his first cabinet reshuffle in 2005, replacingAburizal Bakrie. Bakrie had come under suspicion for having conflicts of interest.[6] In 2008, a commission of thePeople's Representative Council elected Boediono Governor of the Indonesian central bank, Bank Indonesia.[7] After he was selected by Yudhoyono as a running mate in the2009 presidential election, Boediono submitted his resignation from the central bank post.[8]
Boediono is also a professor of economics atGadjah Mada University where he has taught various courses on macroeconomics and monetary policy since the early 1970s.
Since he was appointed a staff member in the Faculty of Economics, Gadjah Mada University, in the early 1970s, Boediono has lectured and published widely on topics relating to contemporary issues of economic policy in Indonesia. His publications include the following:
Boediono has received honorary degrees from the three Australian universities which he studied and worked between the early 1960s and 1970s.
In 2011 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of West Australia in Perth.[9] In February 2013 in a ceremony in Jakarta attended by the president of Indonesia and a delegation from Monash University led by the Vice-Chancellor of the university, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from Monash University.[10] And in November 2013 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Australian National University inCanberra.[11]
As the vice president of Indonesia, Boediono is automatically bestowed the highest class of six out of seven civilianStar Decorations (Indonesian:Tanda Kehormatan Bintang), namely:[12]
Star of the Republic of Indonesia, 2nd Class (Indonesian:Bintang Republik Indonesia Adipradana)
Star of Mahaputera, 1st Class (Indonesian:Bintang Mahaputera Adipurna)
Star of Merit, 1st Class (Indonesian:Bintang Jasa Utama)
Star of Humanity (Indonesian:Bintang Kemanusiaan)
Star of Democracy Upholder, 1st Class (Indonesian:Bintang Penegak Demokrasi Utama)
Star of Culture Parama Dharma (Indonesian:Bintang Budaya Parama Dharma)
Star of Bhayangkara, 1st Class (Indonesian:Bintang Bhayangkara Utama)| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Vice President of Indonesia 20 October 2009 – 20 October 2014 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs 2005–2008 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Finance 2001–2004 | Succeeded by Jusuf Anwar |
| Preceded by | State Minister of National Development Planning 1998–1999 | Vacant Title next held by Kwik Kian Gie |
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| Preceded by | Governor of Bank Indonesia 2008–2009 | Succeeded by |
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