Indonesia's Political and Economic Transformation

Friday, 15 September 2006, 10.00-12.00 hrs.

IIAS LECTURE by HE Juwono Sudarsono
Minister of Defense of Indonesia

Nieuwspoort, Lange Poten 10, The Hague

Minister Sudarsono was the first civilian to be appointed as Minister of Defense under President Abdurrahman Wahid (1999-2000), a post to which he returned in October 2004 under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. His previous ministerial appointments included serving as Minister of Education and Culture under President Habibie (1998-1999) and State Minister of Environment under President Suharto (1997-1998). Minister Sudarsono also served as Ambassador to the United Kingdom. An academic as well as a leading political scientist, Minister Sudarsono has taught at the University of Indonesia and was dean of its school of social and political sciences (FISIP-UI). He also taught at Columbia University in New York. Minister Sudarsono holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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