Fahmi Idris (Born in

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

on September 20, 1943 - May 22, 2022) was an Indonesian prominent businessman and politician. He was an Indonesian government minister under the Habibie and Yudhoyono presidencies. He received a doctorate title from

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as well as appointed a Honorary Professor at State University of Padang.

Life

Fahmi was one of the

Minangkabau people Minangkabau people ( min, Urang Minang; Indonesian or Malay: ''Orang Minangkabau'' or ''Minangkabo''; Jawi: منڠكبو), also known as Minang, are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the Minangkabau Highlands of West Sumatra, Indonesi ...

who was born in Kenari,

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on September 20, 1943. His father, Idris Marah Bagindo, was a trader who migrated from

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to Jakarta. Fahmi studied at Faculty of Economics University of Indonesia where he was a chairman of the student council. After becoming an activist during the transition to the New Order era, in the late 1960s he became an entrepreneur. In 1969, he founded PT Kwarta Daya Pratama and joined PT Krama Yudha four years later. In 1978, he co-established Kodel (''Kongsi Delapan'') Group with Soegeng Saryadi,

Aburizal Bakrie Aburizal Bakrie (born 15 November 1946) is an Indonesian politician and a widely recognised successful businessman in Indonesia. From 2004 until 2005 Bakrie served as Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economy. From 2005 until 2009 he serv ...

, Pontjo Sutowo, and Said Umar Husin, and became president director. The group continuously expanded its business into wide ranging sectors, such as insurance, chemicals, agribusiness, banking, real estate, and hotels. The groups own the Regent Hotel (now Four Seasons Hotel) and Hotel Ibis Tamarin (both in Jakarta) and the sole agent of

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in Indonesia. Fahmi was also an accomplished politician. In the Golkar party, he was believed to have strong and far reaching patronage network. In 1998, he sat on the central board of party and in that year was appointed Minister of Manpower and Transmigration. He did not join the cabinet during

Abdurrahman Wahid Abdurrahman Wahid ( ; born Abdurrahman ad-Dakhil; 7 September 1940 – 30 December 2009), though more colloquially known as Gus Dur (), was an Indonesian politician and Islamic religious leader who served as the 4th president of Indonesia, fr ...

and

Megawati Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri (; born 23 January 1947) is an Indonesian politician who served as the fifth president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004. She previously served as the eighth vice president from 1999 to 2001. Megawati i ...

presidencies. Under Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono presidency, he returned to the position of Minister of Manpower and Transmigration. In 2005, he survived a cabinet reshuffle and moved on to become Minister for Industry.Dirk Tomsa, Party Politics and Democratization in Indonesia: Golkar in the Post-Suharto Era, 2008

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