Johnny Gerard Plate (born 10 September 1956) is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is serving as the current Minister of Communication and Information Technology in

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since 2019. Previously, he served in the

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for five years, and had been reelected for a second term in the 2019 election. He is a graduate of

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Early life and education

Johnny was born in the town of

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, in

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, on 10 September 1956. He studied economics and business management at the Atma Jaya Catholic University.

Career

In the early 1980s, he entered the business of agricultural equipment, during a boom in new plantations in

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and Papua. He later joined

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and served as commissioner in several companies. Johnny ran in the 2014 legislative election as a

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candidate in the East Nusa Tenggara 1 electoral district, and he successfully secured a seat after winning 33,704 votes. During his term in the

, he was appointed secretary-general of Nasdem in 2017. He was reelected in 2019 with 115,921 votes. On 23 October 2019,

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appointed Johnny as the Minister of Communication and Information Technology.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnny Gerard Plate 1956 births Living people People from East Nusa Tenggara Onward Indonesia Cabinet Government ministers of Indonesia Members of the People's Representative Council, 2014 Members of the People's Representative Council, 2019 Nasdem Party politicians Indonesian Roman Catholics