Rachmat Nadi Witoelar Kartaadipoetra or Rachmat Witoelar (born June 2, 1941 in

Tasikmalaya en, Neaty City , nickname = nl, Delhi Van Java en, Delhi of Java , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = Clockwise from the top: Great Mosque of Tasi ...

West Java West Java ( id, Jawa Barat, su, ᮏᮝ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪, romanized ''Jawa Kulon'') is a province of Indonesia on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten ...

) was the State Minister of Environment of

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in 2004-2009. Witoelar graduated with a degree in

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from the

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(ITB) in 1970. In 1971, he became a Member of Parliament representing the ruling party,

Golkar ) , foundation = , youth = AMPG (Golkar Party Young Force) , women = KPPG (Golkar Party Women's Corps) , newspaper = ''Suara Karya'' (1971–2016) , headquarters = Jakarta , ideology ...

. He was re-elected four times. In 2004, he became an active member of presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's campaign team. When Yudhoyono was elected President, Witoelar was appointed State Minister of Environment. Rachmat has held various positions in the

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, including chairman of House Commission V and Commission VI. He was also Golkar Party secretary-general from 1988 to 1993. He served as Indonesian ambassador to

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and

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

from 1993 to 1997. Witoelar is married to

Erna Witoelar Erna Witoelar (born 6 February 1947) is an Indonesian politician who was Minister of Human Settlements and Regional Development from 1996 to 2001. Life Dr. Andi Erna Anastasjia Walinono was born in near Lake Tempe in 1947. She has been a UN Spe ...

. They have three sons. Witoelar was also elected as the president of Thirteenth

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Framework Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC 2007) which was held in Bali, Indonesia.

External links

Profile at TokohIndonesia
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