Suharso Monoarfa (born 31 October 1954) is an Indonesian entrepreneur and politician who is the current Minister for National Development Planning. He was appointed to this position by President

Joko Widodo Joko Widodo (; born 21 June 1961), popularly known as Jokowi, is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is the 7th and current president of Indonesia. Elected in July 2014, he was the first Indonesian president not to come from an elite ...

on 23 October 2019. He was also a member of the Presidential Advisory Council. He served as Minister of Public Housing in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet between October 2009 and October 2011. He was also a member of the House of Representatives between 2004 and 2009 and was re-elected again in 2009. On 17 October 2011, Suharso Monoarfa resigned from his post as the Minister of Public Housing of the Republic of Indonesia, for personal reasons. On 19 January 2015, he was elected by President

as one of the members of the Presidential Advisory Council. In March 2019, he became acting chairman of the United Development Party following the arrest of Muhammad Romahurmuziy. He held this position until September 2022, when he was replaced by

Muhamad Mardiono Muhamad Mardiono (born 11 July 1957) is an Indonesian businessman and politician of the United Development Party. He has served as the party's acting chairman since September 2022, and was also previously a member of the Presidential Advisory Counc ...

following a controversy over a statement Suharso made regarding kyai. In 2021, after the enactment of Presidential Decree No. 78/2021, he become one of Vice Heads of National Research and Innovation Agency Steering Committee, together with

Sri Mulyani Sri Mulyani Indrawati (born 26 August 1962) is an Indonesian economist who has been Minister of Finance of Indonesia since 2016; previously she served in the same post from 2005 to 2010. In June 2010 she was appointed as Managing Director of the ...

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