The Indonesia Logistics Bureau (

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: ''Badan Urusan Logistik'' / BULOG) is a

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formed in service to

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distribution and

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control.

History

Bulog was formed on 10 May 1967 following

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's rise to power. Its initial purpose was to secure food supply following the chaos that followed

Sukarno Sukarno). (; born Koesno Sosrodihardjo, ; 6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967. Sukarno was the leader of ...

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, when inflation reached 650 percent in 1966. In 1969, its authorities expanded to price stabilization with the company's

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ...

stocks acting as a

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and it controlled rice imports and exports to stabilize market prices. In 1987, it was assigned to control multiple food commodities. Initially, the distribution of rice covered mainly civil servants (including military personnel), who received a 63% share of the 1.13 million tons of rice distributed by Bulog in 1970. However, market distribution grew, with 1.86 million of 2.66 million tons of rice distributed in 1980 going to open market operations. Following the 1997 Asian financial crisis and Indonesia's acceptance of an economic rescue package from the

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, Bulog's authority was reduced to a smaller basket of commodities.

Chairman

This is the list of chairmen of BULOG: * Lt.Gen.(Ret.)

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(1973–1993) * Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Hassan, MBA. (1993–1995) * Prof. Dr.

Beddu Amang Beddu Amang (7 August 1936 – 9 January 2021) was an Indonesian economist. He served as the head of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) from 1995 to 1998. Born and raised in South Sulawesi, Beddu migrated to Yogyakarta and finished his universit ...

, M.Sc. (1995–1998) * Prof. Ir. Rahardi Ramelan (1998–1999) * Drs.

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(1999–2000) * Dr.

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, S.T. (2000–2001) * Widjanarko Puspoyo,

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(2001–2007) *

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(2007–2009) * Ir. Sutarto Alimoeso, MM. (2009–2014) * Lenny Sugihat (2014–2015) * Djarot Kusumayakti (2015–2018) * Budi Waseso (2018–present)

References

External links

Official site
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