Emil Salim

Indonesian economist and politician Emil SalimOfficial portrait, 20213rd Chairperson of the Presidential Advisory CouncilIn office25 January 2010 – 20 October 2014PresidentSusilo Bambang YudhoyonoPreceded byT. B. SilalahiSucceeded bySri Adiningsih Personal detailsBorn (1930-06-08) 8 June 1930 (age 96)Lahat, South Sumatra, Dutch East IndiesPartyGolkarSpouse Roosminnie Roza ​ ​(m. 1958; died 2021)​Children2RelativesAgus Salim (uncle)EducationUniversity of IndonesiaUniversity of California Emil Salim (born 8 June 1930) is an Indonesian economist and former politician. He was born to Minangkabau parents, who were both from the village of Koto Gadang in West Sumatra. His uncle was Agus Salim, one of the founding fathers of the Republic of Indonesia and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the early 1950s. Salim graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Indonesia in 1959. He obtained a PhD in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and returned to Indonesia to a teaching position at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Indonesia in 1964. He became one of the well-known group of 'Berkeley Mafia' economic advisers, working closely with Professor