Aburizal Bakrie
Aburizal Bakrie In this Indonesian name, the name "Bakrie" is a family name, and the person should be referred to by the family name "Bakrie". Aburizal Bakrie is a politician, and widely recognized as one of the most successful pribumi (native Indonesian) businessmen in Indonesia. From 2004 until 2005 Bakrie served as Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economy. From 2005 until 2009 he served as Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare. Since 2009, Bakrie serves as the Chairman of the Golkar Party and since June 2012 as his party's official candidate for Indonesia's 2014 Presidential election. Bakrie attended the Bandung Institute of Technology where he obtained a degree in electrical engineering in 1973. In 1972 Bakrie joined PT Bakrie & Brothers Tbk known today as the Bakrie Group, the conglomerate founded by his late father Achmad Bakrie, which prospered much like the rest of the Indonesian economy during the Soeharto presidency. The Ba...