Name : Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie
Born :
25 June 1936, Parepare, Sulawesi Selatan
Education : Institut Teknologi Bandung, RWTH Aachen
University, University of Indonesia
Previous Offices :
President of Indonesia (1998–1999), Vice President of Indonesia (1998–1998)
Spouse : Hasri Ainun Habibie(1962-2010)
Children :
Ilham Akbar, Thareq Kemal
Religion :
Islam
B.J. Habibie, in full Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (born June 25, 1936, Parepare, Indonesia) Indonesian aircraft engineer and politician who was
president of Indonesia (1998–99) and a leader in the country’s technological and
economic development in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Brilliant in science and mathematics from childhood, Habibie received his
postsecondary education at the Bandung Institute of Technology in Bandung,
Indonesia, and furthered his studies at the Institute of Technology of North
Rhine–Westphalia in Aachen, West Germany. After graduating in 1960, he remained in West Germany as an
aeronautics researcher and production supervisor
.
Suharto took power as Indonesia’s second president in 1966, and in
1974 he asked Habibie—whom he had known for 25 years—to return to the country
to help build advanced industries. Suharto assured him that he could do whatever was needed to
accomplish that goal. Initially assigned to the state oil company, Pertamina,
Habibie became a government adviser and chief of a new aerospace company in
1976. Two years later he became research minister and head of the Agency for Technology
Evaluation and Application. In these roles he oversaw a number of ventures
involving the production and transportation of heavy machinery, steel,
electronics and telecommunications equipment, and arms and ammunition.
