Arif Budimanta

Arif Budimanta was an Indonesian politician who was the vice chairman of the Indonesian National Economic and Industry Committee, a body that was formed in 2016 to support the success of the President Cabinet in determining the economic and industrial policy. In that capacity he was also the Senior Advisor for Minister of Finance; Lecturer of Graduate Program University of Indonesia ; Member of the Royal Economic Society London; Founder and Senior Advisor Indonesian Center for Sustainable Development ; Executive Director of The Megawati Institute from 2008 till now.
Budimanta was elected as the Member of Indonesian Parliament in 2009–2014. Arif Budimanta obtained his PhD from University of Indonesia, then studied Finance in University of Chicago and Leadership for Senior Executive Programme in Harvard Business School.
He had long experience as a consultant in Mining, Oil, Gas and Development. Prior to this, he was an expert staff member of PT. Timah Tbk on sustainable development and corporate social responsibility.
Budimanta died on 6 September 2025, at the age of 57.