Budi Gunadi Sadikin
Budi Gunadi Sadikin is an Indonesian politician. He currently serves as Minister of Health since 2020. He is only the second Health Minister not to graduate from a medical school, and the first since Mananti Sitompul.
Early life and education
In 1988, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics from the Bandung Institute of Technology.Professional career
Budi started his career as IT staff at IBM Asia Pacific in Tokyo from 1988 until 1994. Then, he became a banker as General Manager of Electronic Banking - Chief GM Jakarta - Chief GM HR PT Bank Bali Tbk, and Senior VP Consumer and Commercial Banking ABN Amro Bank Indonesia & Malaysia.He also served as Executive VP Consumer Banking Bank Danamon, Director of Micro and Retail Banking Bank Mandiri, and President Director of PT Bank Mandiri Tbk.
Starting in 2016, Budi began to enter the government as Special Staff to the Minister of State Owned Enterprises.
In 2017, he was appointed as President Director of PT Inalum. In his era, Inalum bought 51 percent of PT Freeport Indonesia.
He was then appointed as Deputy Minister of State-Owned Enterprises I since November 2019.