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Dorodjatun
Kuntjoro-Jakti was born in the Province
of Banten, in the island of Java,
Indonesia. After completing his doctorandus
in economics at the University of
Indonesia in 1964, majoring in monetary
economics and public finance, he continued
his education with a Ford Foundation
scholarship at the University of California
at Berkeley, where he obtained his
MA in Financial Administration (1966)
and returned much later to complete
his Ph.D in political economy in 1980.
His long career as a researcher and
lecturer brought him to the position
of Senior Research Associate and Director
of Research, Associate Dean for Academic
Affairs, as well as Professor in Economics
in the 1980s-1990s, and finally Dean
of the Faculty of Economics of the
University of Indonesia for the period
of 1994-1997.
In
February 1998, in the midst of a severe
financial, economic and business crisis,
he was formally appointed by President
Soeharto as Indonesia’s Ambassador
Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary
to the United States for the period
up to mid-2001. He presented his credentials
to President William J. Clinton in
March 16, 1998. Later, due to the
sudden succession of political leadership
in Indonesia, his mandate was renewed
by President B.J. Habibie in midJune
1998; also by President Abdurrachman
Wahid in November 1999.
In
August 2001, Dorodjatun was appointed
by President Megawati Soekarnoputri
to the position of Coordinating Minister
for Economic Affairs in her cabinet
for 2001-2004. In October 2004 he
formally transferred the position
to his counterpart in the Cabinet
of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
He immediately went back to the University
of Indonesia as Professor of Economics
and Senior Research Associate at the
Faculty of Economics.
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