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Sjarifuddin Baharsjah
Member of the People's Consultative Assembly
In office
1 October 1997 – 1 October 1999
PresidentSuharto
B. J. Habibie
ConstituencyNorth Sumatra
Minister of Agriculture
In office
17 March 1993 – 14 March 1998
PresidentSuharto
Preceded byWardojo
Succeeded byJustika Baharsjah
Junior Minister of Agriculture
In office
23 March 1988 – 17 March 1993
PresidentSuharto
Preceded bySjech Marhaban
Succeeded byBayu Krisnamurthi
Personal details
Born(1931-05-16)16 May 1931
Cirebon, West Java, Dutch East Indies
Died14 January 2021(2021-01-14) (aged 89)
Jakarta, Indonesia
Political partyGolkar
Spouse Justika Baharsjah ​(m. 1962)

Sjarifuddin Baharsjah (16 May 1931 – 14 January 2021) was an Indonesian agricultural figure and academic from the Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB). He served as Minister of Agriculture of Indonesia and Chairman of the Independent Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Early life and education

Sjarifuddin Baharsjah was born on 16 May 1931 in Cirebon, West Java to Sutan Pangeran Baharsyah and Siti Fatimatul Zahra. His father, Sutan Pangeran Baharsyah, was a descendant of Sultan Tangkal Alam Bagagar, the last king of the Pagaruyung Kingdom. The second of four child in a Muslim family, he has a sister named Leila Chairani Budiman and two other brothers. According to his sister, Sjarifuddin was forced to learn female dances because his mother said that "he was really pretty".

Sjarifuddin graduated from high school in 1952. He then continued his studies at the Agricultural Economics Faculty of the University of Indonesia and graduated in 1960 with an engineer degree (Ir.). He studied at the University of Kentucky and graduated with a Master of Science degree in 1965. He then pursued a PhD in the North Carolina State University, which he obtained in 1973.

Career

Academic career

Since his graduation from the University of Indonesia, Sjarifuddin taught at the IPB University. Sjarifuddin was promoted to professor in 1984.

Political career

Sjarifuddin began his career in the Department of Agriculture as the Head of the Research and Development Bureau for Agricultural Economics in 1977. He held the office for six years until he became the Secretary General of the department from 1983 until 1988. On 23 March 1988, President Suharto appointed him as the Junior Minister of Agriculture in the Sixth Development Cabinet.

References

  1. ^ Tim Penerbit 1996, p. 457.
  2. Budiman, Leila. "The Leila Budiman Story". Radio Australia. Retrieved 16 January 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ The Editors 1993, p. 171.

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