BIOGRAFI Bj HABIBIE

Bj Habibie memoir

Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (born in Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi, June 25, 1936, age 76 years) was the third President of the Republic of Indonesia. He succeeded Suharto resigned as president on May 21, 1998. His post was replaced by Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) who was elected president on October 20, 1999 by the Assembly election results 1999. By shaking for 2 months and 7 days as vice president, and 1 year and 5 months as president, Habibie is a Vice President and also President of Indonesia with the shorte tenure.

Family and education

Habibie was the fourth child of eight siblings, spouse Alwi Abdul Jalil Habibie and RA Tuti Marini Puspowardojo. Alwi Abdul Jalil Habibie was born on August 17, 1908 in Gorontalo and RA Tuti Marini Puspowardojo born 10 November 1911 in Yogyakarta. Mother R.A. Tuti Marini Puspowardojo was the son of an eye specialist in Yogya, and his father named Puspowardjojo served as a school owner. B.J. Habibie was one child of seven brothers. [1]

B.J. Hasri Ainun Habibie Besari marry on May 12, 1962, and had two sons, namely Ilham Akbar and Thareq Kemal. [2]

Previously he had magicians at SMAK Dago. [3] He studied mechanical engineering at the Bandung Institute of Technology in 1954. In 1955-1965 he went on to study aerospace engineering, aircraft construction specialties, at the RWTH Aachen, West Germany, received his Diplom ingineur in 1960 and his doctorate in 1965 ingineur with summa cum laude.

Jobs and careers

Habibie had worked at Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm, an airline based in Hamburg, Germany, thus achieving peak of his career as a vice president of technology. In 1973, he returned to Indonesia at the request of former president Suharto.

He later served as Minister of Research and Technology from 1978 to March 1998. Before becoming President (May 21, 1998 - October 20, 1999), BJ Habibie was Vice President (14 March 1998-21 May 1998) in the Seventh Development Cabinet under President Soeharto.

He was appointed chairman of ICMI (Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals Association), in his tenure as minister.