Bambang Kesowo

Bambang Kesowo
Member of National Research and Innovation Agency Steering Committee
Assumed office
13 October 2021
PresidentJoko Widodo
Head of Steering CommitteeMegawati Soekarnoputri
Member of National Committee on Innovation
In office
2010–2014
PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono
ChairMuhammad Zuhal
Minister of State Secretariat
In office
10 August 2001 – 20 October 2004
PresidentMegawati Soekarnoputri
Preceded byDjohan Effendi
Succeeded byYusril Ihza Mahendra
Personal details
Born (1945-03-27) March 27, 1945 (age 79)
Sragen, Central Java, Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies
Political partyIndependent
SpouseNurien Fatimah
ChildrenOktarini Lestari Eko Hastuti
Arie Pratiwi Handayani
Arief Wicaksono
Alma materGadjah Mada University
Harvard Law School
OccupationRetired Bureaucrat and Politician

Bambang Kesowo is a retired bureaucrat and politician. He is known for being a few of Indonesian state bureaucrats to have risen from a lowest rank (Analyst) to the Minister of a ministry in continuous way and not a political party member to reaching his way to Ministership.