Meutya Hafid

Meutya Viada Hafid
5th Minister of Communications and Digitals
Assumed office
21 October 2024
PresidentPrabowo Subianto
DeputyAngga Raka Prabowo
Nezar Patria
Preceded byBudi Arie Setiadi
Chair of the First Commission of the People's Representative Council
In office
29 October 2019 – 1 October 2024
Preceded byAbdul Kharis Almasyhari
Vice Chair of the First Commission of the People's Representative Council
In office
1 February 2016 – 4 April 2018
Preceded byTantowi Yahya
Succeeded bySatya Widya Yudha
Vice Chair of the Committee for Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation of the People's Representative Council
In office
20 October 2014 – 31 January 2016
Preceded byTantowi Yahya
Succeeded byTantowi Yahya
Personal details
Born (1978-05-03) May 3, 1978 (age 46)
Bandung, Indonesia
Political partyGolkar
EducationSMA Negeri 8 Jakarta
Crescent Girls' School
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales (BEng)
University of Indonesia (MA)
AwardsElizabeth O'Neill Journalism Award (2007)

Meutya Viada Hafid (born 3 May 1978 in Bandung, West Java) is an Indonesian newscaster and politician. Since October 2019, she has been Chair of the First Commission of the People's Representative Council, responsible for matters regarding national defense, foreign affairs, information, communications, and intelligence. She is a member of the Golkar Party.[1]

Before entering politics, Hafid is a journalist for Indonesian TV news channel Metro TV.