Agung Laksono

Agung Laksono
Official portrait, 2019
Member of the Presidential
Advisory Council
Assumed office
13 December 2019
PresidentJoko Widodo
ChairmanWiranto
15th Coordinating Minister for
People's Welfare
In office
22 October 2009 – 20 October 2014
PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Preceded byAburizal Bakrie
Succeeded byPuan Maharani
14th Speaker of the House
of Representatives
In office
1 October 2004 – 30 September 2009
Preceded byAkbar Tandjung
Succeeded byMarzuki Alie
Member of House of Representatives
In office
1 October 2004 – 30 September 2009
ConstituencyDKI Jakarta I
In office
1 October 1987 – 30 September 1999
ConstituencyDKI Jakarta
7th Minister of Youth and Sports
Acting
7 December 2012 – 15 January 2013
PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Preceded byAndi Alfian Mallarangeng
Succeeded byRoy Suryo
In office
26 March 1998 – 27 September 1999
President
Preceded byHayono Isman
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born (1949-03-23) 23 March 1949 (age 75)
Semarang, Indonesia
Political partyGolkar
Alma materChristian University of Indonesia (dr.)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • businessman

Agung Laksono (born 23 March 1949)[1] is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is serving as a member of the Presidential Advisory Council since 2019. A member of Golkar, Agung previously served as Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet from 2009 to 2014 and as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2004 to 2009.[2]

Born in Semarang, on 23 March 1949.[1] He completed his primary and secondary education at SMA Negeri 4 Medan. He continued his studies at the Christian University of Indonesia at the Faculty of Medicine and graduated in 1972.[2] He started his political career in the Golkar Party by serving as Chairman of the Youth Forces of the Golkar Party from 1984 until 1989.

Laksono would go on to serve as Director of PT Horizon Andalas Televisi, now known as ANTV from 1993 until 1998 and Minister of Youth and Sports in the Development Cabinet VII in the government of President Suharto.[3] In 1999, he entered the People's Representative Council. In 2004, he replaced Akbar Tandjung as Speaker of the People's Representative Council, going to serve from 2004 until 2009.

He was appointed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare from 2009 until 2014. On 7 December 2012, he was appointed to serve as Acting Minister of Youth and Sports replacing Andi Mallarangeng, following Andi's resignation over alleged corruption case of the Hambalang sports facility construction project in Bogor, West Java.  Being succeeded by Roy Suryo. On 28 May 2014, he was also appointed as Acting Minister of Religious Affairs replacing Suryadharma Ali who officially resigned after alleged corruption. He was soon replaced by Lukman Hakim Saifuddin who was officially inaugurated by the President on 9 June 2014.

On 13 December 2019, President Joko Widodo appointed Laksono and 8 others to become members of the Presidential Advisory Council with Wiranto as chairman.

  1. ^ a b Media, Kompas Cyber (December 13, 2019). "Dilantik Jadi Anggota Wantimpres, Ini Profil Agung Laksono". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "United Indonesia Cabinet 2009-2014". The Jakarta Post. October 22, 2009. p. 3.
  3. ^ "Profil - Agung Laksono". merdeka.com. Retrieved September 6, 2021.