Akbar Tandjung

Akbar Tandjung
Official portrait, 1999
13th Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office 6 October 1999 – 30 September 2004
Preceded by	Harmoko
Succeeded by	Agung Laksono
7th General Chairman of the Golkar Party
In office 11 July 1998 – 19 December 2004
Preceded by	Harmoko
Succeeded by	Jusuf Kalla
Member of House of Representatives
In office 1 October 1999 – 1 October 2004
In office 1 October 1977 – 21 March 1988
Ministerial offices 7th Minister of the State Secretariat In office 23 May 1998 – 20 October 1999 President B. J. Habibie Preceded by Saadilah Mursyid Succeeded by Muladi (acting) 3rd Minister of Public Housing In office 17 March 1993 – 21 May 1998 President Suharto Preceded by Siswono Yudo Husodo Succeeded by Theo L. Sambuaga 5th Minister of Youth and Sports In office 21 March 1988 – 17 March 1993 President Suharto Preceded by Abdul Gafur Succeeded by Hayono Isman
Personal details
Born	Djandji Akbar Zahiruddin Tandjung (1945-08-14) 14 August 1945 (age 79) Sorkam, Central Tapanuli, Japanese East Indies
Political party	Golkar
Spouse	Krisnina Maharani ​ (m. 1960)​
Alma mater	University of Indonesia Gadjah Mada University
Occupation	Politician legislator

Djandji Akbar Zahiruddin Tandjung (born 14 August 1945) is an Indonesian politician who served as the Speaker of the People's Representative Council from 1999 until 2004. A member of the Golkar party, he also served as the party's chairman from 1999 until 2004 and was a member of the People's Representative Council from East Java from 1977 until 2004.

He served as a minister under former presidents Suharto and B.J. Habibie. He was Speaker of the People's Representative Council (DPR) from 1999 to 2004. In 2002 he was convicted of corruption over the embezzlement of funds intended for food relief for the poor, but the conviction was overturned on appeal in 2004.^[1]