Akbar Tandjung

Akbar Tandjung
Official portrait, 1999
13th Speaker of the House
of Representatives
In office
6 October 1999 – 30 September 2004
Preceded byHarmoko
Succeeded byAgung Laksono
7th General Chairman of the Golkar Party
In office
11 July 1998 – 19 December 2004
Preceded byHarmoko
Succeeded byJusuf 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
PresidentB. J. Habibie
Preceded bySaadilah Mursyid
Succeeded byMuladi (acting)
3rd Minister of Public Housing
In office
17 March 1993 – 21 May 1998
PresidentSuharto
Preceded bySiswono Yudo Husodo
Succeeded byTheo L. Sambuaga
5th Minister of Youth and Sports
In office
21 March 1988 – 17 March 1993
PresidentSuharto
Preceded byAbdul Gafur
Succeeded byHayono Isman
Personal details
Born
Djandji Akbar Zahiruddin Tandjung

(1945-08-14) 14 August 1945 (age 79)
Sorkam, Central Tapanuli, Japanese East Indies
Political partyGolkar
Spouse
Krisnina Maharani
(m. 1960)
Alma mater
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]

  1. ^ "Indonesian court clears Speaker Tandjung". United Press International. 12 February 2004. Retrieved 12 November 2017.