Budi Arie Setiadi

Budi Arie Setiadi
Official portrait, 2024
Minister of Cooperatives
Assumed office
21 Oktober 2024
PresidentPrabowo Subianto
Preceded byTeten Masduki
7th Minister of Communications and Informatics
In office
17 July 2023 – 20 October 2024
PresidentJoko Widodo
Preceded byJohnny G. Plate
Mahfud MD (acting)
Succeeded byMeutya Hafid
Deputy Minister of Villages, Disadvantage Region, and Transmigration
In office
25 October 2019 – 17 July 2023
PresidentJoko Widodo
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byPaiman Raharjo
Personal details
Born (1969-04-20) 20 April 1969 (age 55)
Jakarta, Indonesia
Political partyIndependent
SpouseZara Murzandina
Children2
EducationUniversity of Indonesia
Occupation
  • Politician
  • businessman
  • journalist

Budi Arie Setiadi (born 20 April 1969) is an Indonesian politician who became the Minister of Communication and Informatics on 17 July 2023 until 20 October 2024 and currently serving as Minister of cooperatives in Prabowo Subianto's Red and white Cabinet. He became a minister after the previous minister, Johnny G. Plate was involved in a corruption case. Setiadi was previously the Deputy Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration and a leading member of President Joko Widodo's campaign team in 2014 and 2019.