J. Soedradjad Djiwandono

Joseph Soedradjad Djiwandono
10th Governor of Bank Indonesia
In office
March 1993 – February 1998
PresidentSuharto
Preceded byAdrianus Mooy
Succeeded bySyahril Sabirin
Personal details
Born
Soedradjad Djiwandono

(1938-08-07) 7 August 1938 (age 86)
Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta Sultanate, Dutch East Indies
NationalityIndonesian
Political partyGerindra
Spouse
Biantiningsih Miderawati Djojohadikusumo
(m. 1971)
Children2
ParentThomas Sastro Djiwandono
RelativesJ. Soedjati Djiwandono
(elder brother; deceased)
Sumitro Djojohadikusumo
(father-in-law; deceased)
Prabowo Subianto
(brother-in-law)
Hashim Djojohadikusumo
(brother-in-law)
EducationGadjah Mada University
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Boston University
OccupationEconomist
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J. Soedradjad Djiwandono (EYD: Sudrajad Jiwandono, also written Sudrajad Djiwandono, Soedradjat Djiwandono and Sudrajat Djiwandono; born 7 August 1938) is an Indonesian economist who was the Governor of Bank Indonesia, the nation's central bank, from 1993 until his sudden dismissal in 1998.

Djiwandono received his bachelor's degree in economics from Gadjah Mada University in 1963 and went on to receive a Ph.D. from Boston University in 1980.[1] Prior to accepting the position as Governor of Bank Indonesia in 1993, Djiwandono had expressed his concern about the high number of bad debts in the banking sector to President Suharto.[2]

  1. ^ Djiwandono 2005, p. 7
  2. ^ Djiwandono 2005, p. 6