Siti Fadilah Supari

Siti Fadilah Supari
17th Health Minister of Indonesia
In office
21 October 2004 – 20 October 2009
PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Preceded byAchmad Sujudi
Succeeded byEndang Rahayu Sedyaningsih
Member of the Advisory Council of the President of Indonesia
In office
25 January 2010 – 20 October 2014
PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Personal details
Born (1949-11-06) 6 November 1949 (age 75)
Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia
Political partynon party
SpouseMuhammad Supari (deceased)
Alma materGadjah Mada University
University of Indonesia
OccupationCardiologist
Professioneducation
lecturer

Siti Fadilah Supari (born 6 November 1949 in Surakarta, Central Java), is a cardiology research specialist, a former health minister of Indonesia.[1] She gained global notoriety in 2007 when she took on the World Health Organization's practice of sharing avian influenza virus samples.[2][3]

  1. ^ The Jakarta Post (26 April 2011). "Health Ministry being continuously picked on: Siti". The Jakarta Post.
  2. ^ Jiang, Yuxia (20 March 2008). "Indonesia accuses U.S. of abusing bird flu virus". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on April 3, 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  3. ^ Stephanie, Nebehay. "WHO hopes to resolve row on bird flu virus sharing".