Terawan Agus Putranto | |
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19th Health Minister of Indonesia | |
In office 23 October 2019 – 23 December 2020 | |
President | Joko Widodo |
Preceded by | Nila Moeloek |
Succeeded by | Budi Gunadi Sadikin |
Personal details | |
Born | Yogyakarta, Indonesia | 5 August 1964
Spouse | Ester Dahlia |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | Gadjah Mada University Airlangga University Hasanuddin University |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Indonesia |
Branch/service | Indonesian Army |
Years of service | 1990–2019 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Terawan Agus Putranto (born 5 August 1964)[1] is an Indonesian physician who served as the Minister of Health of Indonesia between 23 October 2019[2] and 23 December 2020. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Gajah Mada University and then joined the Indonesian Army as a military physician. Afterwards he studied Radiology in Airlangga University and obtained his doctoral degree in Hasanuddin University at 2013. He is a radiologist. He is the fourth Health Minister of Indonesia to have come from the military and the first since Suwardjono Surjaningrat , who was in office between 1978 and 1988. As Suwardjono and the two earlier officers were 2-star generals, Terawan, a 3-star general, is the highest-ranked military officer to have ever held this ministerial office.