18 Facts About Basuki Hadimuljono

Mochamad Basuki Hadimuljono was born on 5 November 1954 and is an Indonesian bureaucrat who is the current Head of The Nusantara Capital City Authority and was the former Minister of Public Works and Public Housing under Joko Widodo.

Basuki Hadimuljono rose up the ranks and served as inspector-general and director-general there, until he accepted an appointment from Joko Widodo to serve as minister after over 30 years as a public servant in 2014.

Basuki Hadimuljono was born in Surakarta on 5 November 1954, as the fourth son of a soldier in the Indonesian Army with seven siblings.

Basuki Hadimuljono completed his elementary school in Palembang, middle school in Papua, and high school in Surabaya.

Basuki Hadimuljono graduated from there in 1979, at age 25.

In May 2012, Basuki Hadimuljono was appointed the chief commissioner at Wijaya Karya, a state-owned construction company.

Basuki Hadimuljono was one of the five Gadjah Mada University alumni in the cabinet lineup, and had a reported asset of Rp 6.5 billion in 2012.

Less than two months after becoming minister, Basuki Hadimuljono agreed to provide a USD 62 million loan to compensate the victims of the Sidoarjo mud flow after getting in contact with the Bakrie Group.

Basuki Hadimuljono was given 4 years to pay off the debt, or face a government takeover of their assets.

Basuki Hadimuljono retained his ministerial position in the 2019 Onward Indonesia Cabinet.

Basuki Hadimuljono described the capital's possible future movement from Jakarta as a "political decision", and that the move "is not easy" with the ministry only having done literature studies instead of macro planning.

Basuki Hadimuljono added that such a move might take four to five years in preparation.

Basuki Hadimuljono pointed out that Palangkaraya would not be the only option, if such a move was made.

On 3 June 2024, Basuki Hadimuljono was appointed the acting head of the Nusantara Capital City Authority, the agency responsible for the development of the new capital, following the resignation of Bambang Susantono.

Under Prabowo Subianto's presidency, Basuki Hadimuljono was appointed the agency's definitive head on 5 November 2024.

Basuki Hadimuljono was awarded the Satyalencana Pembangunan and Satyalencana Wirakarya medal in 2003 and 2005 respectively, in addition to Satyalencana Kesejahteraan Sosial for his work in Aceh following the tsunami.

Basuki Hadimuljono received a Distinguished Honorary Fellow award from the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations in February 2017, along with an International Lifetime Contribution Award from the Japan Society of Civil Engineers in July 2017.

Basuki Hadimuljono received The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star from Japan in November 2023.