Arifin Tasrif
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Arifin Tasrif | |
|---|---|
 Portrait in 2019 as minister | |
| 18th Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources | |
| In office 23 October 2019 – 19 August 2024 | |
| President | Joko Widodo |
| Preceded by | Ignasius Jonan |
| Succeeded by | Bahlil Lahadalia |
| 18th Ambassador of Indonesia to Japan | |
| In office 13 March 2017 – 23 October 2019 | |
| President | Joko Widodo |
| Preceded by | Yusron Ihza Mahendra |
| Succeeded by | Heri Akhmadi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 June 1953 Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Alma mater | Bandung Institute of Technology |
Arifin Tasrif (born in Jakarta 19 June 1953) is an Indonesian executive who is the Minister for Energy & Mineral Resources until reshuffle on 19 August 2024 in Joko Widodo's Onward Indonesia Cabinet.
Tasrif attended primary and secondary schools in Jakarta.[1] He first (1959) entered the Saint Fransikus (Francis of Assisi) primary school in Central Jakarta run by the Yayasan St. Fransiskus (Francis of Assisi Foundation) in Indonesia. Later (1965–1968) he attended the nearby Kanisius middle school before entering senior high school in Medan, North Sumatra in the Yayasan Pendidikan Harapan (Hope for Education Foundation). Tasrif studied chemical engineering at the Bandung Institute of Technology, graduating in 1977.[2] He is of Minangkabau descent.[3]