Kwik Kian Gie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Kwik Kian Gie

economist

Date of Birth: 11-Jan-1935

Place of Birth: Juwana, Indonesia

Profession: politician, economist

Nationality: Indonesia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


Show Famous Birthdays Today, Indonesia

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About Kwik Kian Gie

  • Kwik Kian Gie (traditional Chinese: ???; simplified Chinese: ???; pinyin: Guo Jiànyì) (born 11 January 1935 in Juwana, Central Java) was the Indonesian Coordinating Minister of Economics and Finance from 1999–2000, and Minister of National Development Planning from 2001-2004. He is a prominent Indonesian economist who often wrote columns in the newspaper KOMPAS criticizing the policies of the Suharto administration in the late 1980s and 1990s.
  • But a decades later he also spoke on one of Indonesia's national television, no Indonesian leader who dared to argue but Sukarno, Suharto and Gus Dur.
  • He is well known for being outspoken and is regarded as an honest politician and economist although his writings are sometimes considered controversial.

Read more at Wikipedia