Radius Prawiro (29 June 1928 – 26 May 2005) was an Indonesian economist and politician.

Radius Prawiro
Radius in 1983
4th Coordinating Minister for Economics, Finance, Industry and Development Supervision
In office
23 March 1988 – 17 March 1993
PresidentSuharto
Preceded byAli Wardhana
Succeeded bySaleh Afiff
16th Minister of Finance
In office
19 March 1983 – 21 March 1988
PresidentSuharto
Preceded byAli Wardhana
Succeeded byJ. B. Sumarlin
20th Minister of Trade and Cooperatives [a]
In office
28 March 1973 – 19 March 1983
PresidentSuharto
Preceded bySumitro Djojohadikusumo
Succeeded byRachmat Saleh
6th Governor of Bank Indonesia
In office
27 March 1966 – 5 April 1973
PresidentSukarno
Suharto
Preceded byJusuf Muda Dalam
Succeeded byRachmat Saleh
Deputy Minister for the National Audit Office
In office
17 March 1965 – 27 March 1966
PresidentSukarno
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born(1928-09-19)19 September 1928
Yogyakarta, Dutch East Indies
Died26 May 2005(2005-05-26) (aged 76)
München, Jerman
NationalityIndonesian
SpouseLeonie Supit
Alma materUniversity of Indonesia
Profession
  • Economist
  • Politician

Education

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The son of Suradi Prawiro, a teacher, Radius attended school in Yogyakarta. In 1942, while still at Middle School he became a cigarette vendor. After finishing school, he continued his education in the Nederlands Economische Hogeschool in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Returning to Indonesia, he completed a doctorate at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta.

Career

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His economic and political career began as the Secretary of the People's Security Committee (Badan Keamanan Rakyat) in Yogyakarta in 1945 and continued as TRI [id] Liaison Officer (Perwira Markas Tertinggi Perhubungan TRI) in Yogyakarta from 1947 to 1948, was on the Staff of the Military Governor of the Yogyakarta from 1945 to 1951 and worked as a Technical Officer in the National Accounting Office (Pegawai Teknis Direktorat Akuntan Negara) from 1960 to 1965. He then held the position of Deputy Minister for the National Audit Office of Indonesia (Deputi Menteri Pemeriksa Keuangan Negara) (1965), Deputy Minister for the central bank (1965), Governor of the National Bank of Indonesia (1966), Governor of Bank Indonesia (1966–1973), and served concurrently as Governor of the International Monetary Fund and the Vice-Governor of the Asian Development Bank for Indonesia from 1967 to 1971.

Radius became a member of the President's Economic Experts Team, and served as Head of the Governing Committee of the World Bank (1971–1973). He was then appointed Minister of Trade in both the Second Development Cabinet and the Third Development Cabinet (1973–1983), Finance Minister in the Fourth Development Cabinet (1983–1988) and was Coordinating Minister of the Economics, Finance and Industry and Development Supervisory Board from 1993.

He recorded his views of economic policy in Indonesia in a useful book Indonesia's Struggle for Economic Development published in 1998.[1]

Honours

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National

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Foreign Honours

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Notes

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  1. ^ Known as Minister of Trade until March 1978

References

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  1. ^ Prawiro, Radius (1998), Indonesia's Struggle for Economic Development: Pragmatism in Action, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
  2. ^ Daftar WNI yang Menerima Tanda Kehormatan Bintang Republik Indonesia 1959 - sekarang (PDF). Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b Daftar WNI yang Mendapat Tanda Kehormatan Bintang Mahaputera tahun 1959 s.d. 2003 (PDF). Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Menerima tanda penghargaan". Tempo. 15 December 1984. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Bollettino Ufficiale di Stato" (PDF).
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Political offices
Preceded by Coordinating Minister for Economics, Finance, Industry and Development Supervision
1988–1993
Succeeded by
Saleh Afiff
Preceded by Minister of Finance
1983–1988
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Trade and Cooperatives
1973–1983
Succeeded by
Rachmat Saleh
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of Bank Indonesia
1966–1973
Succeeded by
Rachmat Saleh