If there was a competition to seek a quick-acting cabinet minister who makes an impact on the public, the most likely winner would be Chatib Basri. Just a month into his job as finance minister - ...

Muhammad Chatib Basri is not a big fan of bureaucracies. “One of the reasons so many Indonesians have become religious,” jokes Indonesia’s 48-year-old finance minister, Jakarta’s ninth in 16 years, ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian State Secretary Minister Prasetyo Hadi stated that there will be no reshuffle in President Prabowo Subianto's Red and White Cabinet. He denied rumors that Muhammad ...

Dr. Muhamad Chatib Basri is a former Minister of Finance of Indonesia. Previously he was the Chairman of the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board. Dr. Basri is now the Chairman of the PT Bank ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian financial regulator Mahendra Siregar and former finance minister Chatib Basri are among the top choices Prabowo Subianto is considering for the role of finance minister, ...

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Last May, when Ben Bernanke made unexpected comments about tapering and set off a brutal sell-off in emerging market assets, nowhere in southeast Asia was more badly affected than Indonesia. Named as ...

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The CSIS Chair for Southeast Asia Studies held the first public event under the CSIS Indonesia Initiative Friday, September 28, 2012, featuring Dr. Muhamad Chatib Basri. The event took place from ...

Jakarta: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Monday named the country's investment chief as the new finance minister, putting him in charge of Southeast Asia's top economy at a time of major ...

Indonesia’s finance minister, Muhammad Chatib Basri, has a clear mission: to make government easier to navigate – for its people, its companies and for foreign investors. His pragmatic approach is ...