Prof. Dr-Ing B.J. Habibie

Prof. Dr-Ing BJ Habibie

Professional Engineer and

Former President of Indonesia

Place Date of Birth : Pare-Pare (South Sulawesi - Indonesia). June 25, 1936

Education

01 High School Diploma, 1954

02. Diplom-Ingenieur (Graduated Cum Laude) Fakultaet filer Maschinenwesen der

Rheinisch-Westfaelischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen, Federal Republic of

Germany,1960

03. Doktor-Ingenieur (Graduated Summa Cum Laude) Fakultaet fuer Maschinenwesen der

Rheinisch-Westfaelischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany

04. Honorary Professor, on Aircraft Construction, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB),

Bandung, Republic of Indonesia, March 22, 1977

05. Doctor of Science Honoris Causa, ranfield Institute of Technology, England, June 11, 1993

Positions

01. 1978 - 1998

Minister of State for Research and Technology of The Republic of Indonesia

and concurrently :

02. 1978 - 1998

Chairman, Agency for The Assessment and Application of Technology/BPP Teknologi

03. 1989 - 1998

Chairman, Agency for Strategic Industries/BPIS (1983 - 1989: Council for Strategic

Industries/DPIS)

04. 1984 - to present

Chairman, National Research Council/DRN

05. 1988 - to present

Vice Chairman of Board of Patrons. Indonesian Strategic Industries, which H.E. President

of The Republic of Indonesia as The Chairman

06. 1976 - 1998

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), President, Indonesian State Aircraft Industry :

PT Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara/PT IPTN

07. 1978 - 1998

Chairman, CEO, President, Indonesian Shipbuilding Industry: PT PAL Indonesia

08. 1978 - 1998

Chairman. Batam Industrial Development Authority/Opdip Batam

09. 1983 - 1998

Chairman. CEO. President, Small Arms and Munitions Industry/PT Pindad

10. Chairman of Board of Patrons, Indonesian Defence Industry

11. 1980 - to present

Chairman, Team for Defence Security Industrial Development (Presidential Decree No.

40,1980)

12. 1982 - to present

Member, Indonesian Parliament : The People's Consultative Assembly/MPR, from

Functional Group/Golkar, the current governing political group

13. 1988 - to present

Vice Chairman of Board of Patrons, Functional Group/Golkar the current governing political

group. which HE President of Republic of Indonesia as the Chairman (1982 - 1988:

Member of Golkar's Board of Patrons; 1993: The Executive Coordinator of Golkar's Board

of Patrons)

14. 1983 - to present

Founder and Chairman, Indonesian Aeronautics and Astronautics Institute

15. 1984 - to present

Founder and Chairman of Board of Patrons, Indonesian Foundation for Technology

Development/YPTI

16. 1984 - to present

Chairman of Board of Patrons, Indonesian Engineers Association/PII

17. Chairman of Board of Patrons, Indonesian Association for Technical Experts/PATI

18. 07.12.1990 - to present

Chairman. The Association of Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals /ICMI

19. 15.10.1987 - to present

Chairman, Inter-Departmental Team on Electric Power Generation Plants Development

Project ( Presidential Decree No. 35, 1987 )

20. 16.11.1991 - to present

Chairman of Engineering Science Committee, Indonesian Academy of Sciences/AIPI

( Presidential Decree No 179/M/1991, 19. 07. 1991)

21. 17.08.1992 - to present

Chairman of Board of Patrons. Abdi Bangsa Foundation

22. 1984 - to present

Chairman. Board of National Standardization

23. Member of Board of Trustees, The Harapan Kita Hospital: Obstetry & Ginaecology.

Pediatry. Cardiac. and Cancer

24. 1983 - to present

Member of Supervisory Board of Directors, Indonesian State Oil Company/Pertamina

25. 1984 - to present

Member of Board of Trustees, Founder, Indonesian Institute of Technology/ITI

26. 1990 - to present

Chairman of Steering Committee, The Surabaya-Madura Bridge Development: Trinusa

Bima Sakti (Presidential Decree No. 55, 1990)

27. 1992 - to present

Advisor. Agency for Wallacea Development

28. 1993 - to present

Chairman of Advisory Board, Center for Information and Development Studies/CIDES 29.

29. 1993 - to present

Executive Chairman. The Development of Eastern Part of Indonesia/DNPKTI. which HE

President of Republic of Indonesia as the Chairman (Presidential Decree No 120.

24.12.1993) 30.

30. 1995 - to present

Chairman, Executive Team of Natuna Project (Presidential Decree No. 14, 1995, Natuna

Project Development)

31. 04.04.1995 - to present

Chairman, Forum for Cooperation on Economic and Technology between Republic of

Indonesia and Federal Republic of Germany

32. March 10, 1998 - May 20, 1998

Vice President Republic of Indonesia

33. May 21,1998 - to present

President Republic of Indonesia

Honours/Awards

1. May 14, 1980

GRAN CRUZ DEL MERITO AERONAUTICO CONDISTINCTIVO BLANCO, The Royal

Kingdom of Spain

2. November 11, 1980

DAS GROSSE VERDENSTKREUZ MIT STERN UND SCHULTERBAND, FederalRepublic of

Germany

3. December 1, 1980

DAS GROSSE VERDIENSTKREUZ. State of Niedersachsen, Federal Republic of Germany

4. August 9, 1982

DWIDYA SISTHA MEDAL, Department of Defence and Security of the Republic of

Indonesia

5. August 17, 1982

MAHAPUTRA ADIPRADANA MEDAL, Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia

6. October 29. 1982

SCIENTIFIC AWARD, Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

7. December 31, 1982

THE MAN OF THE YEAR 1982, elected by Berita Buana Daily, Jakarta, Indonesia

8. May 25, 1983

GROOTKRUIS IN DE ORDE VAN ORANJE-NASSAU, The Kingdom of Netherlands

9. January 2, 1984

One of The 21 Significant Contributors to Aerospace in 1983, Nominated by the Editors of

Aviation Week & Space Technology

10. October 3. 1985

THE DECORATION OF GRAND CROSS OF THE AERONAUTICAL MERIT, Republic of

Chile

11. January, 1986

One of The 10 Prominent Figures in Aerospace in 1985 Nominated by The Aviation

International News Magazine

12. April, 1986

GRAND CORDON OF THE ORDER OF AL-ISTIQLAL (INDEPENDENCE), Kingdom of

Hashemite Yordania

13. June 16, 1986

CAVALIERE DI GRAN CROCE, Republic of Italy

14. April 24, 1987

GRAND OFFICIER DE L'ORDRE NATIONAL DU MERITE, Republic of France

15. June, 1988

LA GRAN CRUZ DE LA ORDEN DEL MERITO CIVIL, Royal Kingdom of Spain

16. IDOL FIGURE, Elected by the Students of Faculty of Technology, University of Indonesia,

Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia

17. April 10, 1991

GRAND CROSS OF KING LEOPOLD II, Kingdom of Belgium

18. September 24, 1992

THEODORE VON KARMAN AWARD, International Council of The Aeronautical Sciences

(ICAS) annual meeting of the 18th congress, Beijing. People's Republic of China

19. January, 1994

THE MAN OF THE YEAR 1993, Elected by Forum Magazine, Jakarta, Republic of

Indonesia

20. June 10, 1994

The Highest Honors from The Government of Republic of China: THE ORDER OF

BRILLIANT STAR WITH GRAND CORDON, Taipei, Republic of China

21. December 17, 1994

EDWARD WARNER AWARD, Elected by Executive Board of International Civil

Aviation Organization (ICAO) Meeting in Montreal, Canada

Work Experience

* 1960 - 1965

Assistant Research Scientist, Technische Hochschule, Light Construction Department,

Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany

* 1965 - 1966

Special Scientist, Hamburger Flugzuegbau (presently MesserschmittBoelkow-Blohm/MBB

Gmbh), Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany

* 1966 - 1969

Head of Structure Analysis Research and Development Department,

Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm/MMB Gmbh, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany

* 1969 - 1973

Head of Methods and Technology for Commercial Airplanes and Military Transport

Division,

Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm/MBB Gmbh? Hamburg. Federal Republic of Germany

* 1974 - 1978

Vice President and Director for Technology Application,

MesserschmittBoelkow-Blohm/MBB

Gmbh, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany

* 1974 - 1978

Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm/MBB Gmbh), Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany

Head of Advanced Technology and Aeronautics Division

Indonesian State Oil Company (Pertamina), Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia

Advisor to President Director of Pertamina. Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia

Advisor to the Government of Republic of Indonesia in the field of Advanced Technology

and Aeronautics. responsible directly to the President of Republic of Indonesia

Previous Activities

Participated in numerous projects in the calculation and design of aircrafts such as :

* Fokker F-28

* Transall C-130 Military Transport

* Hansa Jet 320 (an Executive Jet) Airbus

* A-300 (300 Passangers)

* VTOL ( Vertical Take Off and Landing) DO-31 Transport Aircraft

Indirectly involved in the calculation and design of :

* BO-105 Helicopter

* Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA)

* Several Missile and Satellite Projects

Publications

48 Scientific Papers published, in the field as follows :

* Thermodynamics

* Constructions

* Instationair Aerodynamics

* Fracture Mechanics and Construction

Memberships

01. February 22. 1983

Honorary Member, Deutsche Gesselschaft Fuer Luft und Raumfahrt, Federal Republic of

Germany

02. March. 1983

Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society, London, United Kingdom

03. Foreign Member, Fellowship of Engineering of United Kingdom

04. June, 1985

Foreign Associate, National Academy of Engineering, United States of America

05. Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, United States of

America

06. May, 1985

Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, Sweden

07. June, 1985

Member, Academie Nationale de l'Air et de l'Espace, France

08. Member, Japanese National Academy of Engineers, Japan

09. December, 1985 Hollorary Member of Board of Trustees, IKIP Bandung, Indonesia

10. July, 1988 Honorary Member, Reinisch-Westfaelischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen

11. Honorary Fellow, Malaysian Engineers Institution, Malaysia

12. November, 1993

Honorary Member, Royal Aeronautical Society (RAS), London, United Kingdom

Personal Particulars

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BPP Teknologi Building II

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Jakarta 10340

INDONESIA

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: Pare-Pare (South Sulawesi), Republic of Indonesia

: June 25,1936

: Islam

: Reading and Swimming

: Married to H. Hasri Ainun Besari, M.D. May 12, 1962

: 1. Dr.-Ing. H. Ilham Akbar Habibie

2. Dipl.-Ing H. Thareq Kemal Habibie