Professor Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti

Prof. Dorodjatun is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Indonesia. He graduated from the University of Indonesia specializing in Monetary Economics and Public Finance, and from the University of California at Berkeley with a PhD specializing in Political-Economy of Development. He also holds a Doctor Honoris Causa in Management from the Technology University of Malaysia (UTM). In June 2011 he commenced as a Visiting Professor at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and a Visiting Scholar at Guangdong Research Institute for International Strategies (GRIIS).

Prof Dorojatun has previously served in the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs, as well as a Senior Expert for Economic and Social Affairs in the Executive Body of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), a consultant to Indonesia’s Pacific Business Forum (PBF) and as an advisor to Indonesia’s ASEM Economic Business Forum delegations to the Paris and Bangkok AEBF meeting.

From 1998-2001 Dorodjatun served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the Commonwealth of Dominica. He also consulted regularly with the IMF, World Bank, the Fed Reserve and the US Treasury. On his return to Indonesia, he was appointed as Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs (2001-2004). In 2005 he was appointed as Co-Chair of Panel 45, created to formulate Indonesia’s position with regard to the United Nations reform. In 2006, he was appointed as member of the Board of Governance of the National Resilience Institute (LEMHANNAS).

Throughout his career, Dorodjatun has maintained a deep involvement with the Indonesian business community and has also held multiple policy-based roles. Dorodjatun served at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Indonesia, from 1962 until he reached the position of Senior Research Associate, then the Director of the Institute for Economic and Social Research (LPEM) in 1992. He has taught various courses, all the way from the undergraduate to the graduate level, covering theories, economic history, Indonesia’s policy issues, and political-economy issues of development. In the last two years he also lectured at the newly established Indonesia Defense University (Unhan) on the subjects of Defense Economics and Comparative Economic Systems.

Dorojatun has received the Chancellor’s Distinguished Honour Award of the University of California at Berkeley, USA (1998), Medal for Distinguished and Loyal Service of 30 years in the Government of Indonesia (Satyalencana Karya Satya) (2002), The Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award of the UCB, USA (2002), Medal of Honor of Mahaputera Adiprana presented by Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on behalf of the Republic of Indonesia (2005), Medal of Honor of The Order of The Rising Star, Gold and Silver Star, from His Majesty The Emperor of Japan, presented by PM Hatoyama (2010).