Suharso Monoarfa | |
Office: | Minister of National Development Planning |
President: | Joko Widodo |
Term Start: | 23 October 2019 |
Predecessor: | Bambang Brodjonegoro |
Office1: | Leader of the United Development Party |
Term Start1: | 20 August 2019 |
Term End1: | 5 September 2022 |
Predecessor1: | Muhammad Romahurmuziy |
Successor1: | Muhamad Mardiono |
Office2: | Member of the Presidential Advisory Board |
Term Start2: | 19 January 2015 |
Term End2: | 20 October 2019 |
President2: | Joko Widodo |
Office3: | 6th Minister of Housing |
Term Start3: | 22 October 2009 |
Term End3: | 19 October 2011 |
President3: | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
Predecessor3: | Muhammad Yusuf Asy'ari |
Successor3: | Djan Faridz |
Office4: | 1st Vice Heads of National Research and Innovation Agency of Indonesia Steering Committee |
President4: | Joko Widodo |
Term Start4: | 1 September 2021 |
Birth Date: | 31 October 1954 |
Birth Place: | Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia |
Party: | United Development Party |
Children: | Andhika Monoarfa Raushanfikri Monoarfa |
Suharso Monoarfa (born 31 October 1954) is an Indonesian entrepreneur and politician who is the current Minister for National Development Planning. He was appointed to this position by President Joko Widodo on 23 October 2019. He was also a member of the Presidential Advisory Council.[1]
He served as Minister of Public Housing in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet between October 2009 and October 2011. He was also a member of the House of Representatives between 2004 and 2009 and was re-elected again in 2009.[2] On 17 October 2011, Suharso Monoarfa resigned from his post as the Minister of Public Housing of the Republic of Indonesia, for personal reasons.[3] [4]
On 19 January 2015, he was elected by President Joko Widodo as one of the members of the Presidential Advisory Council.[5]
In March 2019, he became acting chairman of the United Development Party following the arrest of Muhammad Romahurmuziy.[6] He held this position until September 2022, when he was replaced by Muhamad Mardiono following a controversy over a statement Suharso made regarding kyai.[7]
In 2021, after the enactment of Presidential Decree No. 78/2021, he become one of Vice Heads of National Research and Innovation Agency Steering Committee, together with Sri Mulyani.[8]