Marshal 'Jonie' in Exile
March 13, 2001
You either love or hate Ginandjar Kartasasmita. Many Indonesians regard him with awe as a shrewd politician, a capable bureaucrat and a world-class lobbyist. He first entered the cabinet in 1983 as a junior minister, given the lowly responsibility of increasing use of domestic products. But he went on to be mines and energy minister and even chief economics minister. He has ended up one Indonesia's longest serving ministers. And a force to be
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