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February 10, 2010 edition

He is an economist and an artist. A doctorate of the Sorbonne, France, who "went astray" to become the Minister of Education & Culture-with the courage to make policies that were controversial for their times: changing the beginning of the academic year, getting rid of the school holidays for the fasting month, banning university students from undertaking political activities on campus through the Normalization of Campus Life (the restoration and maintenance of order in universities).
Daoed Joesoef's thinking-he is now 84 years old-can be categorized as unusual or even eccentric for his times. At one time, he suggested getting rid of religious education in the schools. He also disagreed with a decree from three ministers on the establishment of houses of worship. Two weeks ago, Daoed spoke at length about his life, his ideas, and many other things with Nunuy Nurhayati and Yophiandi from Tempo. Here are some highlights of those discussions.

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December 15, 2009 edition

He was one of those who laid the New Order’s economic foundations. Heading four departments from 1971 to 1993, he was known as a minister who dared to speak openly to Suharto. “For the sake of cemara (casuarina trees), I once turned down the construction of a power plant in Bedugul before Pak Harto,” he said.
The man, Prof. Dr. Emil Salim, set up the Office of Minister for Environment Affairs from scratch. He worked with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), religious figures, sent trained staffers abroad, and struggled at international negotiation tables. Born in Lahat 79 years ago, he was popular as a pioneering environment fighter.
During the Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen, December 7-18, Tempo presents a colorful story of this environment warrior.

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