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Indonesian politician

Arief Yahya
Arief Yahya as Minister of Tourism (2016)
11th Minister of Tourism
In office27 October 2014 – 23 October 2019
President Joko Widodo
Preceded by Mari Elka Pangestu
Succeeded by Wishnutama
Personal details
Born (1961-04-02) 2 April 1961 (age 64)Banyuwangi, East Java
Nationality Indonesian
Political party Non Party
Relations Said Suhadi (Father) Siti Badriya (Mother)
Children 4
Alma mater Bandung Institute of TechnologyUniversity of SurreyPadjadjaran University
Profession Professional

Arief Yahya (born 2 April 1961 in Banyuwangi) is the former Minister of Tourism of Indonesia between 2014 and 2019 in the Working Cabinet of President Joko Widodo. Prior to becoming a minister, he had been the CEO at state-owned Telkom Indonesia between 2012 and his appointment.

Yahya was born in Banyuwangi, East Java on 2 March 1961, his father a merchant while her mother was a stay-at-home parent. At the age of 18, he was admitted to the Bandung Institute of Technology to study electrical engineering. Later, he would receive a scholarship from his workplace to study at Surrey University. He continued to earn his doctorate at Padjadjaran University, graduating with a business management degree in 2014.[1][2]

He started working at Telkom Indonesia in 1986. There, he gradually rose up the corporate ranks, at points becoming head of a local office, a regional division, then becoming a director of enterprise and wholesale.[1]

In 2012, he was appointed by the government as CEO, replacing Rinaldi Firmansyah.[3]

Minister of Tourism

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He was appointed minister of tourism by newly elected Joko Widodo in 2014.[4] In 2015, his ministry set a target to have 20 million foreign visitors by 2019, with visits that year numbering around 9 million per year. By 2017, the number had increased to 14 million.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Profil Arief Yahya". VIVA (in Indonesian). Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  2. ^ "H.E. Arief Yahya" (in Indonesian). World Travel and Tourism Council. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Telkom – Arief Yahya ditunjuk sebagai Direktur Utama". Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Presiden Joko Widodo umumkan kabinet" (in Indonesian). BBC Indonesia. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  5. ^ Guild, James (7 June 2018). "Indonesia's Booming Tourism Industry". The Diplomat. Retrieved 27 September 2018.