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Kwik Kian Gie (born 11 January 1935 in
Indonesian Chinese economist who often wrote columns in the liberal newspaper KOMPAS criticizing the policies of the Suharto
administration in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Following a teaching post in the Economics department of the
PDI-P opposition political party of Megawati Sukarnoputri
.
He was promoted to coordinating minister of economics and finance by Abdurrahman Wahid. His tenure was seen as a failure due to the hype that he failed to live up to. He is known as an honest politician and economist, although his writings are sometimes considered controversial.(read more...)