Biography of Habibie

BIOGRAPHY OF BACHARUDDIN JUSUF HABIBIE

The third president of the Republic of Indonesia, Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie was born in Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi, on June 25, 1936. He was the fourth child of eight siblings, the couple Alwi Abdul Jalil Habibie and RA. Tuti Marini Puspowardojo. From the results of his marriage to Hasri Ainun Habibie on May 12, 1962, Habibie was blessed with two sons, Ilham Akbar and Thareq Kemal. Habibie's childhood was passed along with his brothers in Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi. The strict nature of adhering to the principle has been shown Habibie since childhood. Habibie who has a penchant for riding this horse, had to lose his father who died on September 3, 1950 due to a heart attack. Shortly after his father died, Habibie moved to Bandung to study at the Middlebare School Gouvernments. In high school, he began to stand out for his achievements, especially in exact sciences. Habibie became a favorite figure in his school. After graduating from high school in Bandung in 1954, he entered the University of Indonesia in Bandung (now ITB). He got a Diploma from Technische Hochschule, Germany in 1960 who then got a Doctorate bloom from the same place in 1965. Habibie was married in 1962, and was blessed with two children. In 1967, he became an honorary Professor (Professor) at the Bandung Institute of Technology. Habibie's steps were much admired, full of controversy, many admirers but not a few who disagreed with him. Every time, the prestigious award winner Theodore van Karman Award, it returns from Germany's "habitat", it is always in the news. Habibie only spent a year studying at ITB Bandung, 10 years of college until he earned a doctorate in aircraft construction in Germany with the title Summa Cum Laude. Then worked in the leading aircraft industry MBB Gmbh Germany, before fulfilling President Soeharto's call to return to Indonesia. In Indonesia, Habibie served 20 years as the Minister of Research and Technology / Head of the BPPT, leading 10 Strategic Industries BUMN companies, elected by the MPR to be the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia, and sworn in by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to become President of the Republic of Indonesia replacing Suharto. Suharto gave up the presidential position to Habibie based on Article 8 of the 1945 Constitution. Until finally Habibie was forced to resign due to the referendum of East Timor who chose independence. His accountability speech was rejected by the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly. He also returned to being an ordinary citizen, returning to migrate to Germany.

Habibie died on 11 september 2019