Sri Mulyani Indrawati is the Minister of Finance of Indonesia, currently on her second term—having first been appointed in 2016 and then re-appointed in 2019—under the administration of Indonesia President Joko Widodo. She also served as Indonesia’s coordinating minister of economic affairs in 2008, continuing her role as finance minister since 2005, under the administration of former Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
As finance minister, Ms. Indrawati has achieved macroeconomic stability, maintained prudent fiscal policies, lowered borrowing costs, and managed debt. She was also instrumental in implementing fundamental reforms in the Ministry of Finance, and has been responsible for sustaining investor confidence in the country.
Ms. Indrawati also serves as co-chair of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN, co-chair of the Pathways for Prosperity Commission on Technology and Inclusive Development with Melinda Gates, and board member of UNICEF's Generation Unlimited Initiative. She was also appointed chair of the Indonesian Association of Islamic Economists (2019–2023).
Before rejoining the government under the current administration, Ms. Indrawati was managing director and chief operating officer of the World Bank (2010–2016). Previously, she was executive director of the International Monetary Fund (2002–2004), representing 12 countries in Southeast Asia.
Her first government post was a stint as Indonesia’s minister of state for national development planning and head of Indonesia’s National Development Planning Agency in 2004.
Ms. Indrawati was born in Tanjung Karang, Lampung, Indonesia. She has a bachelor’s degree in economics (1986) from the University of Indonesia. She also has a master’s degree in policy economics (1990) and a doctor of philosophy degree in economics (1992), both from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.