Minister of Trade
Republic of Indonesia

Mari Pangestu obtained her Bachelor and Master of Economics from the Australian National University and her Ph.D in economics from University of California, Davis.

Prior to assuming the responsibility as the Minister of Trade in October 2004, Dr. Pangestu was a member of the Governing Board of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta.

From 2002 to 2004, she was the co-coordinator of the Task Force on Poverty and Development for the United Nations Millennium Project established by the UN Secretary General.

She also had been actively involved as the Program Coordinator in the Trade Forum of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC), a private networking organization comprising of 23 member economies in the Asia Pacific region.

She was an external lecturer in International Economics at the University of Indonesia, Jakarta, as well as an Adjunct Professor at the Australia Japan Research Centre, the Australian National University, Canberra.

She has wide publications in Indonesian and international journals as well as in media. In addition, she also serves on the Board of External Editors of the Asian Journal of Business (University of Michigan) and Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (Australian National University).

Mari Pangestu is married to Adi Harsono and has two sons, Raymond and Arya.