Enggartiasto Lukita (born 12 October 1951 in

Cirebon Cirebon (, formerly rendered Cheribon or Chirebon in English) is a port city on the northern coast of the Indonesian island of Java. It is the only coastal city of West Java, located about 40 km west of the provincial border with Central J ...

, Indonesia) is an Indonesian politician and businessman. He served as the Minister of Trade from 27 July 2016 until 23 October 2019. He was previously renown as the Chairman of Indonesian Real Estate in 1992–1995 and the member of Indonesian People's Representative Council for three terms from 2000–2004, 2004–2009, and 2009–2013 under the

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. In 2013 Enggartiasto Lukita decided to join the

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which was declared by his previous partner in Golkar,

Surya Paloh Surya Dharma Paloh (born 16 July 1951) is an Indonesian politician and media mogul. He owns Media Group, a conglomerate company that includes the ''Media Indonesia'' daily newspaper and ''MetroTV,'' a 24-hour news television channel. In politics, ...

. He was appointed as the Minister of Trade during President Joko Widodo's second cabinet reshuffle.

Background

Enggartiasto Lukita was born Loe Joe Eng in

West Java West Java (, ) is an Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten and the country's capital region of Jakarta to t ...

, on 12 October 1951. He completed studies at the English Department, Faculty of Language and Art Education, Bandung Teachers' Training College (now,

Indonesia University of Education Indonesia University of Education ( Indonesian: Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, UPI) is a public university in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It was established in 1954 as Teachers Education College (PTPG). Indonesia University of Education i ...

). Lukita made his entrance in politics through Indonesia People's Consultative Assembly in 1997–1999 and had then been elected as the member of Indonesian People's Representative Council for 13 years from the

representing Cirebon and surrounding electoral district. In 2013, Lukita resigned from the House following his decision to join

References

1951 births Living people People from Cirebon Indonesian people of Chinese descent University of Indonesia alumni Members of the House of Representatives (Indonesia), 2004 Members of the House of Representatives (Indonesia), 2009 Members of the House of Representatives (Indonesia), 1999 Trade ministers of Indonesia {{Indonesia-politician-stub