Nila Djuwita Farid Moeloek (born 11 April 1949) is an Indonesian politician and

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. She was the

Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare spending and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental heal ...

of the

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from 27 October 2014 until 20 October 2019. She is an

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and lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine,

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Career

Moeloek has participated in the selection for the Minister of Health on 18 October 2009, but instead she was appointed as the Representative of Indonesia to

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(MDGs) by President

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (born 9 September 1949), commonly referred to as SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired Indonesian Army, army general who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014 and the second president of Ind ...

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