Jokowi to Appoint Former SBY Assistant as Head of New Capital City

Thursday, 10 March 2022 – 10:28 GMT+7
Jokowi to Appoint Former SBY Assistant as Head of New Capital City - JPNN.com English
President Joko Widodo / Credit: Ricardo, JPNN

He also served as deputy to the coordinating minister for the economy for the coordination of infrastructure and regional development from 2007 to 2010.

He was a graduate of civil engineering from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in 1987 and had a career as a civil servant in the department of public works.

Bambang obtained a master's degree in urban planning from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1996 and a master's degree in transportation from the same university in 1998.

He then took a doctorate in infrastructure planning from the University of California.

Bambang has served as vice president for management and sustainable development at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) since July 2015. (ant/fat/mcr20/jpnn)

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Jokowi will inaugurate Bambang Susantono as head of authority of the new state capital.