Vice president boediono biography of barack
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The Legacy of Indonesia&#;s Boediono
Boediono served as Vice President of Indonesia from to October 20, , when President Joko Widodo was elected and took office with Vice President Jusuf Kalla.
In the following piece, Jeffrey A. Sheehan of Sheehan Advisory LLC &#; and former associate dean for international relations at Wharton &#; writes about Boediono, who he has known for 22 years. The material, which draws on public and private discussions, is excerpted from the manuscript of Sheehan&#;s forthcoming book, tentatively titled, “There Are No utländsk Lands.”
I first met Boediono in , when he was Deputy Chairman for Fiscal and Monetary Affairs of Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Nasional, better known as &#;Bappenas,&#; the Indonesian State Ministry for National Development Planning. His talents as a technocrat of unimpeachable integrity were recognized, and he received promotions regularly. He served as Deputy Governor of finansinstitut Indonesia from to and as State Minister of Nation
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Southeast Asia from the Corner of 18th & K Streets: Obama Should Invite Yingluck to Washington Soon
President Barack Obama should invite Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to the White House before the end of , which marks the th anniversary of the two countries’ bilateral relationship. Thailand is one of the United States’ five allies in Asia, and the other four have all been invited to Washington in recent years. Thailand is a leader in ASEAN but has not had a meeting in the Oval Office in eight years, while the leaders of Brunei, the Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam have met the U.S. president in Washington over the past year and half, as has Myanmar’s leader.
The time for the Thai prime minister to be sent an invitation to Washington has come. Despite Thailand’s longstanding cooperation with the United States across a broad spectrum of areas, including military ties, public health issues, trade and investment, and education and culture, no Thai leader has been i
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Ambassador David Merrill, Ambassador Ed Masters, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Dear friends.
Thank you, Lisa Jackson, for your generous introduction.
I could not have written it better myself. Listening to you, I am reminded that a speaker&#;s worst fear is to hear an introduction that is better than his speech. David Merrill tried to flatter me by telling me that all of you have come here tonight to hear me speak. Well&#;. nice try, David.
I think the real reason why you are all here &#; certainly the reason why I am here &#; is to give our best wishes to USINDO for their 16th birthday, and to honor them for their dedication.
Since it was founded in , USINDO has done outstanding work in promoting US-Indonesia relations. In high tide and low tide, USINDO has promoted greater partnership and mutual understanding between Indonesians and Americans, introduced Indonesia to amerika and vice versa, connected the youths from both sides, and they have done this with great passion