Akbar Tandjung | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Official portrait, 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13th Speaker of the House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 6 October 1999 – 30 September 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Harmoko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Agung Laksono | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7th General Chairman of the Golkar Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 11 July 1998 – 19 December 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Harmoko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Jusuf Kalla | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1 October 1999 – 1 October 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1 October 1977 – 21 March 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Djandji Akbar Zahiruddin Tandjung 14 August 1945 Sorkam, Central Tapanuli, Japanese East Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Golkar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Krisnina Maharani (m. 1960) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Occupation | Politician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Djandji Akbar Zahiruddin Tandjung (born 14 August 1945) is an Indonesian politician who served as the Speaker of the People's Representative Council from 1999 until 2004. A member of the Golkar party, he also served as the party's chairman from 1999 until 2004 and was a member of the People's Representative Council from East Java from 1977 until 2004.
He served as a minister under former presidents Suharto and B.J. Habibie. He was Speaker of the People's Representative Council (DPR) from 1999 to 2004. In 2002 he was convicted of corruption over the embezzlement of funds intended for food relief for the poor, but the conviction was overturned on appeal in 2004.[1]