Prof. Ir. Purnomo Yusgiantoro, M.Sc., M.A., Ph.D. (Petroleum Engineering ’70) is the Minister of Defense who served from 22 October 2009 to 20 October 2014. Purnomo previously served as Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (2000–2009). Most recently, he served as the Board of Trustees of the Purnomo Yusgiantoro Center.

Education:

• Bachelor of Petroleum Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Indonesia, 1974
• MA. Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder Main Campus, Colorado, United States, 1988
• MSc., Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, United States, 1986
• Ph.D. Mineral / Natural Resource Economics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, United States, 1988
• National Resilience Institute (Lemhannas), XXV Regular Course (KRA), Wibawa Seroja Nugraha Award, 1992

Publication:

• Many presented papers in the scope of development economics, microeconomics, energy and mineral resources, energy and the environment, and national defense
• Together with other authors: Indonesian Economic Analysis and Methodology (as editor DR. Syahrir)
• Author book: International Financial Management
• Author book: Energy Economics: Theory and Practice
• Author of the book: Defense Economics: Theory and Practice
• Author book: The Indonesian Economy: Theory and Practice
• Author book: Footprints of Time: A Glimpse of Indonesia