Muhammad
Lutfiwasappointed asMinister ofTradeofthe RepublicofIndonesiaonDecember23rd,2020byH.E.President JokoWidodo.Prior tohisappointment, hewasthe20th
IndonesianAmbassadortotheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Thisis
his secondtimeserved as
Minister ofTrade, after
thefirst one back in2014.
AmbassadorLutfi has
heldseveralleadershippositionsintheIndonesian government.
PriortohisassignmentasMinisterofTradebackin2014,hewasIndonesianAmbassador
toJapanfrom2010to2013,andChairman
oftheIndonesianInvestmentCoordinating
Boardfrom 2005to2009.
BorninJakarta,August16th, 1969,Ambassador
Lutfi
started hiscareerjourney as an
entrepreneur.Histrue
passionin nurturingyoungIndonesian entrepreneursled him
to becometheChairmanoftheIndonesianYoungEntrepreneursAssociationfrom2001to 2004 andhas beenaninspirational figurefor
Indonesianyoungentrepreneurs.
In2008,Ambassador LutfireceivedglobalrecognitionfromtheWorldEconomicForum
(WEF)when named one
oftheYoungGlobalLeaders(YGL)in2008among other international youngleaders
includingLarry
PageandSergeyBrinofGoogle.
Hiskeeninterestin diplomacyandworldaffairswasdemonstrated during his
tenure as
theIndonesianAmbassadortoJapansince2010.Underhisleadership,henavigatedthe bilateralrelationship betweenthetwocountriesandmultipliedJapan's directinvestment to Indonesiaby
almostsevenfolds.