Bambang Wiyogo elected as new Hipmi chairman

Bambang Wiyogo elected as new Hipmi chairman

JAKARTA (JP): Executives of the Association of Indonesian Young Businessmen (Hipmi) elected Bambang Atmanto Wiyogo, son of former Jakarta governor Wiyogo Atmodarminto, as the association's chairman for the 1995 to 1998 term at the end of their congress Saturday.

Bambang defeated two other candidates, Ketut Suardhana Linggih and Eddy Kuntadi, in the election that was broadcast live on ANteve.

Bambang, Ketut and Eddy, who were then assigned by the 135 congress participants to elect the other Himpi executives for the 1995 to 1998 term, decided to appoint themselves as well as Reza Kamarulah, Andree M. Nasution and Indah Wasono as chairpersons. They also appointed 15 other people to lead the 23-year-old association's departments.

The 135 participants represented association chapters from all 27 Indonesian provinces.

Bambang said after the three-day congress was closed by State Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Hayono Isman, that he would promote provincial and regency level activities to enhance the country's economic growth.

Hipmi will also provide more information about business opportunities in the provinces, he promised.

Hipmi has 8,200 members, whose annual earnings range from a few thousand dollars to millions of dollars.

Bambang, a former deputy chairman of Hipmi's Jakarta chapter, owns 11 companies operating in oil, property, construction and telecommunications.

A graduate of the Faculty of Economics at Gajah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Bambang is concurrently chief of cooperatives and enterprises of the Communications Forum for the Children of Indonesian Retired Armed Forces Officers, as well as treasurer of the Youth Forum of Kosgoro, a business institution established by Armed Forces veterans. (riz)