Former industry and trade minister Tunky Ariwibowo passes away

Former industry and trade minister Tunky Ariwibowo passes away

Former minister of industry and trade Tunky Ariwibowo
succumbed to lung disease on Sunday morning in a Singapore
hospital. He was 65.

Born in Malang, East Java, in 1936, Tunky served former
president Soeharto as minister of industry and trade from 1995 to
1998.

He began his career at the ministry of industry in 1960, and
15 years later became president director of state-owned
steelmaker PT Krakatau Steel.

His ability to turn around the loss-making Krakatau Steel
helped him rise to become the minister of industry and trade.

Tunky had been battling lung disease for the past three or
four months, said Marsidi, an uncle of Tunky, as quoted by
Antara.

According to Marsidi, Tunky was being treated at the
University Hospital in Singapore.

"After he was brought there (to the hospital), three to four
days later his condition became critical until God called him
this morning," he said,

Tunky will be buried on Monday morning. He is survived by his
wife and three children. - JP