Profile of BPS Chief Amalia Adininggar, Who is Also a Commissioner of Telkom Property

The figure of Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti, Head of Statistics Indonesia (BPS), has captured the attention of the Indonesian public following her announcement of economic growth for the January–March 2026 period. The growth figure rose to 5.61% year-on-year. According to BPS, the economic growth in the first quarter of 2026 is the highest compared to the same period in previous years. Historically, economic growth in the first quarter over the last five years contracted in 2021. At that time, economic growth for January–March 2021 was recorded at minus 0.69%. Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti was inaugurated by President Prabowo Subianto on 19 February 2025. She becomes the second woman and the 12th person to lead the national statistical information agency. Before becoming Head of BPS, Amalia had a long track record as a civil servant in the Ministry of National Development Planning (PPN)/National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), holding several strategic positions. This company operates in the field of development, management, and integrated property solutions. As a subsidiary of the Telkom Indonesia Group, Telkom Property plays an important role in the Telkom Group’s business ecosystem, focusing on supporting the group’s internal property needs while also serving the external market. In its early days, the company focused on building maintenance services and facility management for assets owned by Bank Duta. A major change occurred on 25 April 2001 when all of the company’s shares were acquired by Telkom Indonesia as part of the national property sector business expansion strategy. Meanwhile, compiled from the official BPS website and Antara, throughout her career, Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti served as Director of Trade, Investment, and International Economic Cooperation at the Ministry of PPN/Bappenas from 2011 to 2016. In 2020, Amalia was appointed as Deputy for Economic Affairs at the Ministry of PPN/Bappenas and carried out those duties until January 2025. Subsequently, on 16 January 2025, she was inaugurated as Special Staff for the Development of Leading Sectors and Digital Innovation at the Ministry of PPN/Bappenas. These two latest positions were carried out concurrently with her mandate as Acting Head of Statistics Indonesia (BPS). In that position, she replaced Margo Yuwono, the previous BPS Head, who on 17 May 2023 was inaugurated as Senior Government Trainer for the East Java Provincial Government. Regarding her educational background, she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in 1995, then completed a Master of Science at the same campus in 1997. She pursued further education abroad. A year later, she obtained a Master of Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, United States. She earned her doctoral degree in economics from the University of Melbourne, Australia, in 2005.