Siti Nurbaya Bakar

Siti Nurbaya Bakar Minister of Environment and Forestry Republic of Indonesia

Siti Nurbaya Bakar graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from IPB University in 1979 and continued her doctorate at IPB University (collaborating with Siegen University, Germany) and graduated with a doctorate in 1998. Her career began when she graduated from S1 by serving in Bappeda Lampung for 17 years. Completed from Lampung, she continued her career in Jakarta by serving as Head of the Planning Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs from 1998-2001. She was assigned as Secretary General of the Ministry of Home Affairs in 2001-2005 and had served as Secretary General of the DPD RI in 2006-2013. She received the position as Minister of Environment and Forestry in 2014-2019 and again had the opportunity to become Minister of KLHK for the period 2019-2024.

She has received many achievements and awards. Some of these awards include the Exemplary Civil Servants (PNS) in 2004, Extraordinary Work Achievements in 2004, the Satya Lencana Karya XX Award in 2001, the Satya Lencana Karya Satya XXX Award in 2010, the Bintang Satya Lencana Service Workshop Award in 2004 and the Utama Jasa Bintang Award in 2011.