Arifin Tasrif

Arifin Tasrif (born in Jakarta 19 June 1953) is an Indonesian executive who is the Minister for Energy & Mineral Resources in Joko Widodo's Onward Indonesia Cabinet.

Early life and education
Tasrif attended primary and secondary schools in Jakarta. He first (1959) entered the Saint Fransikus (Francis of Assisi) primary school in Central Jakarta run by the Yayasan St. Fransiskus (Francis of Assisi Foundation) in Indonesia. Later (1965–1968) he attended the nearby Kanisius middle school before entering senior high school in Medan, North Sumatra in the Yayasan Pendidikan Harapan (Hope for Education Foundation). Tasrif studied chemical engineering at the Bandung Institute of Technology, graduating in 1977. He is of Minangkabau descent.

Business career
Tasrif was the business director of the construction and engineering firm Rekayasa Industri between 1995 and 2001, before becoming president director of the fertilizer company Petrokimia Gresik between 2001 and 2010. He then moved to the state-owned Pupuk Indonesia Holding Company. He led the firm until 2015.

Ambassadorship
On 13 March 2017, Tasrif was appointed as Indonesia's Ambassador to Japan and Micronesia by Joko Widodo. Tasrif had previously worked in Japan for two years starting in 1986 as an engineer. During this period, he was involved in the negotiations for a $20bn contract for a natural gas block with Japanese firm Inpex.

Cabinet minister
On 23 October 2019, he was appointed as Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources. On 4 February 2022, Tasrif was temporarily replaced with Bahlil Lahadalia as ad interim minister due to a COVID-19 infection.