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Max Moein, MA, MBA (12 May 1942 - 19 March 2019) was an Indonesian politician. He was a Member of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia for the period 1999-2004 and 2004-2009 from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle Fraction representing the Electoral District of West Kalimantan.

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While serving as a Member of the Republic of Indonesia's DPR, Max was trusted as Chairman of Commission IX (Finance and Banking) of the DPR in the 1999-2004 period and Deputy Chair of Commission XI (Finance and Banking) of the DPR in the 2004-2009 period. As a matter of fact, Max was often trusted to occupy several leadership positions in various Special Committees and Working Committees, such as the Chair of the Special Committee for Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI) and the Chair of the Working Committee on the Draft Law on Income Tax (PPh).

When he served as Chair of the BLBI Special Committee, Max was suspicious of the results of the Audit Board's (BPK) audit regarding the disbursement and distribution of BLBI funds to 48 BLBI recipient banks. Members of Commission IX of the DPR revealed that the BLBI burden borne by Bank Indonesia (BI) was IDR 60 trillion, a figure known from the results of the BPK audit. Meanwhile, BI only has assets of IDR 30 trillion. If the DPR continues to rely on the results of the audit, Max said that at any time BI could go bankrupt, even for just one minute, which could result in the replacement of its entire Board of Governors.

After the BNI and BRI banks were hacked in 2003 through cases of fictitious letters of credit and fictitious deposits, members of Commission IX proposed that the DPR immediately form a Special Committee to thoroughly investigate these cases in a hearing with the President Director of Bank Negara Indonesia, Saifuddien Hasan. and President Director of Bank Rakyat Indonesia Rudjito. However, Max, who serves as Chairman of Commission IX, said that forming a Working Committee was better because the formation of a Working Committee would be an internal matter for the commission.

In March 2006, more than one year after the Aceh Tsunami tragedy, Max, who now serves as Deputy Chair of Commission XI, asked for a postponement of VAT exemptions for primary goods and agricultural products in Aceh. In a consultation meeting attended by the Ministry of Finance, Max stated that the DPR could not accept the VAT exemption before the internal commission held a meeting to discuss details of goods that would be excluded from tax revenues and possible reductions in state revenue.

During a meeting with the Central Statistics Agency to discuss the country's economic data, Max proposed that the criteria regarding poverty and unemployment be standardized.

"There must be standard criteria regarding poverty rates. Don't use different criteria for BPS, different IMF, different DPR. This makes us all confused," said the DPR congressman from PDIP.

Apart from that, Max also proposed that these figures could be included in the macro assumptions of the State Budget.

"So far, it's just inflation, economic growth, it's better if it's already there, it's good. We add this to our macro assumptions. So the achievement is not just taxes, SBI, but whether unemployment and poverty are reduced or not," he added.

According to him, this can make it easier for the government and the general public to see whether high economic growth has succeeded in reducing poverty and unemployment rates.

Positions Held

 * Chairman of Commission IX (Finance and Banking) DPR RI (1999-2004)
 * Deputy Chairman of Commission XI (Finance and Banking) DPR RI (2004-2008)

Death
Max died on March 19, 2019 after suffering from a tumor and diabetes for two years. This sad news was confirmed by PDIP politician Hendrawan Supratikno.