Hello
everybody, now I will tell you about my idol. He is Bacharuddin
Jusuf Habibie. Habibie was born in Parepare ,
South Sulawesi Province to Alwi Abdul Jalil Habibie and R. A. Tuti Marini
Puspowardojo. His father was an agriculturist from Gorontalo of Bugis descent and his mother was a Javanese noblewoman from Yogyakarta. His parents met while studying
in Bogor.
When he was 14 years old, Habibie's father died.
On his return to Indonesia in 1974, Habibie was made Chief
Executive Officer of the new state-owned enterprise Industri Pesawat
Terbang Nusantara (IPTN).
(In 1985, PT. Nurtanio changed its name to Indonesian Aviation Industry and is
now known as Indonesian Aerospace Inc. (Dirgantara). By the 1980s, IPTN had
grown considerably, specializing in the manufacture of helicopters and small
passenger planes. 
Habibie became a pilot, assisted in his training by A.B. Wolff,
former chief of staff of the Dutch Air Force. In 1995, he flew an N-250 (dubbed Gatot koco) commuter plane.
In developing Indonesia's aviation industry, he adopted an
approach called "Begin at the End and End at the Beginning". In
this method, elements such as basic research became the last things upon which
to focus, whilst actual manufacturing of the planes was placed as the first
objective.
In January 1998, after accepting nomination for a 7th
term as President, Suharto announced the selection criteria for the nomination
of a vice president. Suharto did not mention Habibie by name, but his
suggestion that the next vice president should have a mastery of science and
technology made it obvious he had Habibie in mind.
In that year, in the midst of the Asian Financial Crisis, this suggestion
was received badly, causing the rupiah to fall. Despite this and protests
(the former minister Emil Salim tried
to nominate himself as vice president), Habibie was elected vice president in
March 1998.
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