J. B. Sumarlin

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Prof. Drs. J. B. Sumarlin M.A. Ph.D.
Chair of the Audit Board of Indonesia
In office 1993–1998
President	Suharto
Preceded by	M. Jusuf
Succeeded by	Satrio Budihardjo Joedono
Minister of Finance
In office 21 March 1988 – 17 March 1993
President	Suharto
Preceded by	Radius Prawiro
Succeeded by	Mar'ie Muhammad
Head of National Development Planning Agency
In office 19 March 1983 – 21 March 1988
President	Suharto
Preceded by	Widjojo Nitisastro
Succeeded by	Saleh Afiff
Minister of State for Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform
In office 28 March 1973 – 19 March 1983
President	Suharto
Preceded by	Emil Salim
Succeeded by	Saleh Afiff
Personal details
Born	Johannes Baptista Sumarlin (1932-12-07)7 December 1932 Nglegok, Blitar, Dutch East Indies
Died	6 February 2020(2020-02-06) (aged 87) Jakarta, Indonesia
Spouse	Theresia Sudarmi (m. 1961)
Children	Five
Parents	Sapoean Pawirodikromo (father) Karmilah (mother)
Alma mater	University of Indonesia

Johannes Baptista Sumarlin (7 December 1932 – 6 February 2020) was an Indonesian economist who served as Minister of Finance.^[1] Sometimes linked with the so-called Berkeley Mafia group of economic advisers which included senior Indonesian economists such as Widjojo Nitisastro, Emil Salim, and Ali Wardhana, Sumarlin held various important economics posts in the Indonesian government for many years until the late 1990s. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia (FEUI) in 1958. Positions held in government included, among others, Chairman of the Supreme Audit Agency, Minister of Finance, Chairman of the National Planning Agency (Bappenas), and Minister for Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform.^[2]