Agung Laksono

Agung Laksono (born 23 March 1949) is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is serving as a member of the Presidential Advisory Council since 2019. A member of Golkar, Agung previously served as Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet from 2009 to 2014 and as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2004 to 2009.

Born in Semarang, on 23 March 1949. He completed his primary and secondary education at SMA Negeri 4 Medan. He continued his studies at the Christian University of Indonesia at the Faculty of Medicine and graduated in 1972. He started his political career in the Golkar Party by serving as Chairman of the Youth Forces of the Golkar Party from 1984 until 1989.

Laksono would go on to serve as Director of PT Horizon Andalas Televisi, now known as ANTV from 1993 until 1998 and Minister of Youth and Sports in the Development Cabinet VII in the government of President Suharto. In 1999, he entered the People's Representative Council. In 2004, he replaced Akbar Tandjung as Speaker of the People's Representative Council, going to serve from 2004 until 2009.

He was appointed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare from 2009 until 2014. On 7 December 2012, he was appointed to serve as Acting Minister of Youth and Sports replacing Andi Mallarangeng, following Andi's resignation over alleged corruption case of the Hambalang sports facility construction project in Bogor, West Java.  Being succeeded by Roy Suryo. On 28 May 2014, he was also appointed as Acting Minister of Religious Affairs replacing Suryadharma Ali who officially resigned after alleged corruption. He was soon replaced by Lukman Hakim Saifuddin who was officially inaugurated by the President on 9 June 2014.

On 13 December 2019, President Joko Widodo appointed Laksono and 8 others to become members of the Presidential Advisory Council with Wiranto as chairman. Provided by Wikipedia