February 28, 2018
Jakarta. President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo confirmed on Feb. 27, 2018, his nomination of current Bank Indonesia deputy governor Perry Warjiyo to fill the role of the bank's governor for the 2018-2023 period. Born in Sukoharjo, Central Java, in 1959, Perry graduated from Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta in 1982. He then obtained master and doctoral degrees in monetary policy and international economics at Iowa State University in 1989.