Agung Laksono is the coordinating minister for people's welfare in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet

Second United Indonesia Cabinet

The Second United Indonesia Cabinet was inaugurated on 22 October 2009, two days after the inauguration of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as President of Indonesia for the second term...

 and a member of the Golkar

Golkar

The Party of the Functional Groups is a political party in Indonesia. It is also known as Sekber Golkar . It was the ruling party during Suharto's regime...

 Party. Previously, he was the Speaker of Indonesia

Indonesia

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 People's Representative Council

People's Representative Council

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 (DPR) from 2004 to 2009. In December 2004, during the Golkar convention, he was also elected as vice-chairman of the party.

Laksono is a supporter of Iran's nuclear program. He was a co-founder of Adam Air

Adam Air

Adam Air was a privately owned airline based in West Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. It operated scheduled domestic services to over 20 cities and international services to Penang and Singapore...

, a now defunct commercial airline, which was closed down after a series of accidents.

He holds a degree from the Christian University of Indonesia School of Medicine.