TRIBUNNEWS.COM – Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Finally, he opened his voice about the viral photo of himself with President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) 22 years ago.
At that time, Jokowi still a furniture entrepreneur at Solo.
By posting on his Facebook page, Thursday (13/8/2020), Sri Mulyani said the moment he met himself with Jokowi occurred during the economic crisis in 1998.
At that time, the economy had fallen sharply by minus 13.7% and the rupiah currency collapsed from Rp 2,350 to Rp. 16,000 per US dollar.
Many large companies and small banks have gone bankrupt.
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Sri Mulyani, who was a lecturer at the University of Indonesia, was invited to a seminar at Solo to explain why the crisis happened and how to save the economy going forward.
Sri Mulyani conveyed that those who invited her at that time were Jokowi, a furniture entrepreneur who actually earned extraordinary blessings when the crisis occurred.
This is because export revenues in US dollars jumped more than six times.
Here’s the post Sri Mulyani related to the photo together Jokowi 22 years ago it:
“Throwback 22 Years Ago.
August 14 1998 – 22 years ago where were you?
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