Assignment Of English Spesialization

Biography Of B. J. Habibie

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Name : Mustakim
Class : X MIPA 1
Abcent : 18
Day/Date : Tuesday,8 October 2019

MAN 1 Pontianak
2019/20
 B. J. Habibie
Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie is the third President of Indonesia. He was born on June 25, 1936
in Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi. He is the fourth of eight children in his family. His parents are
Alwi Abdul Jalil Habibie and RA. Tuti Marini Puspowardojo. He spent his childhood in Pare-
Pare. Since he was a kid, he has shown his integrity and persistent behaviour. At school, Habibie
whose hobbies are riding horse and reading book is famous for his intelligence.
Habibie’s father passed away due to heart attack when he was in elementary school. After that,
his mother sold their vehicle and house and then moved to Bandung. As a single parent,
Habibie’s mother worked hard to afford her life with her children.
In 1954, after Habibie graduated from senior high school in Bandung, he continued his study to
Bandung Institute of Technology. He did not finish his study at ITB because at the same time he
got a scholarship from The Ministry of education and Culture of Indonesia to study in Germany.
He remembered that Bung Karno had ever said about the importance of plane development for
Indonesia, and then he decided to take aerospace engineering with aeroplane construction
specialty at Rhein Westfalen Aachen Technische Hochschule (RWTH), an institute of
technology in Germany.
Habibie studied hard to be success since he remembered how hard his mother worked for his
life. Even, Habibie spent his time in holiday to earn extra money for buying books. When
holiday ended, he did not do anything except studying. In 1960, he graduated with great score,
almost perfect (9.5). With his education background, he applied at an industry company of train,
named Firma Talbot.
After that, he continued his doctoral degree at Technische Hochschule Die Facultaet Fuer
Maschinenwesen Aachean. In 1962, he got married with Hasri Ainun. She was a doctor and she
followed his husband to Germany. Habibie and Ainun has two sons. They are Ilham Akbar dan
Thareq Kemal. At that time, life got harder. He had to go to work in the early morning because
he walked to the office to save more money. He went home in the evening and studied. He
finished his doctoral degree in 1965 with perfect score (10).
In his life, Habibie has got many achievements and awards from Indonesia and other
International institution. Before he fulfilled a call from President Soeharto and went back to
Indonesia, he had worked at a leading aeroplane industry, MBB Gmbh, Germany. In Indonesia,
Habibie had been the minister of Research and Technology for 20 years and led 10 governmental
company of strategic industry. He was elected by society representative assembly as the Vice
President of Indonesia. When the crisis happened in 1998 and President Soeharto was insisted to
step down from his position, Habibie was assigned to replace President Soeharto to be the third
President of Indonesia.