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Faisal Hasan Basri Batubara | |
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| Born | 6 November 1959 |
| Nationality | Indonesian |
| Spouse | Syahfitri Nasution |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Economics |
| Alma mater | University of Indonesia Vanderbilt University |
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Relative: Adam Malik | |
Faisal Basri (born 6 November 1959) is an Indonesian economist and politician. He is a faculty member at University of Indonesia, specializing in political economics, and a member of KPPU, Indonesian competition regulator. Basri is the grandnephew of Indonesia's third Vice President, Adam Malik.[1]
In 2012, Basri ran for governor in the Jakarta gubernatorial election as independent along with Biem Benyamin, the son of a prominent Betawi figure, Benyamin Sueb,[2] but he was unsuccessful in winning the governorship, with fewer votes than Joko Widodo, Fauzi Bowo, and Hidayat Nur Wahid, and ahead of Alex Noerdin and Hendarji Supanji.[3]
