Johanes Berchmans Kristiadi Pudjosukanto (4 May 194621 February 2023) was an Indonesian civil servant, academician, and economist who served as the Chairman of the State Administrative Agency from 1990 until 1998, Secretary to the Minister of Communications and Information from 2002 until 2005, and Secretary General of the Department of Finance from 2005 until 2006. Early life and education Kristiadi was born in Surakarta on 4 May 1946 as the son of B.S. Pudjosukanto, a teacher in a Dutch school, and Theresia Pudjosukanto. He was the sixth child of his parents' nine children. His parents were known as strict parents and implemented Dutch-style teaching to their children. Kristiadi's parents moved to Jakarta around three years after giving birth to him. He began his studies at a primary school in Blok Q, Kebayoran Baru. Due to his parents' wealthy background, Kristiadi was the only student in the school to be able to wear shoes. However, he always removed his shoes after arriving at the school, stating that he was "ashamed to be the only one wearing shoes after school". He graduated from elementary school and continued at the Tarakanita Junior High School. As a child, Kristiadi developed interest in machinery and would sometimes fiddle radios or his mother's sewing machine. He was so interested in natural sciences that after finishing his junior high school, he decided to attend two different high schools, each with different subjects. However, his parents were only able to pay the tuition of only one high school and he was told to leave one of the high schools. Upon finishing his high school education, Kristiadi attended the University of Indonesia. Kristiadi was actively involved in students protests against Sukarno during that period. Kristiadi graduated with a doctorandus in public administration 1971. He then went to France and undertook postgraduate studies at the Sorbonne University. He obtained his Ph.D in 1979 with summa cum laude . He was appointed as professor in social and political sciences at the Padjadjaran University sometime in the 1990s. Career Kristiadi had already been accepted as an employee at the Department of Finance before he graduated from the University of Indonesia. He began to work in the department a year after his graduation. After he returned to Indonesia from France, he was appointed the director of state wealth management. He left the position in 1987 and became the director of budgeting. On 27