BJ Habibie

Full Name : Prof. Dr.-Ing. H. Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie

Popular name : BJ Habibie
Wife : Hasri Ainun Besari
Place, Date of Birth : Pare-pare, June 25, 1936
Tenure for President : May 21, 1998-20 October 1999
Education : Dago High School, Bandung, Bandung Institute
of Technology (ITB), RWTH Aachen
Children : Ilham Akbar, Thareq Kemal

His father named Alwi Abdul Jalil Habibie was a farmer and was originally from
Gorontalo. While the mother named R.A. Tuti Marini Puspowardojo is an eye
specialist from Yogyakarta. Habibie is the fourth child of a total of eight siblings.

who is the third president of the Republic of Indonesia, is a figure known for his
intelligence. He had studied aeronautical engineering and specialized in aircraft
construction which also successfully assembled Indonesian aircraft at that time.

As it was stated earlier where this interesting biography of BJ Habibie was also
because there was a formula which was named the Habibie Factor. This one formula
can count cracks to the atoms of an aircraft even though he was given the nickname
Mr. Crack. In 1967, BJ Habibie received the title of Honorary Professor or Professor
from ITB. In addition, from ITB also BJ Habibie received the highest award, namely
Ganesha Praja Manggala.

With all his genius, not surprised if he gets a lot of recognition from international
class institutions ranging from Gesselschaft fuer Luft und Raumfahrt, namely the
aviation agencies in Germany, The Royal Aeronautical Society London in England,
The Academie Nationale de l'Air et de l'Espace from France, The Royal Swedish
Academy of Engineering Sciences from Sweden and even The US Academy of
Engineering from the United States. BJ Habibie also received a very prestigious
award, the Edward Warner Award and the von Karman Award, which is almost
equivalent to the Nobel Prize.