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|image = Mari Elka Pangestu RI.jpg |imagesize = |caption = |office = Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy |order = |term_start = 19 October 2011 |term_end = 20 October 2014 |president = Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |predecessor = Jero Wacik |successor =Arief Yahya |office2 = Minister of Trade |order2 = |term_start2 = 21 October 2004 |term_end2 = 19 October 2011 |president2 = Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |predecessor2 = Rini Mariani Soemarno Soewandi |successor2 = Gita Wirjawan |office3 = Minister of Cooperatives and Small & Medium Enterprises ''ad-interim'' |term_start3 = 1 October 2008 |term_end3 = 22 October 2009 |president3 = Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |predecessor3 = Suryadharma Ali |successor3 = Syarief Hasan |birth_date = |birth_place = Jakarta, Indonesia |death_date = |death_place = |nationality = Indonesian |party = |spouse = Adi Harsono |relations = |children = Raymond Arya |alma_mater = Australian National University University of California, Davis |occupation = |profession = |religion = Roman Catholicism |signature = |website = |footnotes = }} Mari Elka Pangestu (; born 23 October 1956) was the Minister of Trade of Indonesia from October 2004 to October 2011. In a cabinet reshuffle in October 2011 she was appointed to the newly created position of minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, a post she held until the term of the administration of president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono finished on 20 October 2014.〔Risti Permani, '(Developing a creative economy' ), ''The Jakarta Post'', 1 November 2011.〕 In late December 2012 the Indonesian Government nominated Mari Pangestu as a candidate for the position of Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to succeed the incumbent Director-General, Pascal Lamy, whose term ends in 2013. The General Council of the WTO considered nominations from various countries in early 2013.〔'(Mari Pangestu nominated to replace Lamy as WTO chief' ), ''The Jakarta Post'', 21 December 2012.〕 The selection process went through various rounds and in late April 2013 eliminated all three candidates from the Asia-Pacific region. Mari Pangestu issued a gracious statement accepting the outcome of the process.〔Linda Yulisman, '(Indonesia loses out on filling top job' ), ''The Jakarta Post'', 27 April 2013.〕 ==Role in Cabinet== Mari Pangestu is the first female Chinese Indonesian to hold a cabinet position in Indonesia. After her appointment to the new cabinet position of Tourism and Creative Economy she spent time explaining the approach of the government towards fostering creative sectors of the economy in a number of statements.〔'(New Ministry: Mari: Clear blueprint for creative economy' ), ''The Jakarta Post'', 27 October 2011.〕 The initial listing of the 14 sub-sectors included in the scope of the creative economy part of the Ministry was the following: Tourism When focusing on tourism priorities within her portfolio she was both supportive of plans to develop the tourist sector but also pointed some well-known problems. She noted, for example, that problems of hygiene, security, and poor infrastructure constitute handicaps for the industry in Indonesia.〔'(Lack of hygiene, infrastructure dog tourism' ), ''The Jakarta Post'', 13 February 2012.〕 She discussed the need for a strategy to develop the tourist sector.〔Shoeb K. Zainuddin, '(Mari Outlines Strategy in Attracting Visitors From Abroad to Nation's Shores' ), ''The Jakarta Globe'', 24 June 2013.〕 She also emphasised that a range of challenges would need to be tackled in promoting the sector in Indonesia and that some of the challenges would take time to overcome.〔Mari Elka Pangestu, '(MICE tourism: RI competitive but needs at least five years' ), ''The Jakarta Post'', 23 July 2012.〕 Other steps she announced with the aim of promoting tourism included an emphasis on sports tourism, with priority to be given to the promotion of golf in the short-term and increasing attention to other activities such as yachting over the longer-term.〔'(Tourism: Govt promoting, improving sports tourism infrastructure' ), ''The Jakarta Post'', 4 August 2012.〕 In late 2012 Mari Pangestu expressed the hope that up to 10 million foreign tourists would visit Indonesia in 2014. She noted that there had been a falling away of tourists visiting Indonesia from Europe following the economic problems in 2011 and 2012 in the eurozone. However, she said that the government hoped that foreign tourist arrivals from countries in the Asia-Pacific region would hopefully offset the fall in tourists from Europe. She particularly pointed to the importance of the Chinese market where, she said, outbound tourists had climbed to 70 million in 2011.〔Nurfika Osman, '(Foreign tourists could reach 10 million in 2014, Mari says' ), ''The Jakarta Post'', 26 November 2012.〕 Creative economy After being given responsibility for creative economy matters in 2011, Mari Pangestu was energetic in promoting a wide range of activities in the sector. She urged regional governments to promote local creative activities and spoke of the importance of strengthening intellectual property rights so as to encourage young Indonesian artists and creative entrepreneurs to develop Indonesian products. In November 2012, with the support of the Panglaykim Foundation, she supported the visit of creative economy author John Howkins to Jakarta to discuss policies to promote creative economy activities.〔'(Look Local for Growth in Creative Sector: Mari' ), ''The Jakarta Globe'', 24 November 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mari Elka Pangestu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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