Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie Biography

Habibie - The third President of the Republic of Indonesia, Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie was born in Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi, on June 25, 1936. He was the fourth child of eight children, couples Alwi Abdul Jalil Habibie and RA. Tuti Marini Puspowardojo. Habibie, who was married to Hasri Ainun Habibie on May 12, 1962 was blessed with two sons namely Ilham Akbar and Thareq Kemal. Habibie through childhood with his brothers in Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi.

Firmly adhering to the principles of nature have been shown Habibie since childhood. Habibie, who had a penchant for horseback riding and reading is known to be very smart when they occupied the elementary school, but he had lost his father, who died on 3 September 1950 due to a heart attack while he was praying Isha.

Shortly after his father died, his mother sell the house and vehicle and moved to London with Habibie, his mother drudge finance their children's lives, especially Habibie, because the willingness to learn Habibie later studying at Gouvernments Middlebare School. In high school, he began to look outstanding achievements, especially in the exact sciences lessons. Habibie became a favorite figure in the school.

Because of his intelligence, After graduating high school in Bandung on 1954, he entered at the ITB (Institut Teknologi Bandung), It was not until over there because he received a scholarship from the Ministry of Education and Culture to continue his studies in Germany, remembering of Bung Karno’s messages about the importance of aerospace and flight to Indonesia, he chose majors with specialization Construction Engineering Flight aircraft at Rhein Westfalen Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH) When he got to Germany, he was determined to sincerely and must succeed, remembering her mother's efforts to pay for college and life day-to-day. A few years later in Aachean, on 1955, 99% of Indonesian students there are given a full scholarship. Only he who has a green passport or private friends of the other holidays holiday season is not just a golden opportunity for him to be filled with exams and seek money to buy books. After the holidays, all the activities were excluded unless learning. In contrast to her other friends, they are: more use of summer vacation time to work, gain experience and money without taking tests.

He received a Diploma Ing, from the Technische Hochschule, Germany in 1960 with cum laude predicate (Perfect) with an average value of 9.5, with a degree in engineering, he signed himself to work at the firm Talbot, a German railway industry. At that time the firm Talbot require a large volume wagon for transporting lightweight goods but the volume is huge. Talbot takes 1000 wagon. Got a question like that, Habibie tried to apply the methods of construction to make aircraft wings which he applied to wagons and finally succeeded.

After that he continued his studies for a PhD at the Technische Hochschule Fuer Die Facultaet Maschinenwesen Aachean. Habibie was married Hasri Ainun Habibie in 1962, who then trafficked to Germany, their live so harder, in the early morning Habibie sometimes have to walk briskly to the much work needs to save his life and then go home at night and study for college, his wife Mrs Hasri Ainun Habibie had to queue up at the public washing place to wash clothes to economize on the needs of family life. In 1965 Dr Habibie get a degree. Ingenieur-rated summa cum laude (It perfectly) with an average value of 10 from the Technische Hochschule Fuer Die Facultaet Maschinenwesen Aachean.

The formula is found by Habibie called "Habibie Factor" because it can count cracks or krack propagation on random atoms to the plane that he was dubbed as "Mr. Crack". In 1967, to honor Professor (Professor) at the Institute of Technology Bandung. from the same place in 1965. Genius and achievement is this that leads Habibie internationally recognized institution of whom, Gesselschaft fuer Luft und Raumfahrt (Institute of Aviation and Aerospace) Germany, The Royal Aeronautical Society, London (UK), The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (Sweden), The Academie Nationale de l'Air et de l'Espace (France) and the U.S. Academy of Engineering (USA). While it had won prestigious awards including Habibie, Edward Warner Award and von Karman Award which is almost equivalent to the Nobel Prize. Domestically, Habibie received the highest award from the Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Ganesh Bhakti Praja Mangala Kencana.

Habibie steps much admired, full of controversy, a lot of admirers but not a few who do not agree with him. Each time, winning the prestigious Theodore van Karman Award, the return of "habitat" of Germany, he is always in the news. Habibie only a year studying at ITB Bandung, 10 years of college to earning a doctorate aircraft construction in Germany with honors Summa Cum laude. Then worked in the aircraft industry leading MBB Gmbh Germany, prior to the call of President Soeharto to return to Indonesia.

In Indonesia, Habibie 20 years as Minister of State for Research and Technology / Chief BPPT, leading the 10 state-owned enterprises Strategic Industries, selected MPR became Vice President, and was sworn in by the Chief Justice to replace President Suharto became President of the Republic of Indonesia to 3. Soeharto handed the presidency to Habibie under Article 8 of the 1945 Constitution. Until finally forced Habibie also stepped down due consultation of the East Timorese voted for independence. Accountability speech MPR rejected. He was back to being ordinary citizens, also migrated settled back to Germany.

On May 22, 2010, Hasri Ainun Habibie, the wife of BJ Habibie, died at the Hospital Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat, Klinikum, Munich, Germany. He died on Saturday at 17.30 local time or 22:30 pm. Certainty of death Hasri Ainun Ali Mochtar Ngabalin certainty, a former member of Parliament who was appointed deputy BJ Habibie family. It's a very deep grief for former Indonesian President Habibie and people who feel lost. For Habibie, Ainun is everything. Ainun is to see his eyes. For Ainun Habibie is everything, filling you in his life. But every story has a end, every dream has a limit.

In early December 2012, a movie called "Habibie and Ainun" was launched, the film is a true story about romance Lifting both as a teenager to become husband and wife, and when death separates them. The film is taken from the work of BJ Habibie's bestseller, this film worked on by two directors namely Faozan Rizal and Hanung Bramantyo, with actor Reza Rahardian as Bunga Citra Lestari Habibie and Ainun Habibie as.

Most of his work in calculating and designing several aircraft manufacturing project:

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