predecessor successor children birth_place president religion nationality office birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
jero wacik rini mariani soemarno soewandi suryadharma ali arief yahya gita wirjawan syarief hasan raymond arya jakarta , indonesia susilo bambang yudhoyono susilo bambang yudhoyono susilo bambang yudhoyono roman catholicism indonesian minister minister of cooperatives and small & medium enterprises '' ad-interim of '' tourism and creative economy minister of trade 23 october 1956 19 october 2011 21 october 2004 1 october 2008 adi harsono mari elka pangestu ri.jpg mari elka pangestu
 20 october 2014 19 october 2011 22 october 2009 mari elka pangestu australian national university university of california , davis
mari elka pangestu

mari elka pangestu -lrb- ; born 23 october 1956 -rrb- 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 .
in late december 2012 the indonesian government nominated mari pangestu as a candidate for the position of director-general of the world trade organization -lrb- wto -rrb- 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 .
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 .
