Sjarifuddin Baharsjah

Sjarifuddin Baharsjah (16 May 1931 – 15 January 2021) was an Indonesian agricultural figure and academic from the Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB). He served as Minister of Agriculture of Indonesia and Independent Chairman of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Council. Early life and education Sjarifuddin Baharsjah was born on 16 May 1931 in Cirebon, West Java, to Sutan Pangeran Baharsyah and Siti Fatimatul Zahra. His father, Sutan Pangeran Baharsyah, was a descendant of Sultan Tangkal Alam Bagagar, the last king of the Pagaruyung Kingdom. The second of four children in a Muslim family, he had a sister named Leila Chairani Budiman and two brothers. According to his sister, Sjarifuddin was forced to learn female dances during his childhood because his mother said that "he was really pretty". Sjarifuddin graduated from high school in 1952. He then continued his studies at the Agricultural Economics Faculty of the University of Indonesia and graduated in 1960 with an engineer degree (Ir.). He studied at the University of Kentucky and graduated with a Master of Science degree in 1965. He then pursued a PhD in the North Carolina State University, which he obtained in 1973. Career