Muhammad Chatib "Dede" Basri (born 22 August 1965) is an Indonesian economist who served as Minister of Finance in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet from 21 May 2013 to 20 October 2014 during the presidency of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

[1] Before he was appointed Minister of Finance he was the head of the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board (Badan Kordinasi Penanaman Modal, or BKPM).

He also teaches in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Indonesia (FEUI) and was Director of the Lembaga Penyelidikan Ekonomi dan Masyarakat (Institute for Economic and Social Research, or LPEM) within the FEUI and Ash Centre Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School 2015–2016.

[2] He was also a fellow at the Centre on Global Transformation University of California at San Diego[3] He is now a member of The World Bank Advisory Council on Gender and Development][4] and also a member of the Advisory Board of Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis at the Australian National University.

[5] Dede Basri's areas of expertise include international trade, macroeconomics, and political economy.