Sudirman Said (born 16 April 1963) is the former Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia on the Working Cabinet from 27 October 2014 to 27 July 2016.
[4] Sudirman Said, along with other anti-corruption figures such as Erry Riyana Hardjapamekas (former member of Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi), Sri Mulyani (then former Minister of Finance), a few others founded Masyarakat Transparansi Indonesia (MTI).
The goal of the organization is to increase transparency from Indonesian ministers, stopping the criminalization of KPK, and pushing the government to resolve ongoing corruption cases.
[6] In November 2015, he reported Setya Novanto, the House speaker, for allegedly misusing the name of President Joko Widodo in a meeting with Freeport Indonesia President-Director Maroef Sjamsoeddin, in an alleged attempt to extort 20 percent of shares (worth US$4 billion) in the company in exchange for an extension of its contract to manage the Grasberg mine in Papua.
[12] After his defeat in the local election, Said decided to run for the People's Consultative Assembly seat, under the Great Indonesia Movement Party.