Ginandjar attended Kanisius high school in Jakarta for secondary education. After one year at the Bandung Institute of Technology (Bandung Institute of Technology) in Bandung, West Java he was awarded a scholarship to study Chemical Engineering at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, where he studied from 1960 to 1965.
Professor Doctor Ir. He served a five-year term (2004-2009) as Speaker of Indonesia Regional Representative Council (DPD-Rhode Island). He associated frequently with students of other nationalities and religious backgrounds. After returning home, Ginandjar worked in KOTI for one year.
He worked as the General Director of AURI Research and Development, and in 1968 began his career as State Secretary.
He is also a visiting professor at Waseda University. Ginandjar has been active in politics since the 1970s when he sat in Suharto"s cabinet.
Ginandjar served as Minister of Mining, and Energy and State Minister of Pandit Prithi Nath/Head of Bappenas. He has been attacked as a part of the "New Order," but argued that his membership in the cabinet was professional.
Ginandjar commented, "I"m a part of the system, but I"m a professional in the cabinet." He was accompanied by Irman Gusman and Louisiana Ode Ida as the deputy chief
Ginandjar played a role in encouraging Suharto to resign in May 1998 when he and other ministers refused to sit in the reformation cabinet to be formed by president Suharto. When it became clear that it would be very hard for Suharto to form a cabinet, the president chose to stand down in favour of his vice president Bachelor of Journalism Habibie.
Order of Kuwait IV Class, Kuwait (1978) Doctor Honoris Causa from Takushoku University, Japan (1994), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan (2005), Northeastern University, United States. (1994) and Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta (1995) Bintang Mahaputra Adipradana (1987) Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2008).
This association fueled Ginandjar"s nationalism.
