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7 Photos of B.J. Habibie When He Was Young That You Might Not Know

7 Photos of B.J. Habibie When He Was Young That You Might Not Know

BJ Habibie Passed Away

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7 Photos of B.J. Habibie When He Was Young That You Might Not Know

Indonesia is mourning the loss of its third former president and the 'Mr. Crack' of the aviation world, B.J. Habibie. Here are a series of photos of him when he was young. What did he look like? Let's find out!

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Here is a photo of young Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie. He already looks handsome when he was young, right?

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Habibie's youth was spent in Aachen, Germany in 1959. At that time, he was focused on his studies in the field of Aeronautical Engineering.

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Habibie himself did receive a scholarship to study in Aachen. He is also known as an intelligent and intellectual figure.

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He took the Aerospace Engineering major with aircraft construction specialization at Rhein Westfalen Aachen Technische Hochschule (RWTH). 

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Thanks to his diligence, he obtained a doctorate degree and continued his career at Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm (MBB) aviation company.

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He also married his beloved, Hasri Ainun Besari, on May 12, 1962.

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Since then, they have always been together wherever and whenever. Habibie ended his bachelorhood at the age of 26. Farewell B.J. Habibie, your work will always inspire us to make Indonesia even better.