Normin S. Pakpahan (born 1944 in Tarutung, Indonesia) is a lawyer, economist, and former senior Indonesian government official involved in economic and legal reform. He worked in the Ministry of Finance and the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs (1972-1998), contributing to key reforms, including the Company Law (1995) and Competition Law (1999). As Project Director of the ELIPS Project, he led the modernization of Indonesia's commercial law. From 1998 to 2004, he was an executive at the Asian Development Bank in Manila. He was educated at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Universitas Islam Indonesia in Yogyakarta, the University of Oregon, and the Harvard Institute for International Development, and served as a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School. He has authored numerous works on Indonesia's economic law reform, including Belajar dan Bekerja (2020) and Meraih Mimpi dan Menggapai Harapan (2024). He is married and has three children.