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Indonesian Politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas "Tommy" Djiwandono (born 7 May 1973) is a Gerindra politician and currently serving as its Party Treasurer. He is a nephew of Prabowo Subianto, current Minister of Defense and 2024 president-elect of Indonesia. He was appointed as Second Deputy of Minister of Finance, serving under Sri Mulyani's administration on 18 July 2024.[1]
Thomas Djiwandono | |
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11th Deputy Minister of Finance | |
Assumed office 18 July 2024 Serving with Suahasil Nazara | |
President | Joko Widodo |
Preceded by | Suahasil Nazara |
2nd General Treasurer of Gerindra Party | |
Assumed office 2014 | |
Leader | Prabowo Subianto |
Preceded by | Muliatna Djiwandono |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Aquinas Muliatna Djiwandono 7 May 1973 Jakarta, Indonesia |
Political party | Gerindra |
Alma mater | Haverford College (BA) Johns Hopkins University (MA) |
Nickname | Tommy |
Thomas is born to Joseph Soedrajad Djiwandono and Biantiningsih Miderawati Djojohadikusumo. His father, Joseph, served as Governor of Bank Indonesia for 1993–1998 period, and lectured at Nanyang Technological University. His mother, Biantiningsih, is daughter of Sumitro Djojohadikusumo and elder sister of Prabowo Subianto.[2][3] He is great-grandson of Margono Djojohadikusumo, Indonesian banker and founder of BNI 46 (now Bank Negara Indonesia).[4]
He spent his youth in Jakarta, before moving to USA for college. He graduated from Haverford College as Bachelor of Arts in history in 1995 and later took his master's degree in economics from Johns Hopkins University, graduating in 2004.[2][5]
Thomas interned as journalist, firstly at Tempo in 1993 and later Indonesian Business Weekly in 1994.[5]
He later moved to Hong Kong and joined Wheelock NatWest (now part of Wheelock and Company) as Financial Analyst.[4] In 2006, he returned to Indonesia permanently to become Deputy CEO of Arsari Group, an agricultural company established by his uncle, Hashim Djojohadikusumo.[6]
Thomas joined as cadre of Gerindra Party, when his uncle Prabowo established it in 2008. In 2014, he become the Party's Treasurer and Financial Comptroller.[6]
Following Prabowo winning the 2024 election, he becomes a member of Prabowo's Presidential Transition Team. He is tasked to synchronize financial and economic policies for future Prabowo administration resulting in him working closely with Sri Mulyani for months after the election.[7]
Thomas is a Catholic.[3] He is married and had 3 children.[3]
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