Jusuf Wanandi,

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, on November 15, 1937, he is an older brother of tycoon Sofjan Wanandi.

Education

After completing junior high school in

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, Wanandi moved to Jakarta to enter the Jesuit

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High School. He later entered the Faculty of Law of the University of Indonesia and graduated in 1960. Wanandi also took part in a Catholic leadership course taught by father

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. After finishing his high school studies, Wanandi taught at his own alma mater, Kanisius High School. He later became an assistant lecturer at the University of Indonesia, before becoming increasingly involved in politics in the 1960s.

Career

Wanandi was a prominent student activist during the 1965-66 political turmoil in Indonesia when president

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was ousted by

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. In 1971, Wanandi was one of the founders of the

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(CSIS) think tank in Jakarta and remains active in CSIS. During the 1970s and 1980s, he was an adviser to president Suharto on political and international affairs. He was a member of Suharto's political vehicle, Golongan Karya (Golkar Party), where he served as vice secretary general. By the end of the 1980s, Suharto had become less interested in receiving advice from Wanandi and other CSIS members. Beginning in 1984, for a number of years he held a governor position at the

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. Wanandi is a co-owner, board member and occasional contributor to ''

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'' newspaper. He was elected co-chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) in 2008.

External links

*Wanandi wrote an autobiography of his political activities during the

Soeharto Suharto (; ; 8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian army officer and politician, who served as the second and the longest serving president of Indonesia. Widely regarded as a military dictator by international observers, Suharto le ...

era, 'Shades of grey: a political memoir of modern Indonesia 1965-1998'', published in 2012 by Equinox Publishing.See the review at Endy M. Bayuni,
Behind Indonesia's power struggles'
''The Jakarta Post'', 22 July 2012. *''Jusuf Wanandi'
TokohIndonesia.com

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wanandi, Jusuf 1937 births Living people People from Sawahlunto Indonesian politicians of Chinese descent University of Indonesia alumni Golkar politicians Indonesian billionaires Indonesian businesspeople Indonesian Roman Catholics

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