Jusuf Wanandi, born Lim Bian Kie () is a
Chinese-Indonesian
Chinese Indonesians (), or simply ''Orang Tionghoa'' or ''Tionghoa'', are Indonesians whose ancestors arrived from China at some stage in the last eight centuries. Chinese Indonesians are the fourth largest community of Overseas Chinese in th ...
politician and educator. Born in
Sawahlunto,
West Sumatra, on 15 November 1937, he is an older brother of tycoon
Sofjan Wanandi.
Education
After completing junior high school in
Padang, Wanandi moved to
Jakarta
Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...
to enroll in the
Jesuit
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Kanisius 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
Joop Beek.
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
Sukarno
Sukarno (6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967.
Sukarno was the leader of the Indonesian struggle for independenc ...
was ousted by
Suharto. In 1971, Wanandi was one of the founders of the
Centre for Strategic and International Studies (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
East West Centre in
Hawaii
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.
Wanandi is a co-owner, board member and occasional contributor to ''
The Jakarta Post
''The Jakarta Post'' is a daily English-language newspaper in Indonesia. The paper is owned by PT Bina Media Tenggara and based in the nation's capital, Jakarta.
''The Jakarta Post'' started as a collaboration between four Indonesian media ...
'' newspaper.
He was elected co-chair of the
Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) in 2008.
See also
*
List of Chinese Indonesians
*
Chinese Indonesian
External links
*Wanandi wrote an autobiography of his political activities during the
Soeharto 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
References
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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