Aryo Djojohadikusumo Explained

Office:Member of People's Representative Council
Term Start:1 October 2014
Term End:1 October 2019
Constituency:Jakarta 3
Party:Gerindra
Education:Winchester College
Alma Mater:University of Durham
Birth Name:Aryo Puspito Setyaki Djojohadikusumo
Birth Date:25 April 1983
Birth Place:Jakarta, Indonesia
Father:Hashim Djojohadikusumo

Aryo Puspito Setyaki Djojohadikusumo (born 25 April 1983) is an Indonesian politician of the Gerindra party who served as a member of the People's Representative Council between 2014 and 2019.

Early life and family

Aryo Puspito Setyaki Djojohadikusumo was born in Jakarta on 25 April 1983, the first child of Hashim Djojohadikusumo. He studied business at the University of Durham, and had before taken a semester studying archaeology.[1] In total, he spent 12 years studying in the United Kingdom.[2]

He married Sachi Sophia in August 2018.[3]

Career

After graduating from university, Aryo founded a company in 2007 with some friends, and he became its CEO. The company operated in various fields, but by 2008 Aryo and his friends joined his father's company which was expanding in Indonesia.[1] He became a commissioner at Hashim's Arsari Group.[4] Aryo is also CEO of Arsari Tambang, the group's mining arm which operates tin mines.[5] [6]

Outside of business, Aryo also joined the newly-established Gerindra, which was founded in 2008 by his father and his uncle Prabowo Subianto, becoming the chairman of its youth wing — though not formally so until 2011.[2] In 2012, he was also appointed as one of the party's deputy secretaries general.[7]

Legislature

Aryo ran in the 2014 Indonesian legislative election from Jakarta's 3rd electoral district.[8] He won 53,268 votes and secured a seat at the People's Representative Council.[9] He became a member of the body's seventh commission on Energy, Research and Technology, and the Environment.[10]

During Joko Widodo's presidency, he criticized the appointment of Badrodin Haiti as police chief in 2015, saying that it damaged the fight against corruption.[11] In 2016, he also criticized the Provincial Government of Jakarta under Basuki Tjahaja Purnama for removing property tax, noting that the removal of the revenue source would jeopardize funding for other projects and commenting that the move was made for political reasons.[12]

Aryo also became part of a special committee assessing the creation to limit the production and consumption of alcohol.[13] He did not run for reelection in 2019.[14]

Notes and References

  1. News: Banirestu . Hening . Generasi Ketiga Sumitro Djojohadikusumo di Panggung Bisnis . 9 December 2018 . SWA . 28 February 2014 . id.
  2. News: Aryo Djojohadikusumo: Living up to the family's legacy . 9 December 2018 . The Jakarta Post . Wadah Foundation . 8 April 2011 . 2 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190102002247/http://www.wadahfoundation.or.id/kabar-terkini/2642 . dead .
  3. News: Diam-diam, Aryo Djojohadikusumo Ponakan Prabowo Subianto Nikah, Siapa Sih Sebenarnya Istrinya? . 9 December 2018 . Tribun Timur . 6 August 2018 . id-ID.
  4. News: Hashim's new horizons . 9 December 2018 . Jakarta Globe . 1 February 2012.
  5. Web site: Arsari Tambang . arsaritambang.com . 15 July 2023 . id.
  6. News: Arsari Tambang's tin metal sales reached 5,342 tons in 2022 . 15 July 2023 . Antara News . 22 March 2023 . id.
  7. Web site: SUSUNAN PENGURUS PARTAI GERAKAN INDONESIA RAYA . . 9 December 2018 . id.
  8. News: Widyatmoko . Titis . DKI 3: Pasar artis, Farhat Abbas, dan keponakan Prabowo . 9 December 2018 . Merdeka . 25 April 2013 . id.
  9. News: Hanggoro . Marcheilla Ariesta Putri . Ini nama-nama 73 anggota DPR dari Gerindra yang dilantik . 9 December 2018 . Merdeka . 1 October 2014 . id.
  10. News: Tambak . Ruslan . Aryo Djojohadikusumo Lebih Condong Blok Masela Dibangun Di Darat . 9 December 2018 . rmol.co . 25 February 2016 . id.
  11. News: Hawley . Samantha . Indonesians disappointed one year after Joko Widodo's inauguration . 9 December 2018 . ABC . 20 October 2015.
  12. News: Nailufar . Nibras Nada . Aryo Djojohadikusumo Kritik Kebijakan Jakarta Bebas PBB . 9 December 2018 . KOMPAS . 25 March 2016 . id.
  13. News: Ihsanuddin . Pemuka Agama Minta Minuman Beralkohol Tak Dilarang, tetapi Dikendalikan . 9 December 2018 . KOMPAS . 22 January 2016 . id.
  14. News: Ibrahim . Gibran Maulana . Ferry Juliantono Nyaleg Lagi di 2019, Saras Gantikan Aryo . 11 July 2022 . detiknews . 17 July 2018 . id-ID.