Office: | Member of the People's Representative Council for North Sumatra I |
Constituency: | North Sumatra I |
Occupation: | doctor and politician |
Sofyan Tan | |
Honorific Prefix: | dr. |
Alma Mater: | Universitas Methodist Indonesia |
Birth Name: | Tan Kim Yang |
Birth Date: | 25 September 1959 |
Birth Place: | Medan, Indonesia |
Native Name: | 陳金揚 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Sofyan Tan, born Tan Kim Yang (Chinese: |poj=Tân Kim Iông|t=陈金揚; born 25 September 1959) is an Indonesian doctor and politician from Medan. He was elected as member of the House of Representatives in 2019 from the North Sumatran first electoral district. He was reelected for a second term in 2024.[1]
He was born and raised in Medan, attending Sutomo School and later studying Medicine at the Universitas Methodist Indonesia.[2]
Long being an educational advocate,[3] he founded a private school Yayasan Perguruan Sultan Iskandar Muda aiming to help underprivileged students in 1987. In 1992 he was awarded the Ashoka Fellowship for his educational work.[4]
He is married to Elinar and has 4 children.[5]