Order: | 2nd |
Office: | NasDem PartyChairman of the NasDem Party |
Term Start: | 25 January 2013 |
Predecessor: | Patrice Rio Capella |
Office1: | Head of the Golkar Advisory Board |
Term Start1: | 19 December 2004 |
Term End1: | 8 October 2009 |
1Blankname1: | Chairman |
1Namedata1: | Jusuf Kalla |
Successor1: | Akbar Tandjung |
Birth Name: | Surya Dharma Paloh |
Birth Date: | 16 July 1951 |
Birth Place: | Kutaraja, Indonesia |
Party: | NasDem |
Otherparty: | Golkar (1968–2011) |
Children: | Prananda Paloh |
Father: | Muhammad Daud Paloh |
Mother: | Nursiah Paloh |
Surya Dharma Paloh (born 16 July 1951) is an Indonesian politician and media mogul. He owns Media Group, a conglomerate company that includes the Media Indonesia daily newspaper and MetroTV, a 24-hour news television channel. In politics, he was the chairman of the advisory board of the Golkar Party, currently the second biggest political party in Indonesia.[1] He is also the founder of National Democrat mass organization, which later gave birth to the NasDem Party (Partai Nasional Demokrat or Partai NasDem) on 26 July 2011.[2]