Profile Of Prabowo's Nephew, Thomas Djiwandono, Who Will Be Inaugurated As Deputy Minister Of Finance

Thomas Djiwandono (Photo: Doc. VOI)

JAKARTA - Gerindra Party politician and Prabowo Subianto's nephew, Thomas Djiwandono will be sworn in as Deputy Minister of Finance II to partner with Deputy Minister of Finance I Suahasil Nazara to accompany Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati.

Meanwhile, Thomas Djiwandono has been the General Treasurer of the Gerindra Party since 2014 and has served as the Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka's Synchronization Task Force Team for Economics and Finance led by Sufmi Dasco Ahmad during the transition of President-elect Prabowo Subianto's leadership.

Thomas Djiwandono or commonly called Tommy is a man born in Jakarta on May 7, 1972. He is the first child of the couple Joseph Soedradjad Djiwandono and Biantiningsih Miderawati Djojohadikusumo.

Thomas' father was the Governor of Bank Indonesia in the 1993 '1998 period while his mother was the older brother of Prabowo Subianto.

Therefore Tommy is none other than the nephew of the elected President Prabowo Subianto and the great-grandson of the founder of Bank BNI, RM Margono Djojohadikusumo, and the grandson of former Minister of Finance Soemitro Djojohadikoesoemo.

Tommy underwent education at the Kanisius Menteng Middle School, Jakarta and then studied history from Haverford College University, Pennsylvania, from 1990 to 1995 and majored in International Relations and International Economics from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, United States.

Tommy started his career as a Tempo Magazine journalist in 1993 and later joined Indonesia Business Weekly in 1994. In addition, he has also worked as a financial analysis at Wheelock NatWest Securities, Hong Kong.

Then, Tommy was then asked by his uncle, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, to serve as Deputy CEO of Arsari Group, an agribusiness company, in 2006.

As for the Gerindra Party structure, Tommy served as general treasurer in the 2014-2019 period. Then in the 2024 presidential election, Tommy occupied the position of General Treasurer of the Prabowo National Campaign Team (TKN) Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

For information, Tommy Djiwandono has held a meeting and discussed with the Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati. At that time, Tommy and the Synchronization Task Force Team for the Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka government discussed the current synchronization of the government with the program Prabowo promised.

The meeting took place at the Ministry of Finance building, Central Jakarta, Friday, May 31, 2024. Also present were the Head of the Synchronization Task Force Team, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, Deputy Chair, Ahmad Muzani, members, Thomas M Djiwandono, Budi Djiwandono, and Prasetyo Hadi.