List of political families in Indonesia

Throughout history, Indonesia has had many politicians who gave birth to other politicians. Here is a list of prominent political families in Indonesia

The Asy'ari-Wahid Family

The Baharsjah Family

  • Sjarifuddin Baharsjah (academics; Minister of Agriculture, 1993–1998)[3]
  • Justika Baharsjah (wife of Sjarifuddin Baharsjah; academics; Minister of Agriculture, 1998; Minister of Social Affairs, 1998–1999)[2]

The Baswedan Family

The Bisri Family

  • Muhammad Cholil Bisri, 1942–2004 (sociologist, cleric, politician; Co-Founder National Awakening Party; Deputy Speakers of the People's Consultative Assembly, 2002–2004)
    • Yaqut Cholil Qoumas (son of M. Cholil Bisri; politician; Deputy Regent of Rembang, 2005–2010; member of People's Representative Council, 2015–2019; Minister of Religion Affaris, 2020–present)[5]
  • Mustofa Bisri (younger brother of M. Cholil Bisri; Islamic leader; Co-Founder National Awakening Party; Chief Adviser of Nahdlatul Ulama, 2014–2015)

The Brodjonegoro Family

  • Sumantri Brodjonegoro, 1926–1973 (politicians, academics and professors; Presidium Bandung Institute of Technology, 1959; Rector of University of Indonesia, 1964–1973; Minister of Mining, 1967–1973; Minister of Education and Culture, 1973)
    • Bambang Brodjonegoro (son of Sumantri Brodjonegoro, economist; Deputy of Finance Minister, 2013–2014; Finance Minister, 2014–2016; Minister of National Development Planning, 2016–2019; Minister of Research and Technology, 2019–present)[4]

The Djojohadikusumo Family

Djojohadikusumo Family (1963)
  • Margono Djojohadikoesoemo, 1894–1978 (member of the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence of Indonesia; 1st Head of the Supreme Advisory Council of the Republic of Indonesia, 1945; founder and the 1st director of Bank Negara Indonesia)
    • Soemitro Djojohadikusumo, 1917–2001 (eldest son of Margono Djojohadikoesoemo; Deputy head of Indonesian delegation to the UN Security Council, 1948–1949; Professor of Economics at the University of Indonesia since 1952 until his death; held various ministerial posts under both Sukarno and Suharto, including Minister of Finance, Minister of Industry and Trade, and Minister of Research)[2]
      • Prabowo Subianto (eldest son of Soemitro Djojohadikusumo;[6] former lieutenant general in the Indonesian Army, and was commander of both Kopassus and Kostrad; former son-in-law of Suharto, married to Siti Hediati Haryadi from 1983 until separated in 1998; founder and chairman of Gerindra Party; vice-presidential candidate in the 2009 presidential election and presidential candidate in the 2014 and 2019 presidential election; Minister of Defense, 2019–present)
      • Hashim Djojohadikusumo (youngest son of Soemitro Djojohadikoesoemo; Member of the Supervisory Council of Gerindra Party)
        • Aryo Djojohadikusumo (son of Hashim Djojohadikusumo; member of People's Representative Council from Gerindra Party, 2014–2019)

The Habibie Family

The Hasan Family

  • Zulkifli Hasan, (Minister of Forestry, 2009–2014; Speaker of People's Consultative Assembly, 2014–2019; Deputy Speaker of People's Consultative Assembly, 2019–present)
    • Zita Anjani (daughter of Zulkifli Hasan; Deputy of People's Representative Council of Jakarta, 2019–present)
  • Zainudin Hasan, (younger brother of Zulkifli Hasan; Regent of South Lampung, 2016–2018)
  • Hazizi Hasan, (provincial representative in Bengkulu)
  • Helmi Hasan, (younger brother of Zulkifli Hasan; Mayor of Bengkulu, 2013–present)

The Hatta Family

The Hartarto–Sukardi Family

  • Hartarto Sastrosoenarto, 1932–2017 (Minister of Industry, 1983–1993; Coordinating Minister for Production and Distribution, 1993–1998; State Cordinating Minister for the Supervision of Development and Utilization of the State Apparatus, 1998–1999)[2]
    • Airlangga Hartarto (son of Hartato Sastrosoenarto; Minister of Industry, 2016–2019; Chair of Golkar, 2017–present; Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs of Indonesia, 2019–present)[4]

  • RH. Didi Sukardi, 1898–1971 (journalist, plantation owner and government minister of the federal state of Pasundan)[7]
      • Laksamana Sukardi (grandson of Didi Sukardi, nephew of Hartato Sastrosoenarto; politician, reformist and banker; Minister of State Owned Enterprises, 1999–2000, 2001–2004)
      • Pasha Ismaya Sukardi (grandson of Didi Sukardi, nephew of Hartato Sastrosoenarto; politician; Member of People's Representative Council, 2009–2014)

The Idris Family

The Kartasasmita Family

  • Ginandjar Kartasasmita (soldier and politician; Minister of Mining & Energy, 1988–1993; State Minister of National Development Planning (1993–1998); Coordinating Minister for Economics, Finance and Industry, 1998–1999; Speakers of the Regional Representative Council, 2004–2009)
    • Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita (Son of Ginandjar, Politician; Member of People Representative Council, 1999–2018; Minister of Social Affairs, 2018–2019; Minister of Industry, 2019–present)

The Kalla-Aksa Family

  • Jusuf Kalla (businessman-politician; Vice President of Indonesia, 2004–2009 and again in 2014–2019; Chairman of Golkar Party, 2004–2009)
  • Aksa Mahmud (businessman-politician; brother-in-law of Jusuf Kalla; Deputy Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly, 2004–2009)
    • Erwin Aksa (son of Aksa Mahmud; prominent member of Golkar Party);
    • Munafri Arifuddin, (son-in-law of Aksa Mahmud; mayoral candidate in the 2018 mayoral election of Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi)
  • Halim Kalla, (younger brother of Jusuf Kalla; member of the People's Representative Council from Golkar Party, 2009–2014)

The Kusumaatmadja Family

  • Mochtar Kusumaatmadja (academics and diplomats; Minister of Justice, 1973–1978; Minister of Foreign, 1978–1988)
    • Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (née Kusumaatmadja, daughter of Mochtar Kusumaatmadja; Minister for National Development Planning, 2009–2014; Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific, 2018–present)
  • Sarwono Kusumaatmadja (younger brother of Mochtar Kusumaatmadja; politician; Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform, 1988–1993; Minister of Environment, 1993–1998; Minister of Marine Exploration, 1999–2001)

The Leimena Family

  • Johannes Leimena, 1905–1977 (physician, politician; Deputy Minister of Health, 1946–1947; Minister of Health, 1947–1953 & 1955–1956; Chairman of Indonesian Christian Party, 1950–1961; Minister of Social Affairs, 1957; Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia, 1957–1966; Minister of Distribution, 1959–1966)
    • Melani Leimena Suharli (daughter of Johannes Leimena; politician; member of People's Representative Council, 2009–present; Deputy Speaker of People's Consultative Assembly, 2009–2014)

The Majdi Family

  • Muhammad Zainul Majdi, known as Tuan Guru Bajang (religious leader; Governor of West Nusa Tenggara, 2008–2018)
  • Sitti Rohmi Djalilah (older sister of Muhammad Zainul Majdi; Vice Governor of West Nusa Tenggara, 2018–present)

The Mangindaan Family

  • Evert Ernest Mangindaan (military; Governor of North Sulawesi, 1995–2000; State Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform, 2009–2011; Ministry of Transportation, 2011–2014; Deputy Speakers of the People's Consultative Assembly; 2014–2019)
    • Harley Alfredo Benfica Mangindaan (son of E. E. Mangindaan; Deputy Mayor of Manado, 2010–2015)

The Matajang–Mboi–Witoelar Family

  • Sonda Daeng Matajang (politician; member of the Provisional Representative Body of East Indonesia, 1946-1947; member of the People's Representative Council, 1950-1956; temporary leader of the federal parliament of Indonesia)[2]

The Moeloek Family

  • Faried Anfasa Moeloek (medical doctor, professor; Minister of Health, 1998–1999)
  • Nila Djuwita Moeloek (wife of Faried A. Moeloek; medical doctor, professor; Minister of Health, 2014–2019)[10][4]

The Puspayoga Family

  • Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Puspayoga (politician; Mayor of Denpasar, 2000–2008; Vice Governor of Bali, 2008–2013; Minister of Cooperatives and Small & Medium Enterprises, 2014–2019)[2]
  • I Gusti Ayu Bintang Darmawati (wife of AAGN Puspayoga, politician; Minister of Women Empowerment and Child Protection, 2019–present)

The Tb. Sochib Family

  • Tubagus Chasan Sochib, 1930–2011 (father of Ratu Atut Chosiyah; Golkar politician)
  • Heryani Yuhana (step mother of Ratu Atut Chosiyah; fifth wife of Chasan Sochib; member of Regional People's Representative Council of Banten 2009–2011; Deputy Regent of Pandeglang, 2011–2016)

The Salim Family

  • Agus Salim, 1884–1954 (journalist, diplomat, and statesman; Deputy Foreign Minister, 1946–1947; Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1947–1949)
    • Emil Salim (nephew of Agus Salim; economist and politician; State Minister for the Improvement of the State Apparatus, 1971–1973; Minister of Transportation, 1973–1978; State Minister for Development Supervision and the Environment,1978–1983, State Minister for Population and the Environment, 1983–1993)

The Sambuaga Family

  • Theo L. Sambuaga (Golkar politician; Minister of Labor, 1998; State Minister of Public Housing and Settlements, 1998–1999)
    • Jerry Adithya Ksatria Sambuaga (son of Theo L. Sambuaga; Golkar politician, Deputy Minister of Trade, 2019–present)[12]

The Shihab Family

The Subakir Family

  • Muhammad Sani, 1942–2016 (politician; Regent of Karimun, 2001–2005, Vice Governor of Riau Islands, 2005–2010, Governor of Riau Islands, 2010–2015, 2016)
  • Isdianto (younger brother of Muhammad Sani; politician; Vice Governor of Riau Islands, 2016–2019; Governor of Riau Islands, 2020–present)

The Sarwo Edhie-Yudhoyono Family

  • Sarwo Edhie Wibowo, 1925–1989 (retired lieutenant general in the Indonesian Army and the fifth commander of the Army Para-Commando Regiment who played substantial role in crushing the 30 September Movement as well as the Indonesian Communist Party)
    • Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (son-in-law of Sarwo Edhie Wibowo, husband of Kristiani Herrawati; retired general in the Indonesian Army; founder of the Democratic Party; President of Indonesia, 2004–2014)
    • Kristiani Herrawati, 1952–2019 (eldest daughter of Sarwo Edhie Wibowo; the sixth First Lady of Indonesia; former Deputy Chair of the Democratic Party)
      • Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (eldest son of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono; former infantry major in the Indonesian Army, resigned to run for governorship of Jakarta in the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election; Chairman of the Democratic Party)
      • Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono (youngest son of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono; Secretary-General of the Democratic Party, 2010–2015; Member of the People's Representative Council from Democratic Party, 2009–present; married to the daughter of Hatta Rajasa, former chairman of the National Mandate Party and Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs in Yudhoyono's cabinet who ran as vice-presidential candidate in the 2014 presidential election)
    • Pramono Edhie Wibowo (son of Sarwo Edhie Wibowo; retired general in the Indonesian Army where he was Chief of Staff, 2011–2013; finished second in the presidential convention held by the Democratic Party in 2013)
    • Hadi Utomo, 1945–2017 (son-in-law of Sarwo Edhie Wibowo, brother-in-law of Kristiani Herrawati; retired colonel in the Indonesian Army; member of the People's Representative Council, 2004–2009; Chairman of the Democratic Party, 2005–2010)
    • Hartanto Edhie Wibowo (youngest son of Sarwo Edhie Wibowo; member of People's Representative Council from the Democratic Party, 2014–present)

The Suharto Family

Suharto family (ca. 1967)

The Sukarno Family

President Sukarno, with his children Megawati and Guntur, while receiving Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru along with his daughter Indira Gandhi.

The Soedarman Family

  • Soesilo Soedarman, 1928–1997 (military; Indonesian Ambassador to the United States, 1986–1988; Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications, 1988–1993; Coordinating Ministry for Political and Security Affairs, 1993–1997)

The Soemarno Family

  • Soemarno, (economist; Minister of Central Bank Affairs, 1963; Finance Minister, 1962–1966; Governor of Bank Indonesia, 1960–1963; Coordinating Minister for National Development Planning Affairs, 1966)[2]
    • Ari Hernanto Soemarno (son of Soemarno; engineer; CEO of Pertamina, 2006–2009)
    • Rini Mariani Soemarno (daughter of Soemarno; economist; Minister of Industry and Trade, 2001–2004; Minister of State Owned Enterprises 2014–2019)[4]

The Sudarsono Family

  • Sudarsono (Minister of Home Affairs, 1946)
    • Juwono Sudarsono (son of Sudarsono; State Minister for the Environment, 1998; Minister of Education and Culture, 1998–1999; Minister of Defense, 1999–2000, 2004–2009; Indonesian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 2003–2004)

The Tahir–Gumelar Family

  • Achmad Tahir, 1924–2002 (military; politician; Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications, 1983–1988)[2]
    • Linda Amaliasari (daughter of Achmad Tahir, wife of Agum Gumelar; Chairwomen of Indonesian Women's Congress, 2004–2009; Minister for Women's Empowerment and Child Protection, 2009–2014)[4]
    • Adi Putra Darmawan Tahir (son of Achmad Tahir; member of People's Representative Council, 2004–2014)
    • Agum Gumelar (son in law of Achmad Tahir; husband of Linda Amaliasari; military; politician; Governor of National Resilience Institute 1998–1999; Minister of Transportation, 1999–2001, 2001–2004; Minister of Defense, 2001; Coordinating Minister of Coordinating Ministry for Political, Social and Security of Indonesia, 2001; chairman of Indonesian Football Association, 1999–2003 and National Sports Committee of Indonesia, 2003–2007 ; Member of the Presidential Advisory Council, 2018–2019)

The Yasin Limpo Family

  • Yasin Daeng Limpo, 1924–2009 (retired colonel in the Indonesian Army; Regent of Gowa and Maros)
  • Nurhayati Yasin Limpo (wife of Yasin Daeng Limpo; Member of People Representative's Council from Golkar, 1999–2004)
    • Syahrul Yasin Limpo (first son of Yasin Daeng Limpo; Regent of Gowa, 1994–2002; Vice Governor of South Sulawesi, 2003–2008; Governor of South Sulawesi, 2008–2018; Minister of Agriculture, 2019–present)
      • Indira Chunda Thita Syahrul (first daughter of Syahrul Yasin Limpo; member of People's Representative Council from National Mandate Party, 2009–2019)
    • Dewie Yasin Limpo (third daughter of Yasin Daeng Limpo; former member of People's Representative Council from People's Conscience Party, 2014–2016)
    • Ichsan Yasin Limpo, 1961–2019 (second son of Daeng Yasin Limpo; Regent of the Gowa, 2005–2015; candidate for governor in the 2018 South Sulawesi gubernatorial election)
      • Adnan Purichta Ichsan Yasin Limpo (son of Ichsan Yasin Limpo; Regent of Gowa, 2016–present)

The Zuhri Family


The Zulkifli Family

  • Zulkifli Nurdin, 1948–2018 (military officer; Governor of Jambi, 1994–1999, 2000–2005)
    • Zumi Zola Zulkifli (son of Zulkifli Nurdin; actor; Regent of East Tanjung Jabung, 2011–2016; Governor of Jambi 2016–2018)

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