Jusuf Wanandi is a Chinese-Indonesian politician and educator.

He was born in Sawahlunto

Sawahlunto

Kota Sawahlunto or Sawah Lunto is a town in West Sumatra, Indonesia. This town covers 5.86 km² and has a population of 15,279.Sawahlunto is one of the mining towns in West Sumatra. It was first established as a town in 1982 by the Dutch along with the coal mining operations during that time....

, West Sumatra

West Sumatra

West Sumatra is a province of Indonesia. It lies on the west coast of the island Sumatra. It borders the provinces of North Sumatra to the north, Riau and Jambi to the east, and Bengkulu to the southeast. It includes the Mentawai Islands off the coast...

, on November 15, 1937. He is the brother of Sofjan Wanandi

Sofjan Wanandi

Sofjan Wanandi is an Indonesian businessman and business owner Gemala Group. Brother of Jusuf Wanandi ....

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Education

After finishing his junior high school study in Padang

Padang, Indonesia

Padang is the capital and largest city of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located on the western coast of Sumatra at . It has an area of and a population of over 833,000 people at the 2010 Census.-History:...

, he moved to Jakarta

Jakarta

Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...

 to enter the Jesuit Kanisius

Kanisius

Kolese Kanisius is a high school in Menteng, Central Jakarta, Indonesia. It was established in 1927 by a group of Jesuit pastors, and is a Jesuit school...

 High School. Later, he entered the Faculty of Law of Universitas Indonesia and graduated in 1960. he also took part in the Catholic leadership course taught by father Joop Beek

Joop Beek

Josephus Beek SJ was a Dutch and later Indonesian Jesuit, priest, educator and politician. From approximately 1965 until approximately 1975 he was the most important consultant to the Indonesian president Soeharto, but always remained in the shade...

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He used to teach in Kanisius High School, his own alma mater, and became lecturer assistant in Universitas Indonesia.

Career

Since 1984 he held the governor position of East West Centre in Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

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He also had a political career in Golongan Karya (Golkar Party). He held the position of vice general secretary.

External links

Jusuf Wanandi TokohIndonesia.com