Jusuf Wanandi

Jusuf Wanandi, a.k.a. Lim Bian Kie (Chinese: 林綿基; pinyin: Lín Miánjī) is a Chinese-Indonesian politician and educator.

Wanandi was born in Sawahlunto, West Sumatra, on November 15, 1937. He is the brother of Sofjan Wanandi, a well-known figure in business circles in Jakarta.

Education

After finishing his junior high school study in Padang, Wanandi moved to Jakarta to enter the Jesuit Kanisius High School. Later, he entered the Faculty of Law of Universitas Indonesia and graduated in 1960. Wanandi also took part in the Catholic leadership course taught by father Joop Beek.

Shortly after finishing his high school studies Wanandi taught in his own alma mater, Kanisius High School for time. He later became an lecturer assistant at the University of Indonesia before becoming increasingly involved in political activities during the 1960s.

Career

Wanandi was a leading student activist during the 1965-66 in Indonesia when, over time, president Sukarno was removed from power and Soeharto became the second president of Indonesia. Later, in 1971, he was one of the founders of the well-known Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) think tank in Jakarta and has continued to be active in the affairs of CSIS until the present. During the 1970s and 1980s he was an adviser to president Soeharto on political and international affairs although, towards the end of the 1980s, Soeharto became less interested in receiving advice from Wanandi and other specialists in the CSIS.[1]

Beginning in 1984, for a number of years he held a governor position at the East West Centre in Hawaii.

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

Jusuf Wanandi has been for a number of years on the board of the main Jakarta daily The Jakarta Post. From time to time, he contributes articles to the newspaper.[2]

He was elected as co-chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) in 2008.

See also
  • Wanandi has written an informative and fast-moving autobiography of his political activities during the Soeharto era published in July 2012. It is Jusuf Wanandi, Shades of grey: a political memoir of modern Indonesia 1965-1998, Equinox Publishing, Singapore, 2012.[3]
  • Jusuf Wanandi TokohIndonesia.com (in Indonesian)

References
  1. Jusuf Wanandi, Shades of Grey: A Political Memoir of Modern Indonesia 1965-1998, Equinox publishing, Singapore, 2012, 295pp.
  2. Such as Jusuf Wanandi, 'In Memoriam: Ambassador Nubuo Matsunaga', and 'In Memoriam: Uncle Liem Sioe Liong', The Jakarta Post, 15 June 2012.
  3. See the review at Endy M. Bayuni, 'Behind Indonesia's power struggles', The Jakarta Post, 22 July 2012.
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