Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono (born 24 November 1980 in Bandung,

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) is a politician and member of House of Representatives, Indonesia. Edhie is the second son of the 6th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the younger brother of

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Biography

Edhie obtained his Bachelor of Commerce in Finance and Commerce in 2005 at Curtin University,

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, Australia. He then continued his studies at Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University,

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. In 2007, Edhie obtained his Master of Science degree in International Political Economy. He graduated with a dissertation titled "''Revitalization of Indonesia's Economy: Attempts to Solve the Twin-Critical-Economic Problems and to Build the Foundation for Future Economic Development''". In 2009, Edhie was involved in Indonesian politics by nominating himself as a member of the People's Consultative Assembly from the electoral district of

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VII, representing five regions:

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, Trenggalek, Magetan, and

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. He was elected as a member of the

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in April 2009 with the highest vote in Indonesia: 327,097 votes. As a member of the House of Representatives, he was appointed as a member of Budget Board and Commission I of the House of Representatives in charge of foreign relations, defense, and information and communication. Currently he is active as a

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politician, the party that won the general election in 2009. His career in the Democratic Party began with his appointment as Chairman of the Department of Cadreization. After the 2nd Congress of the Democratic Party in May 2010, he was appointed as

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to assist Democrat Chairman

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. The appointment made him the Secretary General of the youngest political party in

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. He was also the Vice Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) for International Promotion, Tourism, Cultural Arts, and Sports between 2010–2015. On November 24, 2011, he married Siti Ruby Aliya Rajasa at Cipanas Palace. Aliya is the daughter of

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, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs. His career in politics began as the Regional Coordinator (Korwil)

for the

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and

. In May 2010, after the PD Congress produced elected chairperson, he was appointed Secretary-General of the

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from 2010–2015 to accompany the elected general chairman to run the party organization. On that position, Edhie became secretary general of the growing party in

assigned to run the largest party organization election results in 2009 in guarding the government of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yudhoyono, Edhie 1980 births Living people Members of the People's Representative Council, 2009 Members of the People's Representative Council, 2014 Members of the People's Representative Council, 2019 People from Bandung Edhie Children of national leaders Democratic Party (Indonesia) politicians