Timothy Marbun (born March 21, 1982 in Lhokseumawe, North Aceh,

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) is an Indonesian presenter.

Early life

He lived in

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Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

and in

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in his childhood, before finally settling in Jakarta. Marbun is the son of Dimpos Marbun and Rosliwaty Siregar. He is an alumnus of Jakarta 70 Public High School and the

University of East London , mottoeng = Knowledge and the fulfilment of vows , established = 1898 – West Ham Technical Institute1952 – West Ham College of Technology1970 – North East London Polytechnic1989 – Polytechnic of East London ...

HELP University HELP University ( ms, Universiti HELP; formerly known as HELP Institute, and subsequently as HELP University College) is a private university in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was founded in 1986 by its President and Vice-Chancellor, Datuk Dr Paul C ...

, Kuala Lumpur.

Career

He began his journalism career at Metro TV. Marbun filled in at the Metro Pagi on Metro TV and became one of the main male presenters in the program '' Metro Pagi''. His covered social upheavals in Middle Eastern countries and bloody demonstrations in

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, Thailand. Marbun is one of the owners of the ''"Sabang 16" Coffee Shop'' in the Tebet area of

. Marbun was chosen as the ''"Most Favorite Bachelor"'' in the 2011 version of ''Cleo Indonesia Magazine.'' He is active in

Kompas TV Kompas TV is a national terrestrial private news television network in Indonesia. It is owned by the KG Media unit of Kompas Gramedia Group and is named after its flagship property, the ''Kompas'' daily newspaper. Kompas TV was founded in ar ...

as a producer and news reader, and hosted ''Kata Kita''. In 2011, he started working for

. Marbun, Bayu Sutiyono and Cindy Sistyarani from TV One all moved to Kompas TV. Marbun, Sutiyono and Glory Rosary Oyong guided the program ''Sapa Indonesia'' at

. On June 30, 2013, Timothy married Sumi Yang at Shangri-La Hotel in Jakarta. He has a son, Russell Marbun, named after a character from " Up!"

TV Programs

* '' Metro Pagi'' ( Metro TV, 2008-2011) * ''Indonesia This Morning'' ( Metro TV, 2008-2011) * ''Editorial Media Indonesia'' ( Metro TV, 2008-2011) * '' Kompas Malam'' (

, 2011–2014) * '' Kompas Petang'' (

, 2011–2014) * ''Newstar'' (

, 2011–2015) * ''Sapa Indonesia Pagi'' (

, 2015–2023) *''Talk With Timothy (

, 2017–2018)'' *''Merdeka Ataoe Mati (

, 2018)'' * ''VVIP (Very-Very Interesting Person)'' (

, 2020–2021)

References

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