Profile of Tom Lembong, Jokowi’s former subordinate who become Anies’ luck staff

JAKARTA – The Legal professional Basic’s Administrative center (Kejagung) appointed Former Minister of Business Thomas Trikasih Lembong ( Tom Lembong ) as a suspect in a case of alleged corruption in sugar import actions on the Ministry of Business in 2015-2016. This guy, born in Jakarta, March 4 1971, served as Minister of Business (Mendag) throughout the Joko Widodo (Jokowi)-Jusuf Kalla (JK) govt.

Jokowi inaugurated Tom Lembong as Minister of Business on 12 August 2015 on the State Palace, Jakarta. At the moment, Tom changed Rachmat Gobel. He held the placement of Business Minister till July 27 2016.

Moreover, Tom Lembong was once relied on as Head of the Funding Coordinating Board (BKPM) till 23 October 2019 or within the early duration of Jokowi’s management. After not serving in govt, he based the Consilience Coverage Institute which formally operates in Singapore.

The establishment is a suppose tank that advocates internationalist and reformist financial insurance policies in Indonesia. Moreover, Anies Baswedan, whilst nonetheless Governor of DKI Jakarta, in August 2021 appointed Tom Lembong as Chairman of the Board of PT Jaya Ancol.

This guy of Manadonese descent was once raised in Germany on the age of three to ten years. Number one college (SD) and junior highschool schooling was once taken in Regina Pacis, Palmerah, Jakarta.

After getting into highschool, Tom Lembong moved again to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. His upper schooling was once finished at Harvard College in 1994 with a bachelor of arts (AB) level in structure and concrete making plans.

In Indonesia, Tom Lembong is regularly described through main economists as “probably the most good mind in Indonesia” (the most efficient thoughts within the nation). Tom is the person in the back of the scenes who wrote a few of President Jokowi’s maximum iconic speeches.

One in all them is the “Sport of Thrones” speech on the IMF-International Financial institution assembly in Bali in 2018, and the “Thanos” speech on the International Financial Discussion board. Within the 2024 presidential election, Tom Lembong is a part of the luck staff (timses) Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar.

He served as Co-Captain of the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar Profitable Nationwide Crew (Crew Amin).

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