Fadli Zon
| Fadli Zon | |
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| Deputy Speaker of People's Representative Council on Politics and Security |
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Assumed office 2 October 2014 |
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| President | Joko Widodo |
| Speaker | Setya Novanto Ade Komaruddin |
| Preceded by | Priyo Budi Santoso |
| Speaker of People's Representative Council Acting |
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In office 16 December 2015 – 11 January 2016 |
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| President | Joko Widodo |
| Preceded by | Setya Novanto |
| Succeeded by | Ade Komaruddin |
| Member of People's Representative Council from West Java V district |
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Assumed office 2 October 2014 |
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| Personal details | |
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June 1, 1971  Jakarta, Indonesia
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| Nationality |
Indonesia
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| Political party | Great Indonesia Movement Party |
| Spouse(s) | Katharine Grace |
| Children | Shafa Sabila Fadli Zara Saladina Fadli |
| Alma mater |
University of Indonesia London School of Economics and Political Science |
Fadli Zon (born June 1, 1971) is an Indonesian politician and the current deputy speaker of the Indonesian People's Representative Council. Having been one of the founders of the Great Indonesia Movement Party in 2007,, he is also the current vice chairman of the party. A prominent member of the Indonesian opposition, he is a frequent critic of the Indonesian president Joko Widodo and his cabinet.
Zon was born in Jakarta, the eldest of three siblings. His father died while he was a teenager. On 1990, he went to Harlandale High School, San Antonio on an exchange program facilitated by the American Field Service.
In 1997 he continued his studies in the University of Indonesia, taking a major in russian literature. Later, he would continue his education in London School of Economics and Political Science, earning a masters in development studies.
He had sponsored a library in Jakarta, named after himself, and a cultural house in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra. A large fan of the traditional Kris, he possesses a large collection of them and chairs the Indonesian National Kris Secretariat.
He is married with Katharine Grace, and the couple has 2 daughters.
After graduating in 1997, he became a member of the People's Consultative Assembly for 2 years. Soon after the fall of Suharto, he was one of the founders of Crescent Star Party and briefly became one of its chairmen, but he resigned on 2001. Between 1999 and 2007, he was part of the boards of directors of several energy and agricultural companies, before he met Hashim Djojohadikusumo on November 2007.
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