Fadli Zon

Fadli Zon
Official portrait, 2006
Minister for Cultural Affairs
Assumed office
21 October 2024
PresidentPrabowo Subianto
Preceded byNadiem Makarim (as Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology)
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Acting
In office
11 December 2017 – 15 January 2018
Preceded bySetya Novanto
Succeeded byBambang Soesatyo
In office
16 December 2015 – 11 January 2016
Preceded bySetya Novanto
Succeeded byAde Komarudin
Deputy Speaker of the House
of Representatives
Politics and Security
In office
2 October 2014 – 1 October 2019
Preceded byPriyo Budi Santoso
Succeeded byAzis Syamsuddin
Member of House of Representatives
Assumed office
1 October 2014
ConstituencyWest Java V
Majority230,524 (2019)
Personal details
Born (1971-06-01) 1 June 1971 (age 53)
Jakarta, Indonesia
Political partyGerindra
Other political
affiliations
SpouseKatharine Grace
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Politician
  • journalist
  • businessperson

Fadli Zon (born 1 June 1971) is an Indonesian politician currently serving as Minister for Cultural Affairs. He was one of the founders of Prabowo Subianto's Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra),[1] where he is vice chairman.

Fadli was one of the most vocal critics of President Joko Widodo during the president's first term, from 2014 to 2019, but he toned down his criticism after Gerindra joined the ruling coalition for Widodo's second term.[2]

  1. ^ "Sejarah Partai Gerindra" (in Indonesian). Great Indonesia Movement Party. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  2. ^ Ghaliya, Ghina (16 August 2020). "Jokowi honors critics Fadli Zon, Fahri Hamzah". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2 March 2022.