Thio Thiam Tjong

Thio Thiam Tjong
張添聰
Thio Thiam Tjong as an Advisor in the Cabinet of Acting Governor-General H. van Mook
Born4 April 1896 (1896-04-04)
Died19 September 1969(1969-09-19) (aged 73)
Alma materDelft University
Occupation(s)politician, community leader
Years active1920s–1960s
Political partyPartai Demokrasi Tionghoa Indonesia
Other political
affiliations
Chung Hwa Hui (1928-1942)
SpouseGoei Lee Ging
ChildrenNo issue
Parents
Family

Thio Thiam Tjong (born on 4 April 1896 – died on 19 September 1969)[1] was an Indonesian politician, community leader and businessman whose public career spanned from the late colonial period to the early decades of independence.[2][3][4][5] He was a founding board member in 1928 of Chung Hwa Hui, a Chinese-Indonesian, colonial political party, and was president of the group's post-WW II political successor Persatoean Tionghoa, formed in 1948, then renamed Partai Demokrasi Tionghoa Indonesia in 1950.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Thio Thiam Tjong - Begraafplaats Westerveld - graf 1112030". Online-Begraafplaatsen.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b Suryadinata, Leo (1995). Prominent Indonesian Chinese: Biographical Sketches. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 191–193. ISBN 978-981-3055-03-2. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b Suryadinata, Leo (2012). Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume I & II. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 1171–1173. ISBN 978-981-4345-21-7. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. ^ Galikano, Silvia (25 January 2020). "Thio Thiam Tjong dan Arus Politik Sang Penerus". gaya hidup (in Indonesian). CNN Indonesia. CNN Indonesia. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  5. ^ Leo Suryadinata (1995). Prominent Indonesian Chinese: Biographical Sketches. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 191–. ISBN 978-981-3055-03-2.