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Stories From Indonesia @[email protected] · 2025-07-21 · 08:28 UTC

Journal Article: Narratives To Power, by South East Asia Research SOAS UoL

Narratives to power: The case of the Djojohadikusumo family dynasty over four generations

By Jemma Purdey & Jemma Purdey, South East Asia Research SOAS UoL, October 18, 2018

Abstract
At all levels of politics in Indonesia today, political families have a central place. The families of previous presidents and dynasties in regional and local politics have all been central to Indonesia’s decentralised and increasingly personality-driven democracy.
This article presents preliminary work on a biographical study of one of Indonesia’s most prominent and enduring political dynasties, the Djojohadikusumo family, who have held positions of power in key national institutions across four generations.
The study aims to improve our understanding of how this family has conceived itself within political structures as they have shifted over four generations. What characteristics of the dynasty can be identified as enabling its adaptability? How much do external and structural forces sustain the dynasty as a central player? And how much is it sustained by characteristics that are internal, historical, psychological, and culturally specific to the family unit?
Notes
1. Mackie J (2010) Patrimonialism: The new order and beyond. In: Aspinall E and G. Fealy (eds) Soeharto’s New Order and Its Legacy. Acton: ANU ePress, pp. 81–98.
2. Robison R and Hadiz V (2004) Reorganising Power in Indonesia. London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon; Aspinall E (2005) Opposing Suharto: Compromise, Resistance and Regime Change in Indonesia. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press; Aspinall E (2005) Elections and the normalization of politics in Indonesia. South East Asia Research 13(2): 117–156; Buehler M (2010) Decentralisation and local democracy in Indonesia: The marginalisation of the public sphere. In: Aspinall E and Mietzner M (eds) Problems of Democratisation in Indonesia. Singapore: ISEAS, pp. 267–185; Choi N (2011) Local Politics in Indonesia: Pathways to Power. London: Routledge; Winters JA (2011) Oligarchy. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press; Ford M and Pepinsky TB (2013) Beyond oligarchy? Critical exchanges on political power and material inequality in Indonesia. Indonesia 96(1): 1–9.
3. Sidel JT (2005) Bossism and democracy in the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia: Towards an alternative framework for the study of “local strongmen”. In: Harris J, Stokke K and Tornquist O (eds) Politicising Democracy: Local Politics and Democratisation in Developing Countries. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 51–74.
4. Heryanto A (2010) Entertainment, domestication and dispersal: Street politics as popular culture. In: Aspinall E and Mietzner M (eds) Problems of Democratisation in Indonesia. Singapore: ISEAS, pp. 181–198; Tomsa D (2010) The Indonesian party system after the 2009 elections: Towards stability? In: Aspinall E and Mietzner M (eds) Problems of Democratisation in Indonesia. Singapore: ISEAS, pp. 141–159.
5. Buehler (2010); Sidel (2005).
6. Erb M and Priyambudi Sulistiyanto (eds) (2009) Deepening Democracy in Indonesia? Direct Elections for Local Leaders (Pilkada). Singapore: ISEAS; Buehler M (2013) Married with children. Inside Indonesia 112. Available at: http://www.insideindonesia.org/feature-editions/married-with-children.
7. Chen J and Adhi Priamarizki (2014) Why abolishing direct local elections undermines Indonesia’s democracy. East Asia Forum, 9 October. Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2014/10/09/why-abolishing-direct-local-elections-undermines-indonesias-democracy/.
8. Purdey J (2014) US back flip Modi ban a fillip for Prabowo. Jakarta Post, 23 May. Available at: http://m.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/05/23/us-backflip-modi-ban-a-fillip-prabowo.html.
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South East Asia Research Volume 24, 2016 – Issue 3: Special issue: Political families in Southeast Asia; Cite this article: https://doi.org/10.1177/0967828X16659728

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Stories From Indonesia @[email protected] · 2025-07-21 · 08:27 UTC

Reblog: Koleksi Tempo Doeloe, Neneng Usman

Collection From the Old Days

By Neneng Usman

Welcome! We sell rare, authentic, and high-quality antiques and vintage items. (Republished from Koleksi Tempo Doeloe, by Neneng Usman)

Wednesday, July 21, 2010
“Reminiscences from Three Historical Periods” by Margono Djojohadikusumo, grandfather of Prabowo Subianto, Chair of Indonesia’s Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party.

“Reminiscences from Three Historical Periods”
“Reminiscences from Three Historical Periods” by Margono Djojohadikusumo

A Written Account of a Family Tradition

Reprint of the 1969 Jakarta edition

1963, Kuala Lumpur. Grandparents and grandchildren (Sumitro’s children) in Malaysia. Margono Djojohadikusumo (seated right) Prabowo Subianto (top right), Hasjim Djojohadikusumo (seated center).

1963, Kuala Lumpur. Mother (Dora Sigar) and children,
Prabowo Subianto in the middle.

The extended family in 1918 in Purworedjo, Central Java. (See paragraph 18 of the text.) Sumitro is one year old and Saroso with his left hand on his hip is 9 years old.

Subianto.

Mother of Prof. Dr. Sumitro Djojohadikusumo,
the grandmother of Prabowo Subianto, making batik fabric, in 1926.

Eid al-Fitr, Jakarta 1957.

Two uncles of Prabowo Subianto who were killed on 26 January 1946 in Serpong, Tangerang, during the guerrilla war against the Dutch.*

1947, Colonel TB. Simatupang and Major Daan Jahja,
Later Lieutenant General and Major General, in 1966, at the grave of Subianto Djojohadikusumo, uncle of Prabowo Subianto.

Prof. Dr. Sumitro Djojohadikusumo (father of Prabowo Subianto),
center, to the right of Mohammad Hatta (Vice President)

Prof. Dr. Sumitro Djojohadikusumo
(father of Prabowo Subianto) far left, front

This book about the extended family of Prabowo Subianto, Chair of Indonesia’s Gerindra Party and presidential candidate of the Republic of Indonesia, was written by Margono Djojohadikusumo, the father of Prof. Dr. Sumitro Djojohadikusumo and grandfather of Prabowo Subianto and Hasjim Djojohadikusumo.

Titled “Reminiscences from Three Historical Periods: A Written Account of a Family Tradition,” it is a family record published in Dutch (not Indonesian) with many family photos from the old days (1918, 1926, etc.). Please see some of the photos above. It is printed in hardcover format, with 191 pages. The book is in excellent condition.

A rare and ancient book, it is seldom available. Prabowo’s grandfather himself (Margono Djojohadikusumo) tells the story of the family’s history throughout three historical periods: the Dutch period, the Japanese period, and the post-independence period. For those who support the Gerindra Party, this is a must-have book. Prabowo Subianto is expected to run for President of Indonesia in 2019.

*1 comment: By Anonymous, July 14, 2014, 21:07 Regarding Mr. Prabowo’s uncles named Soebianto and Soeyono who were killed in the Battle of Lengkong, Tangerang. This was a battle against Japanese troops who were to be disarmed in 1946. So please verify this further because I believe it was not against the Dutch army. Thanks.

This post is a reblog based the post https://koleksitempodoeloe.blogspot.com/2010/07/buku-kenangan-dari-3-jaman-oleh-margono.html. Copies available at https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/djojohadikusumo-margono/. Featured image credit: Eko Nugroho, Carnival trap 1 2018, https://indoartnow.com/artworks/26932.

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Stories From Indonesia @[email protected] · 2025-07-21 · 08:27 UTC

Reblog: Koleksi Tempo Doeloe, Neneng Usman

Collection From The Old Days By Neneng Usman

Welcome! We sell rare, authentic, and high-quality antiques and vintage items. Republished from https://koleksitempodoeloe.blogspot.com/2010/07/buku-kenangan-dari-3-jaman-oleh-margono.html

Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Reminiscences From Three Historical Periods by Margono Djojohadikusumo, grandfather of Prabowo Subianto, Chairman of Indonesia’s Gerindra Party.

Memories from Three Eras
Reminiscences From Three Historical Periods by Margono Djojohadikusumo

A Family Tradition Put into Writing

Reprint of the 1969 Jakarta edition

1963 in Kuala Lumpur, Margono Djojohadikusumo (seated right) Prabowo Subianto (top right), Hasjim Djojohadikusumo (seated center)

With mother (Dora Sigar) in Kuala Lumpur, 1963
Prabowo Subianto in the middle

Extended family in Purworejo, Central Java in 1918

1926, mother of Prof. Dr. Sumitro Djojohadikusumo,
the grandmother of Prabowo Subianto, making batik fabric

Eid al-Fitr Jakarta 1957

Two uncles of Prabowo Subianto who died in 1946
in Serpong, Tangerang, during the guerrilla war against the Dutch*

1947, Colonel TB. Simatupang and Major Daan Jahja,
Later Lieutenant General and Major General, in 1966, by the grave of Subianto Djojohadikusumo (uncle of Prabowo Subianto)

Prof. Dr. Sumitro Djojohadikusumo (father of Prabowo Subianto),
center, to the right of Mohammad Hatta (Vice President)

Prof. Dr. Sumitro Djojohadikusumo
(father of Prabowo Subianto) far left, front

This book about the extended family of Prabowo Subianto, Chairman of Indonesia’s Gerindra Party (Great Indonesia Movement Party) and presidential candidate of the Republic of Indonesia, was written by Margono Djojohadikusumo, the father of Prof. Dr. Sumitro Djojohadikusumo and grandfather of Prabowo Subianto and Hasjim Djojohadikusumo.

Titled “Reminiscences From Three Historical Periods: A family tradition put into writing,” it is a family record published in Dutch (not Indonesian) with many family photos from the old days (1918, 1926, etc.). Please see some of the photos above. It is printed in hardcover format, with 191 pages. The book is in excellent condition.

A rare and ancient book it is seldom to be found. Prabowo’s grandfather himself (Margono Djojohadikusumo) tells the story of the family’s history through three historical periods: the Dutch period, the Japanese period, and the post-independence period. For those who support the Gerindra Party, this is a must-have book. Prabowo Subianto is expected to run for President of Indonesia in 2019.

*1 comment: Anonymous, July 14, 2014, 21:07 Regarding Mr. Prabowo’s uncles, named Soebianto and Soeyono, who fell in the Battle of Lengkong, Tangerang. This was a battle against Japanese troops who were to be disarmed in 1946. So please verify this further because I believe it was not against the Dutch army. Thanks.

Republished from https://koleksitempodoeloe.blogspot.com/2010/07/buku-kenangan-dari-3-jaman-oleh-margono.html. Other copies are available at https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/djojohadikusumo-margono/. Featured image credit: Eko Nugroho, Carnival trap 1 2018, resin, wire, upcycled plastic, iron and synthetic polymer paint, Purchased 2018 NGA https://digital.nga.gov.au/archive/contemporaryworlds/works.cfm%3Fwrkirn=325766.html

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