Thio Thiam Tjong

Thio Thiam Tjong
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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
  • Thio Sing Liong (father)
  • Tan Tien Nio (mother)
Family

Thio Thiam Tjong (born on 4 April 1896 – died on 19 September 1969) was an Indonesian politician, community leader and businessman whose public career spanned from the late colonial period to the early decades of independence. 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.