21 Facts About Bambang Soesatyo

Bambang Soesatyo was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 10 September 1962.

Bambang Soesatyo was raised in a military family, and grew up in a military dormitory.

Bambang Soesatyo then attended middle school at SMP Negeri 49 and graduated in 1978.

Bambang Soesatyo then pursued his secondary education majoring in science at SMA Negeri 14, Jakarta, and graduated in 1981.

Bambang Soesatyo obtained a degree in corporate management from the Indonesian College of Economics in 1992 after completing his MBA at Newport Management Institute of Indonesia in 1990.

Bambang Soesatyo took a job in a public accountancy office in 1984 but became an editor the following year and a journalist by 1986.

Bambang Soesatyo later worked in a financial department doing electronic data processing before returning to publishing, becoming a marketing manager of the Vista magazine until 1992.

Bambang Soesatyo took up a one-year position as a lecturer between 1991 and 1992.

In 2014, Bambang Soesatyo stood for re-election in the election and received 57,235 votes, making him the only candidate from the district affiliated with Golkar.

Bambang Soesatyo blamed vote buying as a reason for Golkar's declining votes.

Bambang Soesatyo was a member of a special committee for the Corruption Eradication Commission, seen by many observers as an attempt to restrict the anti-graft body's powers.

Bambang Soesatyo called for the sacking of the chairman of the Audit Board of Indonesia in 2016 when the body's investigation into a hospital purchase by the Jakarta Provincial Government was contradicted by the Corruption Eradication Commission which found no violations.

Bambang Soesatyo called for the expansion of regulations against homosexuality in Indonesia, blaming online social media for the spread of LGBT groups and claiming that 3 percent of the population would be gay without citing his source.

Bambang Soesatyo called for the Indonesian National Police and the Indonesian State Intelligence Agency to prosecute provocateurs and hoax propagators on social media.

Bambang Soesatyo was reelected for a fourth term in the 2024 election with 80,468 votes.

However, Bambang Soesatyo resigned from the special committee after he was sworn in.

Bambang Soesatyo was in October 2019 elected by acclamation Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly.

Bambang Soesatyo is married to Lenny Sri and has eight children.

Bambang Soesatyo collects luxury vehicles including a Tesla Model X, which he reported in 2016 as two Harley-Davidson motorcycles and ten cars, valued at Rp 18 billion, compared to his total reported assets of Rp 62 billion.

Bambang Soesatyo has been one of the key witnesses to be questioned by the Corruption Eradication Commission in the high-profile investigation of the rigged procurement of the e-ID project worth Rp 5.9 trillion project, thus causing Rp 2.3 trillion in state losses.

Bambang Soesatyo owns a villa adjacent to the conflicted piece of land.