Joko Widodo's family

The Family of Joko Widodo is a biographical subject covering the relatives and legally or socially connected family members of Joko Widodo, widely known as Jokowi, who served as Indonesia's seventh president. It is not a commercial brand or formally organized institution; the subject is treated here as a family-identity entry because the referenced Wikipedia article documents the family's composition, public roles, marriages, ancestry, and connections to Indonesian political and business life. Joko Widodo's immediate family is of Javanese descent. He married Iriana in Surakarta, Central Java, on 24 December 1986. Iriana later became Indonesia's First Lady during Jokowi's presidency. The couple have three children: Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Kahiyang Ayu, and Kaesang Pangarep. Their children and spouses have subsequently become publicly visible through elected office, party leadership, business activity, cultural events, and national political coverage. Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest child, studied in Singapore and Australia and became mayor of Surakarta before serving as vice president under Prabowo Subianto. He is married to Selvi Ananda, a former Putri Solo titleholder. Their family connections include Selvi's parents, Ignatius Didit Supriyadi and Fransiska Sri Partini, and Selvi's sister Dita Andini. Gibran and Selvi have children, making them part of the family's next generation. Kahiyang Ayu, the only daughter, studied at Sebelas Maret University and later completed a master's degree at IPB University. She married Muhammad Bobby Afif Nasution in 2017. Bobby Nasution became mayor of Medan and later governor of North Sumatra. Their children include Sedah Mirah Nasution, Panembahan Al Nahyan Nasution, and Panembahan Al Saud Nasution. The Nasution side of the family includes Bobby's parents Erwin Nasution and Ade Hanifah Siregar, as well as his sisters and other relatives with public or professional roles. Kaesang Pangarep, the youngest child, studied in Singapore, appeared in the 2016 film Check the Store Next Door, and later became chairman of the Indonesian Solidarity Party. He married Erina Sofia Gudono in December 2022. Erina studied financial management at Gadjah Mada University, pursued public administration at the University of Pennsylvania, and had been a finalist in the Puteri Indonesia competition. Her family includes her late father Mohammad Gudono, her mother Sofiatun Gudono, and her siblings. The wider family includes Jokowi's parents, Widjiatno Notomihardjo and Sudjiatmi, his three younger sisters Iit Sriyantini, Titik Relawati, and Idayati, and several uncles, aunts, cousins, siblings-in-law, and grandchildren. One younger brother, Joko Lukito, died during childbirth. Idayati married Anwar Usman, a former chief justice of Indonesia's Constitutional Court, in 2022. The family record also includes relatives connected through Iriana's family, the spouses' families, and adoptive relationships formed during Jokowi's earlier work in Aceh. Because the subject is a family rather than a corporation, it has no headquarters, official website, share listing, product portfolio, or formal ownership structure. Its public significance derives from the prominence of several family members in Indonesian government, politics, public administration, education, media, and business. Individual relatives' positions and affiliations should not automatically be attributed to the family as a collective entity.

Joko Widodo was born into a Javanese family and later became one of Indonesia's most prominent political figures. The family history described in the reference article extends across several generations and includes biological, marital, affinal, and adoptive relationships. His parents were Widjiatno Notomihardjo and Sudjiatmi. Widjiatno was associated with the family of Lamidi Wiryo Miharjo, the village head of Kragan, while Sudjiatmi came from a Javanese farming and timber-trading background in the Boyolali area. The account emphasizes the modest circumstances and differing socioeconomic backgrounds of Jokowi's parents. Jokowi married Iriana in Surakarta on 24 December 1986. Their three children later acquired independent public profiles. Gibran Rakabuming Raka pursued education in Singapore and Australia, entered local politics, became mayor of Surakarta, and later became vice president. His marriage to Selvi Ananda connected the family to Selvi's parents, relatives, and the broader social world of Surakarta. Kahiyang Ayu studied at Sebelas Maret University and IPB University. Her marriage to Bobby Nasution in 2017 linked the family to the Nasution family of North Sumatra. Bobby later served as mayor of Medan and governor of North Sumatra. The couple's children represent the next generation of the family. Kaesang Pangarep studied in Singapore, worked in entertainment and entrepreneurship, and appeared in the film Check the Store Next Door. He later entered party politics as chairman of the Indonesian Solidarity Party. His marriage to Erina Gudono in December 2022 connected the family to an academic and entrepreneurial family from Yogyakarta. Erina's late father, Mohammad Gudono, was an academic at Gadjah Mada University, while her mother, Sofiatun Gudono, was an academic and entrepreneur. Jokowi's siblings include Iit Sriyantini, Titik Relawati, and Idayati. Idayati's marriage to Anwar Usman brought a former chief justice of the Constitutional Court into the family network. The wider record includes the spouses of Jokowi's sisters, their children, the parents and siblings of his children's spouses, and relatives connected through Iriana. Some relatives have held government, party, corporate, or public-sector roles, while others are described through ordinary occupations and family relationships. The reference article also records an adoptive relationship formed during Jokowi's employment at PT Kertas Kraft Aceh from 1986 to 1988. While living in Aceh, he was regarded as the adopted son of Selimah Inem Thursina and part of her household. Selimah died in 2019, while her husband Nurdin remained connected to the family through that relationship. The family's public profile expanded as multiple members entered elected office or acquired national visibility. This has made the family relevant to discussions of political succession, elite networks, kinship, and the relationship between public office and family reputation in Indonesia. At the same time, the family is not a legal corporate group and should not be treated as a single organization. Public offices, political affiliations, business activities, and legal controversies belong to particular individuals rather than automatically to the family as a whole.

• 2022

  Kaesang Pangarep marries Erina Gudono

  [1]Family of Joko Widodoen.wikipedia.org

  Kaesang and Erina Gudono married on 10 December 2022.

• 2022

  Idayati marries Anwar Usman

  [1]Family of Joko Widodoen.wikipedia.org

  Jokowi's sister Idayati married Anwar Usman on 26 May 2022.

• 2019

  Bobby Nasution completes master's degree

  [1]Family of Joko Widodoen.wikipedia.org

  Bobby Nasution and Kahiyang Ayu completed master's degrees at IPB University, according to the reference material.

• 2018

  First child of Kahiyang Ayu and Bobby Nasution is born

  [1]Family of Joko Widodoen.wikipedia.org

  Their daughter Sedah Mirah Nasution was born on 1 August 2018.

• 2017

  Kahiyang Ayu marries Bobby Nasution

  [1]Family of Joko Widodoen.wikipedia.org

  Kahiyang Ayu and Bobby Nasution married, linking Jokowi's family with the Nasution family of North Sumatra.

• 2015

  Gibran Rakabuming Raka marries Selvi Ananda

  [1]Family of Joko Widodoen.wikipedia.org

  Gibran married Selvi Ananda, a former Putri Solo titleholder, joining the two families.

• 1986

  Joko Widodo and Iriana marry

  [1]Family of Joko Widodoen.wikipedia.org

  Joko Widodo and Iriana married in Surakarta, Central Java, on 24 December 1986.

A prominent Indonesian political family documented through the public careers, marriages, ancestry, and extended relationships of Joko Widodo and his relatives.

• 2017

  Tax-office bribery case involving Iriana's brother

  The reference material states that Arif Budi Sulistyo, described as Iriana's younger brother, was involved in a tax-office bribery case. The matter concerns an individual family member and does not establish wrongdoing by the family collectively.

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