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Surya Paloh
Surya Paloh
	Surya Paloh in 2015
2nd Chairman of the NasDem Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 January 2013
Preceded by	Patrice Rio Capella
Head of the Golkar Advisory Board
	In office; 19 December 2004 – 8 October 2009
Chairman	Jusuf Kalla
Succeeded by	Akbar Tandjung
Personal details
Born	Surya Dharma Paloh; 16 July 1951 (age 73); Kutaraja, Indonesia
Political party	NasDem
Other political; affiliations	Golkar (1968–2011)
Spouse	Rosita Barack (m. 1984)
Children	Prananda Paloh
Parents	Muhammad Daud Paloh (father); Nursiah Paloh (mother);
Relatives	Nova Harivan Paloh (nephew); Reino Barack (nephew); Rico Waas (nephew);
Alma mater	University of North Sumatra; North Sumatra Islamic University (Doctorandus);
Occupation	Politician; media mogul;
Known for	Chairman of Media Group; Founder of NasDem Party;

Surya Dharma Paloh (born 16 July 1951) is an Indonesian politician and media mogul. He owns Media Group, a conglomerate company that includes the Media Indonesia daily newspaper and MetroTV, a 24-hour news television channel. In politics, he was the chairman of the advisory board of the Golkar Party, currently the second biggest political party in Indonesia.^[1] He is also the founder of National Democrat mass organization, which later gave birth to the NasDem Party (Partai Nasional Demokrat or Partai NasDem) on 26 July 2011.^[2]