TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo or Jokoei appointed Ario Bimo Nandito Ariotedjo or better known Here Ariotedjo Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) on Monday, April 3, 2023. Previously, the position of Menpora was held by Zainudin Amali before he finally resigned to become Deputy Chair of PSSI.
Dito Ariotedjo was born on September 25, 1990, and is currently still quite young, namely 32 years. Previously, Dito also served as chairman of the DPP Indonesian Youth Renewal Force (AMPI) in 2017-2022.
As quoted from various sources, before being appointed as Menpora, Dito was a businessman in the sports industry. In addition, Dito is also involved in the energy and mining sectors. Unfortunately, the name of Dito’s company is unknown.
Not only these two business fields, in 2010, Dito had worked in the startup business Grupara and coworking space. Reportedly a number of businesses that are no longer operating
Furthermore, in 2021, Dito will team up with Raffi Ahmad and the CEO of Prestige Motor to build Rans Sport. He served as Chairman Rans Nusantara FC and Chairman of Rans PIK Basketball in the Indonesia Basketball League (IBL). However, after being appointed as Menpora, Dito resigned as Chairman of the football and basketball club.
Launch from the official site Kemenpora, Menpora Dito was also the Chef de Mission of the Indonesian contingent to the 2018 Argentina Youth Olympics and was an administrator for the DKI Jakarta Indonesian Bicycle Sport Association (ISSI). Not only that, Dito was recorded as being ranked 30 under 30 by Forbes Indonesia in 2020. He got this because of the AMPI movement that he leads
Dito Ariotedjo reportedly received three directives from Jokowi after being sworn in. Among them, Jokowi wants sports to be prioritized on the agenda such as the Sea Games and Asian Games because they have medal potential.
The second command is, Jokowi want leagues for massive school sports competitions to be carried out starting from the level of school education, college and even inter-village leagues. And finally, the third, Jokowi wants youth development in the field of entrepreneurship and professionalism.
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