Widjiatno Notomihardjo

Widjiatno Notomihardjo (30 December 1940 – 23 July 2000) was an Indonesian businessman, best known for being the father of Joko Widodo, the seventh president of Indonesia. He was a successful wood merchant in Surakarta and entered politics through the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle shortly prior to his death.

Early life Notomihardjo was born on 30 December 1940 in the village of Kragan, in what is today Karanganyar Regency of Central Java. He was the son of Lamidi Wirjo Mihardjo, who was the lurah (village chief) of his home village. Mihardjo married thrice, and Notomihardjo was born from his first wife. Mihardjo's father, Mangun Dinomo, was also a lurah at a different village in Boyolali. Notomihardjo studied until high school and on 23 August 1959, at the age of 18, he married Sudjiatmi. Sudjiatmi was 16 at the time. The couple also traded in bamboo. During their time in Surakarta, Notomihardjo and Sudjiatmi had four surviving children: Joko Widodo, Iit Sriyantini, Ida Yati, and Titik Relawati, in addition to a stillborn son, Joko Lukito. He was buried in Gondangrejo village, Karanganyar, His funeral drew large crowds in Surakarta.