Sofyan Tan
Sofyan Tan, born Tan Kim Yang is an Indonesian doctor and politician from Medan. He was elected as member of the House of Representatives in 2019 from the North Sumatran first electoral district. He was reelected for a second term in 2024.
He was born and raised in Medan, attending Sutomo School and later studying medicine at the Universitas Methodist Indonesia.
Work
Long being an educational advocate, he founded a private school Yayasan Perguruan Sultan Iskandar Muda aiming to help underprivileged students in 1987.In 1992 he was awarded the Ashoka Fellowship for his educational work.