Birth Name: Anies Rasyid Baswedan
Place of Birth: Kuningan, West Java, Indonesia
Date of Birth: 7 May 1969
Ethnicity: Indonesian (Javanese), some Hadhrami
Anies Baswedan is an Indonesian academician. He is the Governor-elect of Jakarta. He previously served as the Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia, from 27 October 2014 to 27 July 2016.
He is the son of professors Rasyid Baswedan and Aliyah binti Abdullah Al Ganis. He is married to Fery Farhati Ganis.
Anies’ patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his tenth great-grandfather, Ali Baswedan.
Anies’ paternal grandfather was Abdurrahman “A.R.” Baswedan (the son of Awad bin Umar Baswedan and Aliyah binti Abdullah Djarhum). A.R. was an Arab Indonesian, a Muwallad of Hadhrami descent from a non-Sayyid family, and was one of the founding fathers of Indonesia. Awad was the son of Umar bin Abubakar Baswedan and Noor binti Salim Baktir. Anies’ great-grandmother Aliyah was the daughter of Abdullah bin Ahmad Djarhum.
Anies’ paternal grandmother was Syeichun “Ning” binti Ahmad Baswedan (the daughter of Ahmad bin Umar Baswedan and Chadidjah binti Abubakar Baswedan). Ahmad and Awad were brothers. Chadidjah was the daughter of Abubakar bin Umar Baswedan and Fatimah binti Ahmad Babgei.
Anies’ maternal grandfather was Abdullah Al Ganis.
Source: Genealogy of Anies Baswedan (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.facebook.com