Oei Tjoe Tat was a Chinese-Indonesian government official. Born in Surakarta, Central Java, he began his political career after graduating from the Universiteit van Indonesië in Batavia, Dutch East Indies in 1948. He was elected vice president of the Chinese Indonesian Democratic Party (PDTI) in 1953, joined the Indonesian Citizenship Consultative Board (BAPERKI) in 1954 and was active in Indonesia Party (Partindo) beginning in 1960.