REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Panji Hilmansyah, the first son of Marine and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti, has passed away in Florida, the United States, official said.

"Yes, Minister Susi Pudjiastuti's first son Panji Hilmansyah (31) has died in Florida but there is no information about the exact cause of his death," the minister's private secretary Fika Fawzia remarked here on Monday.

Fawzia said Hilmansyah was the oldest brother of Nadine Kaiser and Alvy Xavier.

According to information obtained by Antara here on Monday, Hilmansyah graduated from flight school in the United States, and after graduation he reportedly pioneered the profession as a pilot in Florida.