Azis Syamsuddin (born 31 July 1970) is an Indonesian politician who served as First Deputy Speaker of the

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from 2019 to 2021.

Education

Syamsuddin initially studied in but he completed high school in

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. He obtained a bachelor's in economics from and a bachelor's in law from

Trisakti University Trisakti University (Usakti) is Indonesia's largest private university located in Jakarta, Indonesia. Trisakti University, is the only private university in Indonesia which was established by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia. Founde ...

. He later received a master's in finance from the

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in 1999, and a master's and a doctorate in law from

Padjadjaran University Padjadjaran University id, Universitas Padjajaran, abbreviated as UNPAD) is a public university located in Sumedang Regency and Bandung, which is the provincial capital of West Java, Indonesia. It was established on September 11, 1957. UNPAD has ...

Career

In 1992, he began to work for

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, but after less than a year he moved to the banking industry, joining . He only stayed in the bank for around 1.5 years, before moving to practice law, joining the law firm Gani Djemat & Partners. He would eventually become a

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there.

Legislator

Syamsuddin ran for a legislative seat in the 2004 legislative election under

Golkar ) , foundation = , youth = AMPG (Golkar Party Young Force) , women = KPPG (Golkar Party Women's Corps) , newspaper = '' Suara Karya'' (1971–2016) , headquarters = Jakarta , ideology ...

, where he had been active within Golkar's office in

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. He ran to represent Lampung's 2nd electoral district, and after being elected was assigned to the third commission of the

(DPR), which worked on law, human rights, and security. He became the commission's deputy-chair in his first term. On 25 January 2016, Syamsuddin's was replaced as chair of the third commission by

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. Syamsuddin then became head of DPR's budgetary body in February 2017, until he returned to chair the third commission in June 2019. Following the resignation of

Setya Novanto Setya Novanto (born 12 November 1955) is a former Indonesian politician, presently serving a 15 year jail sentence for corruption. He was chairman of Golkar Party and speaker of the People's Representative Council (Indonesian: ''Dewan Perwakilan ...

as speaker, Syamsuddin was initially to take up his position, but following a rejection by a majority of Golkar legislators, Syamsuddin was not made speaker. Following the 2019 election, Syamsuddin was appointed as Deputy Speaker of DPR.

Corruption charges

On 25 September 2021, he was arrested by the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Syamsuddin, Azis Living people 1970 births Politicians from Jakarta Members of the People's Representative Council, 2004 Members of the People's Representative Council, 2009 Members of the People's Representative Council, 2014 Members of the People's Representative Council, 2019 Trisakti University alumni Padjadjaran University alumni Western Sydney University alumni Golkar politicians