Bima Arya Sugiarto (born 17 December 1972) is an Indonesian politician of the

National Mandate Party The National Mandate Party ( id, Partai Amanat Nasional), frequently abbreviated to PAN, is an Islam-basedAl-Hamdi, Ridho. (2017). ''Moving towards a Normalised Path: Political Islam in Contemporary Indonesia''. JURNAL STUDI PEMERINTAHAN (JOURNAL ...

and the official mayor of

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Parahyangan Catholic University Parahyangan Catholic University, also referred to by its acronym ''UNPAR'', is one of the oldest and most prestigious private universities in Indonesia, located in Bandung. The main campus is on Ciumbuleuit street, and other campuses are on Merd ...

's Faculty of Politics in 1998. He received a Masters of Arts in Development Studies from

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in 2001 and a PhD in Politics from

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in 2006.

Family

Arya is the eldest son of three siblings. His father, Toni Sugiarto, was a police Brigadier General and member of the

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until his death in 1997. His mother, Melinda Susilarini, is a former beauty pageant contestant whose father was the caretaker of

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. Arya married Yane Ardian in 2002. They have two children: a son and a daughter.

Career

Following the May 1998

fall of Suharto Suharto resigned as President of Indonesia on 21 May 1998 following the collapse of support for his 32-year long presidency. Vice President B. J. Habibie took over the presidency. Suharto's grip on power weakened following severe economic and ...

, Arya became one of the founders of the

(''

Partai Amanat Nasional The National Mandate Party ( id, Partai Amanat Nasional), frequently abbreviated to PAN, is an Islam-basedAl-Hamdi, Ridho. (2017). ''Moving towards a Normalised Path: Political Islam in Contemporary Indonesia''. JURNAL STUDI PEMERINTAHAN (JOURNAL ...

'' or ''PAN''). Between 1998 and 2001, he was a politics lecturer at

. Afterwards, he moved to Paramadina University, where he still lectures. He was also as a political observer, although he resigned from active position in 2010 due to conflict of interest with his career in PAN.

As mayor

He ran in Bogor's 2013 mayoral election with Usmar Hariman as deputy, receiving 132,835 votes (33.1%) with the runner-up Ahmad-Aim pair receiving 131,080 (32.7%). His campaign promises included a 100-day program to improve public transport, urban hygiene, bureaucracy and civil administration in addition to the handling of street merchants. Three months into his tenure, he received a second place award from Indonesia Digital Society (behind

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Mayor

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) due to establishments of online systems for the city. He has also received awards from the Ministry of Health and the National Body of Demographics and Family Planning. Early in 2015, he established a 24-hour call center for Bogor residents to submit complaints. His leadership has been criticized for perceived lack of performance and perceived intolerance over the prohibition of the

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celebration, anti-

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sentiments and the continued closure of the GKI Yasmin church. His name was raised as a possible candidate for deputy governor (paired with

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mayor

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) in the 2018 West Java gubernatorial election, although Arya ruled out running. During a 2014 controversy over a proposed law to scrap direct elections of regional leaders, he was one of the mayors and governors who opposed their party's position, although unlike then-Jakarta governor

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he did not resign from his party. During the

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, Arya tested positive for the disease following his return from a visit to

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and

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, and was treated as he showed symptoms.

References

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