Dedy Yon Supriyono (born 14 August 1980) is an Indonesian politician who is the Mayor of

Tegal Tegal is a city in the northwest part of Central Java of Indonesia. It is situated on the north coast (or ''pesisir'') of Central Java, about from Semarang, the capital of the province. It had a population of 239,599 at the 2010 Census and 276 ...

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, serving since 2019.

Early life

Supriyono was born in

Brebes Regency Brebes (, jv, ꦧꦽꦧꦼꦱ꧀, ) is a regency ( id, kabupaten) in the northwestern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,769.2km2, and it had a population of 1,733,869 at the 2010 Census and 1,978,759 at the 2 ...

on 14 August 1980, the son of a successful local entrepreneur Muhadi Setiabudi.

Career

Between 2009 and 2014, Supriyono served in the legislature of

, where he was deputy speaker. Supriyono was a member of Central Java's Provincial Council as part of the

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's faction in the 2014–2019 term, though he ran as Tegal's mayor during his tenure. In the election, he won with 38,091 votes, and he was sworn in on 23 March 2019. On 30 March 2020, during the

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, Supriyono made a decision to implement a lockdown of Tegal, which restricted movement within the city as the city's government provided some support of food supplies to poorer residents. The lockdown involved closing off of 49 access points into the city and the closure of public spaces, and was launched in response to a returning resident testing positive.

References

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