Djarot Saiful Hidayat (born 6 July 1962) is an Indonesian politician who is currently a member of the
People's Representative Council
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. He was the
governor of Jakarta
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, in office between 15 June and 15 October 2017 after being acting governor since 9 May. He replaced his predecessor
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (, Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Chûng Van-ho̍k''; born 29 June 1966) is an Indonesian businessman, politician, and former governor of Jakarta. He is also known by his Hakka Chinese nickname Ahok (). He was the second minority gover ...
(commonly known as ''Ahok'') when the latter was found guilty of
blasphemy against Islam. He was appointed by Basuki as Deputy Governor in 2014 to fill the gap left by the election of
Joko Widodo
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as
president
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.
Member of
PDI-P
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, his political career began as a member of East Java's Regional Parliament between 1999 and 2000, before he was elected as Mayor of
Blitar
Blitar is a landlocked city in East Java, Indonesia, about 73 km from Malang and 167 km from Surabaya. The area lies within longitude 111° 40' – 112° 09' East and its latitude is 8° 06' South. The city of Blitar lies at an altitude ...
where he served a 10-year tenure. He was later elected into the
People's Representative Council
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before his move into the capital's governance.
Personal life
Early life
Born as ''Saiful Hidayat'' in
Magelang
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,
Central Java
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on 6 July 1962 as son of an
army
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veteran,
he received his forename ''Djarot'' from a merchant in a
traditional market
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in his hometown.
Education
He earned his bachelor's degree in 1986 from
Brawijaya University
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in
Malang
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, majoring in
administrative science. He continued to
Gadjah Mada University
Gadjah Mada University ( jv, ꦈꦤꦶꦥ꦳ꦼꦂꦱꦶꦠꦱ꧀ꦓꦗꦃꦩꦢ; id, Universitas Gadjah Mada, abbreviated as UGM) is a Public university, public research university located in Sleman Regency, Sleman, Yogyakarta (special region) ...
for his Masters in
Political Science
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and graduated in 1991. Before he entered politics, he was a lecturer in the
17 August 1945 University
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in
Surabaya
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.
Family
Djarot married Happy Farida in 1999 and has 3 children.
Political career
After the
fall of Suharto
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Suharto's grip on power weakened following severe economic and ...
, he joined
PDI-P
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and successfully ran for a seat in the province's
Regional People’s Representative Council
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in 1999. During his term, he was appointed as chairman of Commission A (on government).
Mayor of Blitar (2000–2010)
After being appointed Mayor in 2000, he started his mayorship by culling nearly 300 excess government positions from the city of 100,000. After his re-election in the first regional elections of the country in 2005, Djarot's governance of
Blitar
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earned 3 consecutive
Adipura
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Career
His television career began as a character named Karna on the seri ...
(cleanliness award) awards between 2006 and 2008. In his term, he focused on organizing the local street vendors and traditional markets instead of more modern shopping centres. In addition, he provided aid of
Rp 4-7 million (US$400–700) to citizens with underrenovated housing.
The city's government was also awarded first place in the implementation of an e-government and Citizen's Charter on health. Djarot additionally encouraged the construction of
Sukarno
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Sukarno was the leader of ...
statues in the city, leveraging
Sukarno's burial site there in order to boost tourism. He did not run in the 2010 elections due to a constitutional term limit.
During his tenure as mayor, he first met
Ahok
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (, Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Chûng Van-ho̍k''; born 29 June 1966) is an Indonesian businessman, politician, and former governor of Jakarta. He is also known by his Hakka Chinese nickname Ahok (). He was the second minority gover ...
in 2006, when the latter was still regent of
East Belitung
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.
Move to the capital
In the
2012 Jakarta elections which pitted later-president
Joko Widodo
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(Jokowi) against then-governor
Fauzi Bowo
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, Djarot was the chief adviser of Jokowi's campaign team. He ran for a position in the
People's Representative Council
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in 2014, through the
East Java
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6 election district which included
Blitar
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and Kediri (
city
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and
regency
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) in addition to
Tulungagung Regency
)
, translit_lang1_info = ꦑꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦭꦸꦁꦲꦒꦸꦁ
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. He secured 69,053 votes - the fourth highest in the district out of a quota of nine - and won a seat.
![Jokowi appoint Djarot](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Jokowi_appoint_Djarot.jpg)
Months after his election into the legislative body,
Jokowi
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defeated
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Prabowo Subianto
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to become the 7th
President of Indonesia
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. Consequentially,
Basuki was elevated to the rank of governor and left his former position of vice governor vacant. As
PDI-P
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The PDI-P was founded and is currently led by Me ...
sought for a replacement, his name was brought up along with that of Boy Sadikin (eldest son of late former governor
Ali Sadikin
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). In the end, Ahok selected Djarot as his deputy and he was put into office on December 17. According to Basuki, he had set his eyes on the former mayor since before he officially became Vice Governor. Upon his appointment, Djarot immediately started conducting highly publicized visits known popularly as ''blusukan'' often done by
Jokowi
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during his term but somewhat less commonly for Basuki.
In 2017, the pair ran for Jakartan governorship until 2022 against both former
Minister of Education Anies Baswedan
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and
Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono
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, son of former president
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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. After failing to secure a majority in the first elections while placing first, the pair was defeated by Baswedan who won 57.96 percent of the vote in the run-off elections.
Around the same time, Ahok had been accused of
blasphemy against Islam during an initially obscure visit to
Kepulauan Seribu Regency. The case gained widespread national and international attention, with a
series of mass protests calling for the governor's prosecution. During the court proceedings, he was non-activated, with Djarot serving as acting governor in his place. Despite accusations of political motivation behind the case and international clemency requests, Basuki was found guilty and sentenced to 2 years in jail after a highly publicized trial. Djarot later offered to become a guarantor for his running mate's conditional release.
After Basuki withdrew his appeal to the
Supreme Court
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and resigned from governorship, Djarot was officially inaugurated by
Joko Widodo
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in the
State Palace as the governor of Jakarta on June 15 after serving as acting Governor for about a month. He became the third governor to serve in the five-year period between 2012 and 2017, after
Joko Widodo
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and
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (, Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Chûng Van-ho̍k''; born 29 June 1966) is an Indonesian businessman, politician, and former governor of Jakarta. He is also known by his Hakka Chinese nickname Ahok (). He was the second minority gover ...
.
As governor (2017)
Following the prohibition of ''Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia'', the Indonesian branch of
Hizb ut-Tahrir
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, he proposed to revoke the citizenship of Jakartan civil servants affiliated with the organization. He was succeeded by governor-elect
Anies Baswedan
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on 16 October 2017.
Post-governorship
After his tenure ended, Djarot was assigned by his party to lead the
East Kalimantan
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office until the
2018 local elections. In January 2018,
PDI-P
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The PDI-P was founded and is currently led by Me ...
selected him as candidate for the governorship of
North Sumatra
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, with Sihar Sitorus as running mate. He would however lose to
Edy Rahmayadi
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and Musa Rajekshah.
Following his defeat, he ran in the
2019 legislative election, competing for a seat in the
People's Representative Council
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from
North Sumatra 3rd electoral district and got elected.
References
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1962 births
Governors of Jakarta
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Living people
Politicians from East Java
University of Brawijaya alumni
Gadjah Mada University alumni
Members of the People's Representative Council, 2014
East Java Provincial Council members
Mayors and regents of places in East Java
People from Blitar
Vice Governors of Jakarta
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle politicians
Members of the People's Representative Council, 2019
People from Magelang