Eri Cahyadi (born 27 May 1977) is an Indonesian politician and bureaucrat who serves as Mayor of

Surabaya Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Java and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. L ...

since 26 February 2021. He was elected in the

2020 Surabaya mayoral election The 2020 Surabaya mayoral election was held on 9 December 2020, as part of the 2020 simultaneous local elections across Indonesia. Candidates Two candidates ran in the election: * Eri Cahyadi, senior municipal bureaucrat most recently head of the ...

Career

Cahyadi graduated with a degree in

civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage ...

from the

Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology ( id, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember; '10th of November Institute of Technology'; abbreviated as ITS) is an Indonesian public technological university located in Surabaya, East Java, with a strong ...

in 1999, and after a 2-year career as a consultant he began working for Surabaya's municipal government in 2001. Both his parents had previously also worked as government officials. By 2011, Cahyadi had been promoted to head the city government's public housing and urban planning department, and in 2018, he was appointed to head the municipal development planning body, in addition to heading the department of sanitation and public spaces. In order to run in the 2020 mayoral election, Cahyadi resigned as a civil servant and became a cadre of

PDI-P The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle ( id, Partai Demokrasi Indonesia Perjuangan, PDI-P) is an Indonesian political party, and the party of the current President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo. The PDI-P was founded and is currently led by Me ...

. Cahyadi, who was endorsed by incumbent mayor

Tri Rismaharini Tri Rismaharini (born 20 November 1961) is an Indonesian politician who is the current Minister of Social Affairs. Popularly known as Risma, she is both the first directly-elected and first female to be the Mayor of Surabaya. She is one of the ...

, won the election with over 57 percent of votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cahyadi, Eri 1977 births Living people Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle politicians Indonesian civil servants People from Surabaya Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology alumni Mayors of Surabaya