Isran Noor (born 20 September 1959) is an Indonesian politician and academic who is the governor of East Kalimantan. Before becoming governor, he was active in the province's civil servantry, and later became the regent of

East Kutai Regency East Kutai Regency ( id, Kabupaten Kutai Timur) is a regency of East Kalimantan province, Indonesia. It has an area of 35,747.50 km2 and had a population of 253,904 at the 2010 census and 434,459 at the 2020 census. The town of Sangatta is the ...

for 6 years until he resigned before his first term expired.

Background

Born to a farming family in the town of

Sangkulirang Sangkulirang is a town and sub district of East Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The town lies in the northern part of the Makassar Strait and at the base of the Mangkalihat Peninsula. Sangkulirang is situated in the delta of the Karang ...

on 20 September 1957, he completed his early education there before finishing highschool in the provincial capital at Samarinda. Afterwards, he completed his bachelors at

Mulawarman University The Universitas Mulawarman is a public university located in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. It was established on September 27, 1962, making it the oldest tertiary education institution in East Kalimantan. With more than 35,000 students, Un ...

, graduating in 1980. Later on, he would obtain his masters from

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(2003) and a PhD from Padjadjaran University in

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(2014).

Career

After obtaining his bachelor's degree, Noor became a civil servant, working as an educator for farmers in the province between 1981 and 1995. In 1996, he was promoted to the head of agriculture, and was promoted again in 2001 to become the assistant for economy and development in

East Kutai

in 2005, he ran in the local election for

as a running mate of

Awang Faroek Ishak Awang Faroek Ishak (born 31 July 1948 in Tenggarong, East Kalimantan) is an Indonesian politician who was the Governor of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Awang Faroek assumed office in December 2008. Originally his tenure ended in December 2018, bu ...

and the pair won, being sworn in on 13 February 2006. When Ishak was elected governor, Noor was appointed as regent to replace him, being sworn in on 4 February 2009 In 2010, he ran in the local election with Ardiansyah Sulaiman and won, securing 51.1 percent of the votes. During his term as regent, he shut down several coal mines for violating operating permits including one owned by

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. When brought to the International Court of Arbitration, the court upheld the government's decision and rejected demands for $2 billion in damages. In 2014, he had his staff report a Facebook user for slandering him. During the trial of Muhammad Nazaruddin, Nazaruddin mentioned him as having received Rp 5 billion to issue a coal mining permit. Close to the end of his term, he decided to resign in 2015. When questioned, he cited a law which transfers management rights of certain sectors, including mineral and forestry resources, to the provincial government from the regencies. His resignation was accepted on 30 March 2015.

Political parties

In 2014, he participated in the national convention of Demokrat, attempting to be selected as the party's presidential candidate. When he failed, he participated in a "people's convention" which states that its aim was to "provide alternative presidential candidates". Later, he was active in PKPI when Sutiyoso resigned as chairman, appointing Noor as acting chairman on 23 June 2015. On 27 August 2016, he was replaced by

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Governor

He ran in the

East Kalimantan 2018 gubernatorial election The 2018 East Kalimantan gubernatorial election took place on 27 June 2018 as part of the 2018 Indonesian local elections, simultaneous local elections. It was held to elect the governor of East Kalimantan along with their deputy, whilst members o ...

with the support of PKS, PAN and Gerindra, winning 31.6 percent of the votes and securing the gubernatorial seat with Hadi Mulyadi as his deputy. He was sworn into office on 1 October 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Noor, Isran Living people 1959 births People from East Kalimantan Mayors and regents of places in East Kalimantan Governors of East Kalimantan Regents of places in Indonesia