Karolin Margret Natasa (born 12 March 1982) is an Indonesian politician who served as regent of Landak between 2017 and 2022. Previously, she had served as a member of the

People's Representative Council The People's Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia ( id, Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Republik Indonesia, DPR-RI), also known as the House of Representatives, is one of two elected chambers of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), ...

. The daughter of two-term governor Cornelis M.H., she was first elected into office in 2009, being re-elected to the national parliament in 2014. She is a graduate of

Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia (also known as "Atma Jaya University" or "Atma Jaya"; id, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya or abbreviated as ''Unika Atma Jaya'') is an institute of higher learning in Jakarta, Indonesia, whi ...

. In 2018, she ran for governorship of West Kalimantan, but lost to

Sutarmidji Sutarmidji (born 29 January 1962) is an Indonesian politician and academician who is the 9th governor of West Kalimantan and formerly the mayor of its capital, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Pontianak. Starting his political career in 1981, he taught ...

Background

Karolin was born in

Mempawah Regency Mempawah Regency (formerly the Pontianak Regency) is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency of West Kalimantan Province of Indonesia. Since 2007 it covers 1,276.90 km2, and had a population of 234,021 at the 2010 Census and 301,560 at the 2020 Cens ...

West Kalimantan West Kalimantan ( id, Kalimantan Barat) is a province of Indonesia. It is one of five Indonesian provinces comprising Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its capital city is Pontianak, Indonesia, Pontianak. The province has ...

on 12 March 1982 as the first child of Cornelis M.H., later two-term governor of

and Landak regent while her mother was an elementary school teacher. Completing elementary school in Sambas and both middle and high school in

Pontianak Pontianak or Khuntien is the capital of the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, founded first as a trading port on the island of Borneo, occupying an area of 118.31 km2 in the delta of the Kapuas River at a point where it is joined by ...

, she proceeded to study general medicine at

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

, starting in 2004 and graduating in 2007. Natasa is a Catholic of Dayak descent (of mixed

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Bidayuh Bidayuh is the collective name for several indigenous groups found in southern Sarawak, Malaysia and northern West Kalimantan, Indonesia, on the island of Borneo, which are broadly similar in language and culture (see also #Language issues, is ...

ancestry, the two tribes dominating the

Sanggau Regency Sanggau Regency (; Hakka: Sîang-ngau) is a regency in the north-central section of West Kalimantan province of Indonesia. In 2003, the regency's eastern portion was made into a new regency called Sekadau, leaving Sanggau with an area of . As ...

of West Kalimantan province), and is married to Andreas Quinn.

Career

During her studies, she was active in the university's Catholic students association, becoming its secretary general. After graduating, she worked as a government doctor. Prior to being elected into office, she participated in the campaign teams for the Landak regency election and her father's successful bid for governorship of West Kalimantan in 2008. She is a member of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

Parliament

She was first elected into the

in 2009, when she ran from her home constituency of West Kalimantan and won 222,021 votes, placing first in the province/constituency and third nationally. She was reelected in 2014, when she won 397,481 votes from the same constituency - the most of any legislative candidate in the country, placing ahead of other

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 ...

candidates such as

Puan Maharani Puan Maharani Nakshatra Kusyala Devi (born 6 September 1973) is an Indonesian politician from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), who is serving as the current speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR), Indonesia's lower hou ...

and

I Wayan Koster I Wayan Koster (born 20 October 1962) is an Indonesian politician who is the 10th governor of Bali. Before becoming governor, he was a member of the People's Representative Council representing the province. A three-term parliamentarian represent ...

. During her entire time in the council, she was part of the ninth commission on demography, health, labor and transmigration. In 2012, a scandal arose related to a pornographic clip in which she was suspected to have participated, resulting in a hearing with the council's dignity body (''Badan Kehormatan''). She denied any wrongdoing, claiming that the case was made up due to her father's 2013 reelection campaign.

Regent

In 2017, she participated in

Landak Regency Landak Regency is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency of West Kalimantan province, Indonesia. It was created in 1999 from the northeastern part of Pontianak Regency. It covers 9,909.10 km2 and had a population of 329,649 at the 2010 Census and ...

's local election as a single candidate with Herculanus Heriyadi as her running mate, winning 96.86 percent of the votes. She was sworn in on 22 May 2017 by her father, becoming the regency's first female regent, the first female Dayak to serve as a regional head in Indonesia, and the first local leader in the province to win in an uncontested local election. In order to become a regent, she resigned from her office in the

. Just months after becoming regent, she registered to run in the 2018 gubernatorial elections for West Kalimantan with

Bengkayang Bengkayang Regency () is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency ("''kabupaten''") in West Kalimantan Province of Indonesia, (on the island of Borneo). The area was originally a part of Sambas Regency, but following the expansion of the population in tha ...

regent Suryadman Gidot as her running mate and three parties (

, Demokrat, PKPI) backing her. With 41.8% of votes, the pair lost to the

/Ria Norsan pair, however. Her tenure ended on 22 May 2022, and Samuel, a senior provincial civil servant, was sworn in as acting regent in her place.

References

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