Muslihan Diding Sutrisno (4 August 1946 – 6 December 2020) was an Indonesian army officer and politician.

Career

Born in Bengkulu,

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, he was a member of the

People's Conscience Party The People's Conscience Party ( id, Partai Hati Nurani Rakyat), better known by its abbreviation, Hanura, is a political party in Indonesia. It was established following a meeting in Jakarta on 13–14 December 2006 and first headed by former Indo ...

. DS served as the Regent of

Rejang Lebong Regency Rejang Lebong is a regency of Bengkulu Province, Indonesia, on the island of Sumatra. It covers 1,475.99 km² and had a population of 246,787 at the 2010 Census and 276,645 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 278,793 ...

from 1994 to 1999 and Regent of

North Bengkulu Regency North Bengkulu is a regency ( id, kabupaten) of Bengkulu Province, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 is ...

from 2001 until 2006. He also served in the Bengkulu Regional People's Representative Council from 2009 until 2014. At the time of his death, Diding Sutrisno was running for Vice Governor of Bengkulu as the running mate of Bengkulu gubernatorial candidate, Helmi Hasan. The gubernatorial election was held on 9 December 2020, just three days after his death.

Death

Muslihan DS died from

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in Bengkulu on 6 December 2020, at the age of 74 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia.

References

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