Nasrul Abit (24 December 1954 – 28 August 2021) was an Indonesian politician and member of the

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. He served as the 8th Vice Governor of

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from 12 February 2016, until 12 February 2021, under

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Irwan Prayitno, having been elected as Prayitno's

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in the

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. Prior to this, Abit served as the Regent of

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from September 2005 to September 2015, as well as the inaugural Deputy Regent of

from 2000 to 2005 under then-Regent Darizal Basir.

Biography

Abit was born on 24 December 1954, in the village of Air Haji in present-day

. In 2020, Nasrul Abit ran for Governor of West Sumatra in the

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, with Indra Catri as his running mate for vice governor. However, Abit was narrowly defeated in the election by Mahyeldi Ansharullah and his running mate, . The Mahyeldi-Audy gubernatorial ticket won the election with 361,406 votes, or 33.7 percent of the vote, while Nasrul Abit and Indra Catri placed second with 324,215 votes, or 30.2 percent. Nasrul Abit contracted

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in August 2021. He died from the coronavirus at Central General Hospital (RSUP) in

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on 28 August 2021, just one week after his diagnosis.

References

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