Nova Iriansyah (born 22 November 1963) is an Indonesian architect and politician who has served as the

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Aceh Aceh ( ), officially the Aceh Province ( ace, Nanggroë Acèh; id, Provinsi Aceh) is the westernmost province of Indonesia. It is located on the northernmost of Sumatra island, with Banda Aceh being its capital and largest city. Granted a s ...

, Indonesia since 2020, although he had served as acting governor since 2018. Before becoming governor, he was deputy governor in 2017–2018, and served in 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), ...

between 2009 and 2014.

Early life and education

Iriansyah was born in

Banda Aceh Banda Aceh ( Acehnese: ''Banda Acèh'', Jawoë: كوتا بند اچيه) is the capital and largest city in the province of Aceh, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Sumatra and has an elevation of . The city covers an area of and had ...

on 22 November 1963. Initially, he studied at Banda Aceh, before his family moved to

Takengon Takengon is a town in Aceh, Indonesia. The town itself sits on three administrative districts of the Central Aceh Regency - Bebesen, Kebayakan, and Lut Tawar, and acts as the seat of Central Aceh Regency. The town is in the highlands of western S ...

for a time. During his elementary school at Takengon, Iriansyah was expelled from school, and had to move to another school in the town. His middle and high school studies were in Banda Aceh. He then studied

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

at university, graduating with a bachelor's degree 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 1988 and later obtaining a master's degree from the

Bandung Institute of Technology The Bandung Institute of Technology ( id, Institut Teknologi Bandung, abbreviated as ITB) is a national research university located in Bandung, Indonesia. Since its establishment in 1920, ITB has been consistently recognized as Indonesia's premie ...

in 1998.

Career

After graduating, he taught architecture at

Syiah Kuala University Syiah Kuala University ( id, Universitas Syiah Kuala), abbreviated as USK (formerly: ''Unsyiah''), founded on 2 September 1961, is the largest and the oldest national university in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The name of the university is taken from t ...

, and became department head between 2004 and 2006 until he resigned to take part in politics as he was elected the provincial chairman of the

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...

. At the time of his resignation, he had taught architecture for 19 years, his academic career preceding Syiah Kuala's department of architecture which was formed in 1997. Aside from lecturing, Iriansyah also formed an architecture consultancy to supplement his low salary. Between 2004 and 2008, he became head of the provincial branch of Institute of Development of Construction Services, which managed construction companies and contractors in the period of reconstruction after the

2004 tsunami An earthquake and a tsunami, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami and, by the scientific community, the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, occurred at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7) on 26 December 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Suma ...

. Following the 2009 election, Iriansyah was elected as a member of the

as a member of the

, representing Aceh's 1st electoral district. He ran as

Muhammad Nazar Muhammad Nazar, S.Ag. (born 1 July 1973 in Ulim, Pidie Regency, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam), is the former deputy governor of the province of Aceh, Indonesia He held office during 2007-2012 having been elected in the 2006 Acehnese regional electi ...

's running mate in the 2012 Acehnese gubernatorial election, but was not elected. Iriansyah ran again as

Irwandi Yusuf Irwandi Yusuf (ايرواندي يوسف; born 2 August 1960) is an Indonesian politician who was the Governor of Aceh. He was re-elected Governor in early 2017 after serving an earlier term between 2006 and 2012. Irwandi first won a term as g ...

's running mate in the 2017 Aceh gubernatorial election and was elected, becoming vice governor on 5 July 2017. As Irwandi Yusuf was involved in a corruption case, he was removed from office and Nova was made acting governor on 9 July 2018. He was formally elevated to governor on 5 November 2020.

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iriansyah, Nova Living people 1963 births Governors of Aceh People from Banda Aceh Members of the House of Representatives (Indonesia), 2009 Democratic Party (Indonesia) politicians Bandung Institute of Technology alumni Indonesian architects Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology alumni Academic staff of Syiah Kuala University