Muhammad Thoriq Husler (19 April 1963 – 24 December 2020) was an Indonesian politician.

Biography

Husler served as the 2nd Regent of

East Luwu Regency East Luwu Regency is the most easterly of the twenty-one regencies in South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. Malili is the capital of East Luwu Regency. The population of East Luwu Regency was 243,069 at the 2010 Census and 296,741 at the 2020 C ...

, located in

South Sulawesi South Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Selatan) is a province in the southern peninsula of Sulawesi. The Selayar Islands archipelago to the south of Sulawesi is also part of the province. The capital is Makassar. The province is bordered by Central Sula ...

province from 17 February 2016, until his death in office on 24 December 2020. He was a member of Golkar. Husler was born on 19 April 1963, in

Palopo Palopo or Kota Palopo is a city located in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the second-largest city in the province. Until it acquired its autonomy, Palopo was the capital of Luwu Regency. The area of the city is 247.52 km2, and it had a popu ...

, South Sulawesi. On 9 December 2020, Husler won re-election to a second term as Regent of East Luwu in the

local elections In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select office-holders in local government, such as mayors and councillors. Elections to positions within a city or town are often known as "municipal elections". Their form and conduct vary ...

. Husler, who ran for re-election with Budiman Hakim as his

running mate A running mate is a person running together with another person on a joint Ticket (election), ticket during an election. The term is most often used in reference to the person in the subordinate position (such as the vice presidential candidate ...

, received 86,351 votes, or 53% of the vote, in the 2020 election. In December 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, Husler began exhibiting symptoms of

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. He was initially hospitalized at Grestelina Hospital for treatment, before being transferred to Wahidin Hospital in

Makassar Makassar (, mak, ᨆᨀᨔᨑ, Mangkasara’, ) is the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. It is the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia and the country's fifth-largest urban center after Jakarta, Surabaya, Med ...

for several days as his condition worsened. Husler died from the virus at Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital in Makassar on 24 December 2020, at the age of 57.

References

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