Wan Thamrin Hasyim (born 27 December 1944) is an Indonesian politician who served as the Governor of

Riau Riau is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the central eastern coast of Sumatra along the Strait of Malacca. The province shares land borders with North Sumatra to the northwest, West Sumatra to the west, and Jambi to the south. Accord ...

between December 2018 and February 2019. Previously, he served as Vice Governor between 2017 and 2018, and was the first regent of

Rokan Hilir Regency Rokan Hilir ("Lower Rokan") is a regency (''kabupaten'') of Riau Province, on Sumatra island, Indonesia. It occupies the lower part of the catchment area of the Rokan River, and has an area of 8,851.59 km2. It had a population of 553,216 at t ...

between 2001 and 2006.

Early life

Hasyim was born in

Bagansiapiapi Bagansiapiapi or simply known as Bagan () is a city in Riau province on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The city is the capital of Rokan Hilir Regency in the Riau Province and is located on the east coast of Sumatra, on the Rokan River delt ...

, today in

, on 27 December 1944. He completed his basic education in

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Career

In 1974, Hasyim became a civil servant for the Riau provincial government. He was promoted to head of the revenue office in the

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in 1983, which he served until 1997 when he was promoted to head of the economic bureau for the governor's office. In 1998, he became head of the mining bureau for the province, until June 2000 when he was appointed acting regent of

. He was later elected by the municipal council to serve as regent between 7 June 2001 and 2006. He did not take part in the 2006 election for the regency. After his tenure as regent, he was the chairman of the Raja Ali Haji Foundation, which operated the in Riau. Hasyim was elected by Riau's provincial legislature on 25 April 2017 as the vice gubernatorial replacement due to the vacancy created by the conviction of Annas Maamun for corruption and the elevation of his deputy Arsyadjuliandi Rachman in his place. He was sworn in on 12 May 2017. On 24 September 2018, with Rachman resigning as governor, Hasyim was appointed as acting governor of Riau, and was appointed as full governor on 10 December 2018. His term expired on 19 February 2019.

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