Wanda Hamidah (born 21 September 1977) is an Indonesian politician, actress and activist. She was a member of the Jakarta Regional People's Representative Council between 2009 and 2014.

Early life and education

Wanda Hamidah was born in Jakarta on 21 September 1977. She studied at , and later studied law at

Trisakti University Trisakti University (Usakti) is Indonesia's largest private university located in Jakarta, Indonesia. Trisakti University, is the only private university in Indonesia which was established by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia. Found ...

. She also took a masters of

notary A notary is a person authorised to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular witnessing signatures on documents. The form that the notarial profession takes varies with local legal systems. A notary, while a legal professional, is disti ...

at the

University of Indonesia The University of Indonesia ( id, Universitas Indonesia, abbreviated as UI) is a public university in Depok, West Java and Salemba, Jakarta, Indonesia. It is one of the oldest tertiary-level educational institutions in Indonesia (known as the D ...

Career

Wanda began her career as a model, and she was one for around 12 years. Between 2000 and 2002, she was a news presenter at

MetroTV Metro TV is an Indonesian free-to-air television news network based in West Jakarta. It was established on 25 November 2000 and now has over 52 relay stations all over the country. It is owned by Surya Paloh who also owns the ''Media Indonesi ...

. She participated in the student demonstrations of 1998 and joined the newly formed

National Mandate Party The National Mandate Party ( id, Partai Amanat Nasional), frequently abbreviated to PAN, is an Islam-basedAl-Hamdi, Ridho. (2017). ''Moving towards a Normalised Path: Political Islam in Contemporary Indonesia''. JURNAL STUDI PEMERINTAHAN (JOURNAL ...

(PAN) that year. According to Wanda, she was wanted for being part of the student demonstrations and she had witnessed the

Trisakti shootings The Trisakti shootings, also known as the Trisakti tragedy ( id, Tragedi Trisakti), took place at Trisakti University, Jakarta, Indonesia on 12 May 1998. At a demonstration demanding President Suharto's resignation, TNI-AD soldiers opened fi ...

directly. In 2009, she was elected into Jakarta's regional legislative body and was sworn in on 25 August. Wanda stated then that she wanted to run for the national People's Representative Council, but intended to learn at Jakarta's legislative council first. During her time in the legislative body, she also featured in her first movie ''

Pengejar Angin ''Pengejar Angin'' (''The Wind Chaser'') is a 2011 film by Indonesian director Hanung Bramantyo and starring Qausar Harta Yudana, Mathias Muchus, and Lukman Sardi. It tells of a young man's efforts to be able to attend university through becoming ...

'' in 2011. She was also a commissioner in the National Commission of Child Protection (Komnas PA). She also had worked as a notary, operating her own office. In 2014, she was fired from PAN due to her support of Joko Widodo in the 2014 Indonesian presidential election - while PAN supported

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. After the expiry of her tenure in the DPRD, she became a critic of the body, citing excessive lobbying and opposing a proposal to revert direct gubernatorial elections to the DPRD. She later joined the

Nasdem Party The Nasdem Party ( id, Partai NasDem) is a political party in Indonesia. It is partly funded by media baron Surya Paloh who founded the similarly named organization, National Democrats ( id, Nasional Demokrat). Despite this, and logo similarity, N ...

, where she became the chairman of the party's Jakarta's branch. In the

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, she ran for a seat in Jakarta's 1st electoral district (

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), but she failed to win a seat. In October 2022, she moved from Nasdem to

Golkar ) , foundation = , youth = AMPG (Golkar Party Young Force) , women = KPPG (Golkar Party Women's Corps) , newspaper = ''Suara Karya'' (1971–2016) , headquarters = Jakarta , ideology ...

Personal life

She was married to Cyril Raoul Hakim, having five children before their divorce, and she later remarried Daniel Patrick Hadi Schuldt with whom she had her sixth child.

Filmography

* ''

'' (2011) * '' Cahaya Dari Timur: Beta Maluku'' (2014) * ''Dear Love'' (2016)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamidah, Wanda 1977 births Living people Actresses from Jakarta Politicians from Jakarta Nasdem Party politicians Golkar politicians University of Indonesia alumni Trisakti University alumni Members of the Jakarta Regional House of Representatives Indonesian television presenters Indonesian women television presenters