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Rachmat Yasin
Rachmat Yasin (born 4 November 1963) or Rahmat Yasin is an Indonesian politician from the United Development Party who served as the regent of Bogor Regency between 2008 and 2014. He was convicted of receiving bribes in 2014, and is currently in prison. Before becoming regent, he had served some time in the regency's legislative body. Background Yasin was born in Bogor on 4 November 1963. Career Before being elected to public office, Yasin had been active at Nahdlatul Ulama, being the leader of Ansor Youth Movement's Bogor branch between 1984 and 1991. He was elected to Bogor's municipal council (''DPRD Kabupaten Bogor'') in 1997, and following the 2004 Indonesian legislative election, 2004 legislative election was appointed as its speaker. In 2008, he was elected as regent after winning 990,351 votes (63.48%), being sworn in on 30 December 2008. He was reelected in 2013. He was also elected as chairman for PSSI's West Java office in 2013. During his tenure, he destroyed multip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogor Regency
Bogor Regency (Indonesian: ''Kabupaten Bogor'') is a landlocked regency (''kabupaten'') of West Java, Indonesia, south of DKI Jakarta. Covering an area of 2,986.20 km2, it is considered a bedroom community for Jakarta, and was home to 5,427,068 people at the 2020 census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The official estimate as at mid 2021 was 5,489,536.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022. Its administration is located in the town of Cibinong. The area has witnessed significant population growth. Two areas formerly within the regency have been split off as autonomous cities; on 20 April 1999, the city of Depok was unified with some neighbouring districts of Bogor Regency to form an autonomous city of Depok (independent of the regency); and Bogor city is also an autonomous city (similarly independent of the regency). In spite of these subtractions, Bogor Regency remains the most populous regency in Indonesia. Origin of name There are various opinions about the birth o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
