Arinal Djunaidi (born 17 June 1956) is an Indonesian politician and former civil servant who is the current Governor of

Lampung Lampung (Lampung: ), officially the Province of Lampung ( id, Provinsi Lampung) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southern tip of the island of Sumatra. It has a short border with the province of Bengkulu to the northwest, and a ...

Early life and education

Djunaidi was born in Tanjungkarang,

Bandar Lampung Bandar Lampung (Lampung language, Lampung: , ''Kutak Bandarlampung'', formerly Dutch language, Dutch: ''Oosthaven'', lit. "Eastern Harbor") is the capital city, capital and largest city of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of Lampun ...

on 17 June 1956. After completing his first nine years of education, he entered an agriculture trade school and later further studied agriculture at Lampung University.

Career

Djunaidi began working for Bandar Lampung's municipal government in 1986, moving to the provincial government by 1990. He worked in the agricultural department until 2005 - when he was the department head - before becoming head of the forestry department until 2010. Djunaidi then became assistant to the provincial secretary until 2014, when he himself became provincial secretary. In April 2016, Djunaidi threatened a local news reporter when the latter approached him over accusations of Djunaidi having abused a

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staff, though Djunaidi later apologized for the threats. Djunaidi retired from being a civil servant on 30 June 2016. After his retirement, Djunaidi became the head of

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's provincial office in 2017. During the 2018 gubernatorial elections, Djunaidi ran as a gubernatorial candidate with the support of Golkar, PKB, and PAN with

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regent

Chusnunia Chalim Chusnunia Chalim is an Indonesian politician who is the Vice governor of Lampung. She was the regent of East Lampung Regency, and is the first woman to hold the office.Muhammad Ridho Ficardo Muhammad Ridho Ficardo is an Indonesian politician and former governor of the province of Lampung. In his efforts to promote tourism in the province, Ficardo hosted Indonesia's International Coffee Day celebrations for 2017, the same year he als ...

, and the pair was sworn in on 12 June 2019.

References

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