The Governor of West Java is the executive head of the

West Java West Java ( id, Jawa Barat, su, ᮏᮝ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪, romanized ''Jawa Kulon'') is a province of Indonesia on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Bante ...

Province. He is responsible for running the government together with his deputy and members of the West Java Regional People's Representative Council as the legislative. The Governor of West Java is an elected politician who, along with the vice governor and 120 members of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD), is accountable for the strategic government of the province of

History

Historically, the first governor of West Java was held by Sutardjo Kertohadikusumo who came from

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. In the midst of the

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, Sutardjo was replaced by Mohammad Djamin. Dualism of leadership also occurred during the reign of

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, where Oja Somantri was elected and appointed as ''Kepala Daerah Swatantra Tingkat I'' in early January 1958. At that time, Oja served as Chairman of the West Java Transitional Regional People's Representative Council.

List

Although not consecutively, the governor of West Java was always appointed to the position of Minister of Home Affairs of Indonesia during the Old Order to New Order. The following is a definitive list of

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since 1945.

List of governors

Acting governor

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prepares his successor who is a bureaucrat in the local government or even a Vice Governor, including when the position of governor is in transition. The following is a list of temporary replacements for the post of Governor of the West Java. ;Notes ;Legends

Dutch and Japanese Occupation Period

Reference

{{Governors of West Java 1945 establishments in Indonesia

Lists of governors in Asia