Basuki Tjahaja Purnama

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Basuki Tjahaja Purnama
鍾萬學[1]
Wakil Gubernur DKI Basuki TP.jpg
17th Governor of Jakarta
Assumed office
19 November 2014
Acting: 1 June–22 July 2014 and
16 October–18 November 2014
President Joko Widodo
Deputy Djarot Saiful Hidayat
Preceded by Joko Widodo
Vice Governor of Jakarta
In office
15 October 2012 – 19 November 2014
Governor Joko Widodo
Preceded by Prijanto
Succeeded by Djarot Saiful Hidayat
3rd Regent of East Belitung
In office
3 August 2005 – 22 December 2006
Deputy Khairul Efendi
Preceded by Usman Saleh
Succeeded by Khairul Efendi
Member of the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat
In office
1 October 2009 – 26 April 2012
Constituency Bangka Belitung
Personal details
Born Basuki Tjahaja Purnama
(1966-06-29) 29 June 1966 (age 49)
Manggar, Belitung, Indonesia
Political party Independent (September 2014–present)
Gerindra (2012–2014)
Golkar (2008–2012)
Spouse(s) Veronica Tan
Relations Indra Tjahaja Purnama (father)
Buniarti Ningsih (mother)
Children Nicholas Sean Purnama
Nathania
Daud Albeenner
Alma mater Trisakti University
STIE Prasetiya Mulya
Profession Politician
Religion Protestantism
Website ahok.org
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Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (EYD: Basuki Cahaya Purnama, Chinese: 鍾萬學; Tjung Ban Hok; pinyin: Zhōng Wànxué; born 29 June 1966) is a Chinese Indonesian politician who is the current Governor of Jakarta. On 14 November 2014, he was confirmed by Jakarta City Council as the 17th Governor of Jakarta and inaugurated by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on 18 November.[2] He was formerly a legislator in the Indonesian People's Representative Council and Regent of East Belitung.[3] He is also known by his Hakka Chinese affectionate nickname, Ahok (Chinese: 阿學).

He was a member of Commission II of the House of Representatives for the 2009–2014 term. However, he resigned from the position in 2012 to run for the Lieutenant Governor position in the 2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election.

According to the Jakarta Post, he is the first ethnic Chinese and the first Christian to be the Governor of Jakarta.[4] However, the New York Times states that a governor appointed in the 1960s was also ethnic Chinese and Christian.[5]

Personal life[edit]

Early life[edit]

Basuki was born on 29 June 1966 and grew up in Manggar, East Belitung. He is the first son of Buniarti Ningsih (Boen Nen Tjauw) and the late Indra Tjahaja Purnama (Tjoeng Kiem Nam).[6] Basuki has three siblings, Basuri Tjahaja Purnama, Fifi Lety, and Harry Basuki. His family is of Chinese Indonesian descent.

Education[edit]

Basuki attended Trisakti University, a private university in Jakarta, and majored in Mineral Resources & Technology. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Geological Engineering in 1989 and he returned to his hometown in Belitung to build a company which deals in mining contracts.

After two years working in the company, he decided to pursue master degree in Financial Management at Prasetya Mulya Business School in Jakarta. He graduated as a Master of Business Administration (MBA).[7]

Family[edit]

Basuki is married to Veronica Tan and the couple have three kids, Nicolas Sean, Natania, and Daud Albeneer.[8]

Political career[edit]

Joining Politics[edit]

Basuki first entered politics in his home region of Belitung, and later repeated his success in Jakarta. Basuki believes that Indonesia is breaking with the past, that had a long and often violent history of prejudice and resentment. He is nicknamed "The Father" and "The Law" for strong actions against corruption.[9] After a month in office, Basuki confronted key issues related to traffic congestion, labor, corruption and the bureaucracy. He successfully mediated a minimum wage increase, proposed incentives for street vendors to move to designated markets in order to reduce congestion, migrating poor villagers into new flats, launched surprise inspections of government offices, and proposed installing closed circuit televisions to improve accountability.[10]

East Belitung regent[edit]

During the 2005 regent Election, Basuki joined the election with Khairul Effendi. Basuki won 37,13 of the vote and was elected as the East Belitung regent. Basuki then withdrew from his position in 11 December 2006, in order to join the Bangka-Belitung governor election. Basuki's decision to withdrew received a negative respond from Khairul Effendi for not abdicating to the vow he made to govern East Belitung [11]

2007 Bangka-Belitung governor election[edit]

In 2007, Basuki joined the Bangka-Belitung governor election. The fourth president of Indonesia, Abdurrahman Wahid showed his support and campaigned for him. Wahid said that "Ahok (Basuki's nickname) had done the best when he governed East Belitung by freeing the fee needed for health care to his people." However, Basuki was defeated by Eko Maulana Ali

In 2008, Basuki wrote a biography titled Merubah Indonesia (Reforming Indonesia)[12]

Parliamentary career[edit]

In 2009, Basuki was elected into the parliamentary, as a Golkar politician. He successfully won 119.232 votes [13] and was in the Second commission.[14] In 2011, a controversy occurred after submitting a report about Bangka-Belintung's people complain. The report is all about environment pollution caused by tin exploitation. Basuki was considered insulting Belitung's businessman and was reported to Badan Kehormatan DPR by the Front Pemuda Bangka Belitung (FPB). Basuki took pity for the FPB's action as it isn't related to the problem, environment pollution [15]

Jakarta's deputy governor[edit]

Basuki decided to join the Jakarta governor election as an independent during 2011. However he was pessimist about the chances and cancelled his plan.[16] He then joined the 2012 Jakarta governor election with Jokowi as his running mate. Jokowi and Basuki won 1.847.157 (42,60%) votes in the first round, and 2.472.130 (53,82%) in the second round, defeating Fauzi Bowo and Nachrowi Ramli.[17][18] The ticket was nominated by the Indonesian Democratic Party – Struggle (PDI-P) and the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra).[19] On 10 September 2014, Basuki officially left Gerindra due to a dispute on a proposed bill on regional elections. Since then, he becomes a politically unaffiliated governor.

Governorship[edit]

While Joko Widodo took a temporary leave from the post of Jakarta governor to run as presidential candidate, Basuki became acting Governor of Jakarta since 1 June 2014. Following presidential election result which was won by Jokowi, Basuki succeeded him and officially sworn on 18 November 2014.

Target of racism[edit]

Due to his ethnicity, Basuki has frequently become the subject of racist statements. During the 2012 gubernatorial race, he was targeted regularly by ultra-conservatives and supporters of rival candidates for being a non-Muslim. Early in his term, a lawyer named Farhat Abbas mentioned him in a tweet in which he used a very clear racial slur against him[clarification needed]. The tweet drew condemnation from many.[20] Regardless, Basuki had said that he would not sue Farhat for hate speech and that he would not need to apologize for his tweet.[21] Furthermore, Basuki's "double minority" background has made him a target of the hardliner Islamic Defenders Front (FPI). The group called for the revision of the Jakarta constitution to remove some of the governor's responsibilities for government-affiliated Islamic organizations.[22]

Numerous hardliner groups staged several violent protests opposing him in the weeks leading to his inauguration, mentioning his background as a reason.[23] In contrast, most mainstream Muslim organizations and communities throws support behind Basuki.[24]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Asal Mula Basuki Tjahaja Dipanggil Ahok" (in Indonesian). Tempo. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014. 
  2. ^ "Ahok becomes Jakarta governor today". The Jakarta Post. 19 November 2014. 
  3. ^ "Siapa Ahok?" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 20 March 2012. 
  4. ^ "Ahok: 3 firsts for Jakarta governor". The Jakarta Post. 15 November 2014. 
  5. ^ "An Ethnic Chinese Christian, Breaking Barriers in Indonesia". The New York Times. 22 November 2014. 
  6. ^ "Profil Basuki Tjahaja Purnama". Merdeka. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2014. 
  7. ^ "Siapa Ahok?" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 14 April 2014. 
  8. ^ "Nicolas Sean, Anak Ahok yang Hobi Ngegame". detikinet. https://plus.google.com/+detikcom. Retrieved 2015-12-15. 
  9. ^ "In Indonesia, ethnic Chinese see a new future". 19 August 2012. 
  10. ^ "The Leaderboard: Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama". 27 November 2012. 
  11. ^ http://www.itoday.co.id/politik/mantan-belitung-timur-ungkap-kebohongan-ahok
  12. ^ http://ahok.org/berita/news/pdf-buku-merubah-indonesia/
  13. ^ http://books.google.co.id/books?id=i5UP5the_QkC&pg=PA171&lpg=PA171&dq=Basuki+Tjahaja+purnama+Bangka+Belitung+DPR&source=bl&ots=nbLelAZF4K&sig=tDgHKceX9X0daWg8-9K-UoQN_qE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UjNmVO72G46nuQSgl4DABg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Basuki%20Tjahaja%20purnama%20Bangka%20Belitung%20DPR&f=false
  14. ^ http://news.okezone.com/read/2009/10/28/337/269984/daftar-komisi-ii-dpr-ri
  15. ^ http://petapolitik.com/news/ahok-bela-rakyat-tapi-kok-dilaporkan-ke-bk-dpr-ri/
  16. ^ http://www.beritasatu.com/megapolitan/29121-a-hok-pesimis-lolos-cagub-independen-dki-jakarta.html
  17. ^ http://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2012/07/19/1721403/JokowiAhok.Pemenang.Pilkada.Putaran.Pertama
  18. ^ http://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2012/09/28/1724329/jokowi.basuki.menangi.pilkada.dki.putaran.ii
  19. ^ "Jokowi, Ahok take a Kopaja to KPUD". The Jakarta Post. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012. 
  20. ^ "Anton Medan: Ada Desakan Proses Hukum Farhat Dilanjutkan" (in Indonesian). Viva News. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013. 
  21. ^ "Basuki: Farhat Enggak Perlu Minta Maaf" (in Indonesian). Kompas. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014. 
  22. ^ "The Leaderboard: Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama". 27 November 2012. 
  23. ^ "FPI members arrested during violent protest". The Jakarta Post. 3 October 2014. 
  24. ^ "Muslims declare support for Ahok". The Jakarta Post. 18 November 2014. 
Political offices
Preceded by
Joko Widodo		 Governor of Jakarta
2014–present		 Incumbent
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