Wednesday, 25 September 2013

Ratu Atut Chosiyah

Ratu Atut Chosiyah

Ratu Atut Chosiyah
Ratu Atut Chosiyah
Ratu Atut Chosiyah is the current governor (gubernur) of the province of Banten, Indonesia. She has held office for several terms. Before her election as governor in 2006 she was the deputy governor under Djoko Munandar from 11 January 2002. Djoko became involved in a corruption case and was suspended from office in October 2005. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed Ratu Atut as caretaker governor to take over Djoko's administrative duties and she later became governor. She is the 1st female governor in Indonesia.
Atut firstly took office as Deputy Governor under Governor Djoko Munandar in 2002, made her became the 1st female Deputy Governor. In 2005, Djoko Munandar was removed from office for corruption. Atut was sworn in as acting Governor until Djoko's term end in January 2007.
As caretaker governor she was responsible for the preparations for the 2006 provincial election. She decided to nominate and selected Mohammad Masduki as her running mate in the deputy governor slot. She won the election held on 26 November 2006 and became governor for the 2006-2011 period. She was sworn into office along with her deputy governor, Mohammad Masduki, by the minister of interior Muhammad Ma'ruf on 11 January 2007.
As governor, Ratu Atut has been active in building links between political and business circles in Banten. She has supported plans for large investments to expand the Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta international airport located within Banten province. She has also involved the Banten government in active support for the proposed Sunda Strait Bridge megaproject which would be likely to cost over $US 20 billion if plans for the construction of the bridge go ahead.
Ratu Atut stood for election again in the 2011 provincial elections with Rano Karno as her running mate for deputy governor. She was supported by two of the largest political parties in Indonesia, Golkar and the PDI-P, and won the election comfortably with 49.6% of the vote. Initially, the vote was challenged by the losing candidates. However in November 2011 the Constitutional Court rejected the challenges clearing the way for Ratu Atut to became governor of Banten for a 2nd time. She was sworn into office for a five-year term 2012-2017 by minister of the interior Gamawan Fauzi on 11 January 2012.
Ratu Atut's family is well-connected in political and government circles in Banten. Her father, Haji Tubagus Chasan Sochib who died in mid-2011, was a widely-known and somewhat controversial business entrepreneur and community leader in the Banten area.
At the time of Ratu Atut's reelection in 2011 it was reported that her husband, Hikmat Tomet, was member of Golkar in the Indonesian People's Representative Council, her younger sister, Ratu Tatu Chasanah, was the deputy district head of Serang Regency in Banten, her step-brother, Tb Haerul Nurjaman, was deputy mayor of Serang, her son, Andika Hazrumy, was a member of the Regional Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah or DPD) in Jakarta, and her daughter-in-law, Adde Khairunnisa, was the deputy speaker of the Serang regional council. In addition, governor Atut's step-mother, Heryani, is the deputy regent (wakil Bupati) of the Pandeglang regancy, part of Banten province. Her sister-in-law, Airin Rachmi Diany, ran for election as head of the South Tangerang regency, a position she was subsequently elected to after some controversy.
In late 2012 Ratu Atut's brother-in-law, Aden Abdul Khalik, unsuccessfully ran for the position of head of the Tangerang Regency in Banten province. Aden was supported in his bid by a range of small political parties including the United Development Party (PPP), the Indonesian Nahdlatul Ulama Party (PNUI, the Concern for the Nation's Function Party (PKPB) and the People's Democratic Party (PDP) but not by the major Golkar party which both he and Ratu Atut belonged to at the time.
These sorts of extensive family linkages within the political system have led to discussion in recent years in Indonesia about the dangers of 'political dynasties' forming at the local level. The current arrangements in Banten are often cited in the Indonesian media as an example of the evolving role of some prominent Indonesian families in politics.

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