Abdullah Azwar Anas

Abdullah Azwar Anas (born 6 August 1973) is an Indonesian politician who is the current regent of Banyuwangi, East Java. Prior to becoming a regent, he had served as both an elected member of the People's Representative Council and an appointment to the People's Consultative Assembly, for one term each.

For the New Order era politician, see Azwar Anas.
Abdullah Azwar Anas
Regent of Banyuwangi
Assumed office
17 February 2016
Preceded byZarkasi (act.)
Himself
In office
21 October 2010 – 21 October 2015
Preceded byRatna Ani Lestari
Succeeded byZarkasi (act.)
Himself
Member of People's Representative Council
In office
1 October 2004 – 1 October 2009
ConstituencyEast Java III
Member of People's Consultative Assembly
In office
1 October 1997 – 1 October 1999
Personal details
Born (1973-08-06) 6 August 1973
Banyuwangi, East Java
Alma materUniversity of Indonesia
Jakarta State University

Born in Banyuwangi, Anas completed his education at the University of Indonesia before joining the Consultative Assembly for 2 years. Later, he was elected in 2004 for a five-year term in the legislative council, and was elected as regent of Banyuwangi after failing to win his re-election.

Background and education

Abdullah Azwar Anas was born in Banyuwangi on 6 August 1973, his father a local kyai in the Karangdoro village, part of Banyuwangi's Tegalsari subdistrict. Being the second children of ten, his older brother died at youth, making him the eldest surviving children. He completed his primary education in madrasa, studying in one at his origin village and another in Sumenep, Madura. He later moved to state-funded regular schools, studying in two middle schools before moving to Jember for his highschool.[1][2][3]

After completing highschool, he moved to Jakarta to study literature in the University of Indonesia (UI), earning his bachelors in 1999 before further earning a masters in social and political science by 2005. In addition, he also studied education technology at Jakarta State University (then known as IKIP Jakarta), graduating with a bachelors in 1998. During his time at UI, he was the president of the central committee of the Nahdlatul Ulama student association. He had also become a radio broadcaster of Jember-based Prosalina when at highschool.[1]

Career

Parliament

After graduating from university, he was appointed to the People's Consultative Assembly as a class envoy in 1997 at the age of 24, making him the youngest envoy of that year. Following the fall of Suharto, he ran but lost in the 1999 legislative election. Joining the National Awakening Party, he secured a seat from the East Java III district in the 2004 election after winning 135,667 votes - the third most in the district. However, he was not reelected in 2009, when he was reassigned by his party to the East Java VII district. According to Anas in an interview, he "was not serious" and was not present in the electoral district during the campaigning period.[1][4]

During his term, he was active in multiple special committees, and part of investigations teams on BLBI (a liquidity aid to Bank Indonesia),[5] a 2008 fuel price hike,[6] the 2008 hajj season[7] and an electoral ballot case.[1] He was part of the eighth commission.[8]

Regent of Banyuwangi

In 2010, Anas ran in a local election for Banyuwangi Regency with Yusuf Widyatmoko as his running mate. Supported by PKB, PDI-P, Golkar, PKS and PKNU, the pair secured 49.23 percent of the votes (372,149) in a three-way contest.[9] He was re-elected in 2015 with a landslide, winning 88.96 percent of votes with the support of PDI-P and six other parties, although his former party PKB did not support him.[10][11]

In 2016, Banyuwangi received an award from the World Tourism Organization, winning in the "Re-Inventing Government in Tourism" category as the first Indonesian part to receive an award from the organization.[12] When Anas entered office in 2010, Banyuwangi was visited by 487 thousand tourists annually, with the number increasing to 4.6 million by 2017.[13] He also established a regency-owned, 7,600-square meter tourism resort focusing on local culture.[14]

Two of the regency's programs - a peer support program for students and an electronic village budgeting program - was named by the Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform in its list of 99 most innovative programs nationally.[15]

Anas established a 55,000-hectare permanent farmland area in the regency, meant to conserve the agricultural production.[16] Economically, Banyuwangi experienced a 62% increase in GDP per capita between 2010 and 2014, with the local government budget increasing by 150% between 2010 and 2015. The regency received an award from the central government in 2016 for the economic growth.[17]

Reports of alleged corruption under his administration were filed to the Corruption Eradication Commission in 2012[18] and 2017.[19]

In 2018, he was named by PDI-P as running mate to Saifullah Yusuf in the 2018 gubernatorial election. However, vulgar images rumored to be him were circulated, resulting in him withdrawing from the race.[20][21]

References
  1. "Profil Abdullah Azwar Anas". VIVA (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2017-11-25. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. "Cerita Masa Kecil Bupati Banyuwangi: Jualan di Sekolah Sampai Berbagi Uang Saku". Tribunnews.com (in Indonesian). 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-04-11. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  3. Andriansyah, Mohammad (19 July 2016). "Cerita Bupati Anas, anak kiai kampung yang rela jualan di sekolah". merdeka.com (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  4. "Abdullah Azwar Anas: Kekalahan Bagian Dari Proses Politik" (PDF). Parlementaria (in Indonesian). September 2009. pp. 89–90. ISSN 1979-5912. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-04-28. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  5. "Perkara BLBI Akan Digelar KPK". KapanLagi.com (in Indonesian). 15 September 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  6. "Inilah 51 Anggota Panitia Angket BBM". KOMPAS (in Indonesian). 1 July 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  7. "2 Anggota DPR Diduga Terima Gratifikasi Jadi Panitia Angket Haji". detiknews (in Indonesian). 2 March 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  8. "Sayonara DPR... Vokalis DPR Yang Lengser Dari Senayan" (PDF). Parlementaria (in Indonesian). September 2009. p. 86. ISSN 1979-5912. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-04-28. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  9. "Pilkada Banyuwangi Hanya Satu Putaran". Tempo (in Indonesian). 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 2018-09-10. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  10. "Abdullah Azwar Anas Menang Lagi di Pilkada Banyuwangi". Berita Satu (in Indonesian). 18 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2018-09-10. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  11. Ningtyas, Ika (27 July 2015). "Azwar Anas Maju Pilkada Lewat PDIP, Tak Lagi PKB". Tempo (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2018-09-10. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  12. Setyanti, Christina Andhika (21 January 2016). "Banyuwangi Jadi Juara Dunia dari Badan Pariwisata PBB". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2016-01-22. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  13. "Tahun 2017 Banyuwangi Dikunjungi 4,6 Juta Wisatawan". Radar Banyuwangi (in Indonesian). 8 February 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  14. "New resort opens in Banyuwangi". The Jakarta Post. 13 November 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-02-19. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  15. Media, Kompas Cyber (6 May 2017). "Dua Program Banyuwangi Masuk Top 99 Inovasi Nasional - Kompas.com". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2017-11-01. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  16. Afirianto, Hermawan (17 January 2018). "Banyuwangi Siapkan 55 Ribu Hektare Lahan Sawah Abadi". kbr.id (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2018-01-22. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  17. Andriansyah, Moch. (13 April 2016). "Pertumbuhan ekonomi terbaik, Banyuwangi raih Government Award 2016". Merdeka (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  18. "Dilaporkan ke KPK, Bupati Banyuwangi Bantah Korupsi". detiknews (in Indonesian). 10 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2018-09-10. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  19. "Abdullah Azwar Anas Dilaporkan ke KPK, Ini Penyebabnya". News Indonesia (in Indonesian). 14 November 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-09-10. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  20. "Azwar Anas dan Akhir Drama Pembunuhan Karakter". Republika (in Indonesian). 6 January 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  21. "Abdullah Azwar Anas Diminta Tidak Mundur dari Cawagub Jatim". Tribunnews.com (in Indonesian). 7 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-01-14. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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