Sanusi (politician)

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Sanusi
Official portrait
Regent of Malang
Assumed office
26 February 2021
In office
17 September 2019 – 17 February 2021
Acting: 16 October 2018 – 17 September 2019
Preceded byRendra Kresna
Vice Regent of Malang
In office
17 February 2016 – 15 October 2018
Personal details
Born (1960-05-20) 20 May 1960 (age 63)
Malang, East Java, Indonesia
Political partyPKB (1999–2020)
PDI-P (2020–present)

Sanusi (born 20 May 1960) is an Indonesian politician of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle who has served as the regent of Malang Regency in East Java since 2018. He was previously vice regent between 2016 and 2018, when the regent Rendra Kresna was arrested. Between 1999 and 2014, he served in the regency's legislature as a member of the National Awakening Party.

Early life[edit]

Sanusi was born on 20 May 1960 in Gondanglegi village in Malang Regency.[1] His parents were sugarcane farmers.[2] He studied in his home village, graduating from a teachers's school before later receiving a degree from Sunan Ampel State Islamic Institution in Surabaya, later also receiving a master's degree from an economic institute in Yogyakarta.[3]

Career[edit]

After graduating, Sanusi worked as an English teacher at a state-funded Islamic High School at his home village, and was also active in the sugarcane industry.[1][4] According to Sanusi, his parents and his local kyai initially disallowed him from taking a job as a government employee because duties levied by the government on haram alcohol and prostitution would be included in his salary.[2]

He joined the Nahdlatul Ulama-affiliated GP Ansor organization, by 1998 becoming its leader at Gondanglegi. The following year, he became chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB; also Nahdlatul Ulama affiliated) in Gondanglegi. Sanusi ran for a seat in the Malang Regency Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) in the 1999 election, and was elected, becoming head of PKB's parliamentary group. He was reelected for his second and third terms in 2004 and 2009, during which he became deputy speaker of the DPRD.[1][4] By 2010, he was chairman of PKB's branch in Malang Regency.[5]

In the 2015 regency election, he ran as the running mate of Rendra Kresna, and the pair won with 605,817 votes (51.6%).[6] They were sworn in on 17 February 2016.[7] On 15 October 2018, Kresna was arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission under bribery charges,[8] and Sanusi became acting regent the following day.[9] Sanusi was sworn in as full regent on 17 September the following year.[10]

Sanusi initially registered to run for a full term in the 2020 regency election as a PKB member, but as PKB refused to endorse him, he moved to the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle.[11] He proceeded to win the election with Didik Gatot Subroto as running mate, securing 530,449 votes (45.5%) in a three-way race.[12] They were sworn in on 26 February 2021.[13] As regent, Sanusi has ordered a review into recipients of a municipally-funded free healthcare program on top of the national healthcare program, claiming that the program's cost was five times the regency government's capability of funding it.[14] He also signed the regency on for a pilot project to eliminate plastic waste.[15]

Family[edit]

He is married to Anis Zaidah Wahyuni, and they have four children.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Mengenal Sosok Sanusi, Pengusaha Tebu Tersohor di Gondanglegi yang Kini Jadi Bupati Malang". Tribun Jatim (in Indonesian). 26 February 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Setiawan, Danu (16 September 2019). "Sempat Dilarang Menjadi PNS, Kini Jabat Bupati". Harian Bhirawa Online (in Indonesian). Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  3. ^ Mbois, Ongis (6 December 2020). "Profil Pasangan Calon Bupati dan Wakil Bupati Malang Nomor Urut 1". Ngalam Wearemania (in Indonesian). Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b Yani, Ahmad (10 March 2021). "Ungkap Masa Lalu, Bupati dan Wabup Malang Punya Kemiripan Sejarah". Radar Malang (in Indonesian). Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Pedangdut Inul Daratista Melamar Jadi Calon Bupati Malang". Tempo (in Indonesian). 3 March 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Rekapitulasi Suara Usai, Ini Pemenang Pilkada Kab Malang". medcom.id (in Indonesian). 16 December 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Gelombang Kedua, Gubernur Lantik 8 Pasang Bupati Walikota" (in Indonesian). East Java Provincial Government. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  8. ^ "KPK Tahan Bupati Malang Terkait Kasus Suap". SINDOnews Nasional (in Indonesian). 15 October 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Wabup Sanusi Resmi Jabat Plt Bupati Malang". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). 16 October 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  10. ^ Rinanda, Hilda Meilisa (17 September 2019). "Sanusi Dilantik Jadi Bupati Malang, Rendra Diberhentikan Tidak Hormat". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Demi Bisa Maju Pilkada Malang, Sanusi Tinggalkan PKB dan Berlabuh ke PDIP". liputan6.com (in Indonesian). 20 February 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  12. ^ Aminudin, Muhammad (17 December 2020). "Rekap Final Pilbup Malang Menangkan Sanusi-Didik, Rival Ajukan Keberatan". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  13. ^ Rahma, Shuvia (26 February 2021). "Sah! Sanusi dan Didik Resmi Jadi Bupati Malang". Radar Malang (in Indonesian). Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  14. ^ Aminudin, Muhammad (4 August 2023). "Peserta BPJS Dicoret Atas Permintaan Bupati Malang: Kalau Diteruskan Jebol!". detikjatim (in Indonesian). Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Kabupaten Malang Terpilih Sebagai Pilot Project Kelola Sampah Plastik, Ini Kata Bupati Sanusi". RMOL Jatim (in Indonesian). 19 May 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2024.