Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Puspayoga

Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Puspayoga (born July 7, 1965) is an Indonesian politician. He was Indonesia's Minister of Cooperatives and Small & Medium Enterprises under President Joko Widodo's Working Cabinet between 2014 and 2019.[1] Previously, he served as the Vice Governor of Bali from 2008 to 2013 and Mayor of Denpasar, Bali's capital city, from 2000 to 2008.

Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Puspayoga
Puspayoga in 2013
10th Minister of Cooperatives and Small & Medium Enterprises
In office
27 October 2014 – 23 October 2019
PresidentJoko Widodo
Preceded byMuhammad Lutfi
(Acting)
Succeeded byTeten Masduki
Vice Governor of Bali
In office
28 August 2008 – 28 August 2013
PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono
GovernorI Made Mangku Pastika
Preceded byI Gusti Ngurah Alit Kusuma Kelakan
Succeeded byI Ketut Sudikerta
3rd Mayor of Denpasar
In office
2000–2008
GovernorDewa Made Beratha
Preceded byKomang Arsana
Succeeded byI.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra
Personal details
Born (1965-07-07) July 7, 1965
Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
NationalityIndonesian
Political partyIndonesian Democratic Party
Spouse(s)I Gusti Ayu Bintang Darmawati
Alma materNgurah Rai University

Early life and education

Puspayoga was born on July 7, 1965 in Denpasar, Bali. His father, Cok Sayoga, was a prominent PDI-P party figure in Bali, having a close relationship with the party's chairman, Megawati Sukarnoputri, since the 1980s.[2] He obtained his bachelor's degree from Ngurah Rai University in 1991.

Career

Puspayoga hold his first political office as the member of Bali's local parliament from PDI-P in 1999. He became the mayor of Denpasar the following year, a position which he would hold for eight years. In 2008, he won the Bali gubernatorial election, running along with I Made Mangku Pastika. He then served with Pastika as his deputy until 2013.[3]

He ran for Bali's governor office in 2013, choosing Dewa Nyoman Sukriawan as his running mate. He subsequently lost the election to the incumbent governor and former superior, Pastika.[4]

On October 26, 2014, the newly elected Indonesian President Joko Widodo named him as Minister of Cooperatives and Small & Medium Enterprises.

References
  1. "Jokowi Announces Names of Cabinet Members". Tempo. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. "Profil Menteri Koperasi dan UKM Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Puspayoga". Tribunnews. October 26, 2014.
  3. "Mengenal AA Gede Ngurah Puspayoga, Menkop dan UKM". Kompas.com. October 26, 2014.
  4. "Profil & Biodata Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Puspayoga: Menteri Koperasi dan UMKM Indonesia Kabinet Kerja Jokowi JK 2014-2019". Sidomi.com. 30 Oct 2014.


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