Sufmi Dasco Ahmad

Sufmi Dasco Ahmad (born 7 October 1967) is an Indonesian politician and businessman. He currently serves as a Deputy Speaker of the People's Representative Council.

Sufmi Dasco Ahmad
Deputy Speaker of the People's Representative Council
Assumed office
1 October 2019
SpeakerPuan Maharani
Member of the People's Representative Council
Assumed office
1 October 2014
ConstituencyBanten III
Personal details
Born (1967-10-07) 7 October 1967
Bandung, West Java, Indonesia

Early life and education

Ahmad was born in Bandung, West Java on 7 October 1967. He completed elementary school in Palembang, middle school in Jakarta, and high school in Manado. After graduating from high school, he enrolled in the engineering department of Pancasila University, studying electrical engineering. He obtained a bachelors from there in 1993, and he later studied law in several other universities.[1]

Career

In Gerindra

After working for some time, Ahmad had done some business with Fadli Zon, and from this connection, he entered politics. Ahmad became a founding member of the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), and in 2008 he was appointed as the chairman of its central committee.[2] Following the 2014 elections, Ahmad was elected into the People's Representative Council, representing the Banten III electoral district with 56,323 votes.[3] In his first term, he was part of the council's third commission on law, human rights, and security,[2] in addition to chairing the body's ethics council.[4] Within Gerindra, he later became a deputy chairman.[5]

In October 2017, Ahmad accused the Indonesian Police of bias against Gerindra.[6] He also stated that communism in Indonesia had the potential to "revive and spread overseas".[7]

Deputy speaker

Ahmad was reelected to the council from the same district with 99,002 votes following the 2019 elections,[3] and he was appointed as one of the body's deputy speakers.[8]

References
  1. "Ir. SUFMI DASCO AHMAD, SH, MH" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. "Mengenal Sufmi Dasco, Pengganti Fadli Zon di Jajaran Pimpinan DPR". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). 2 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  3. Saragih, Samdysara (2 October 2019). "Perbandingan Kiprah Puan Maharani dan 4 Wakil Ketua DPR di Dapil". Kabar24 (in Indonesian). Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  4. "Ethics council to confirm whether Herman Hery involved in assault". The Jakarta Post. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  5. Ramadhani, Nurul Fitri (29 May 2019). "Prabowo flies to Dubai, Vienna amid simmering tension after May 22 riots". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  6. "Sufmi Dasco Ahmad: Kenapa Polisi Sangat Tendensi kepada Gerindra dan Keluarga Pak Prabowo?". Tribun Medan (in Indonesian). 13 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  7. "Sufmi Dasco Ahmad: Jika Kita Lengah, Komunisme Bisa Bangkit di Indonesia". Indopolitika (in Indonesian). 22 September 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  8. "House gets first female speaker". The Jakarta Post. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.