Djarot Saiful Hidayat

Quick Facts

Full Name	Djarot Saiful Hidayat
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jul 6, 1962(1962-07-06)
Age	62
Country	Indonesia
Birth City	Magelang
Horoscope	Cancer

Djarot Saiful Hidayat Biography

Djarot Saiful Hidayat is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on July 6, 1962 in Magelang, Indonesia. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in the year 1986 from Brawijaya University in Malang, with a major in administrative sciences. He continued at Gadjah Mada University for his Masters in Political Science and graduated in the year 1991. Before entering politics as a lecturer, he taught at the 17 august 1945 University in Surabaya.

Member of PDI-P His political career started as an the East Java Regional Parliament in 1999-2000. In the year 2000, being elected the Mayor of Blitar which he held for for a period of 10 years. Later, he got elected to the People’s Representative Council before his transition into the city’s management.

During his tenure as mayor, he first met Ahok in 2006, when the latter was still regent of East Belitung.

After Basuki withdrew his appeal to the Supreme Court and resigned from governorship, Djarot was officially inaugurated by Joko Widodo in the State Palace as the governor of Jakarta on June 15 after serving as acting Governor for about a month. He became the third governor to serve in the five-year period between 2012 and 2017, after Joko Widodo and Basuki Tjahaja Purnama.

Djarot was married to Heppy Ferinda on the 29th of September 1999. The couple has three children.

Djarot Saiful Hidayat Net Worth

Djarot Saiful Hidayat is one of the richest Politician from Indonesia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Djarot Saiful Hidayat 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The name was given to him by Saiful Hidayat in Magelang, Central Java on 6 July 1962, as the father of an army veteran and received his name Djarot from a vendor at a market that was traditional to his home town.

Djarot Saiful Hidayat (born 6 July 1962) is an Indonesian politician, currently an official of the People’s Representative Council. He was governor of Jakarta during the period of 15 June to 15 October 2017 after serving as acting governor since 9 May. He succeeded His predecessor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (commonly called Ahok) after the latter was accused of blasphemy in the name of Islam. He was named by Basuki as the Lieutenant Governor, in the year 2014 in order to bridge in the gap that was left after his election Joko Widodo to the presidency.

After being appointed Mayor in 2000, he started his mayorship by culling nearly 300 excess government positions from the city of 100,000. After his re- election in the first regional elections of the country in 2005, Djarot’s governance of Blitar earned 3 consecutive Adipura (cleanliness award) awards between 2006 and 2008. In his term, he focused on organizing the local street vendors and traditional markets instead of more modern shopping centres. In addition, he provided aid of Rp 4-7 million (US$400–700) to citizens with underrenovated housing. The city’s government was also awarded first place in the implementation of an e-government and Citizen’s Charter on health. He did not run in the 2010 elections due to a constitutional term limit.

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Who is Djarot Saiful Hidayat Dating?

According to our records, Djarot Saiful Hidayat married to Heppy Farida. As of December 1, 2023, Djarot Saiful Hidayat’s is not dating anyone.

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After his tenure ended, Djarot was assigned by his party to lead the East Kalimantan office until the 2018 local elections. In January 2018, PDI-P selected him as candidate for the governorship of North Sumatra, with Sihar Sitorus as running mate. He would however lose to Edy Rahmayadi and Musa Rajekshah.

Facts & Trivia

Djarot Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Indonesia. Djarot Saiful Hidayat celebrates birthday on July 6 of every year.

After the fall of Suharto, he joined PDI-P and successfully ran for a seat in the province’s Regional People’s Representative Council in 1999. During his term, he was appointed as chairman of Commission A (on government).