Abdul Wahid (governor)

Abdul Wahid
Governor of Riau
Assuming office 20 February 2025
Succeeding	S.F. Hariyanto (act.) Edy Nasution
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 1 October 2019 – 23 September 2024
Succeeded by	Mafirion [id][1]
Constituency	Riau II
Majority	55,770
Member of the Riau DPRD
In office 2009–2019
Personal details
Born	(1980-11-21) 21 November 1980 (age 44) Indragiri Hilir, Riau, Indonesia
Political party	National Awakening Party

Abdul Wahid (born 21 November 1980) is an Indonesian politician of the National Awakening Party who is the governor-elect of Riau, taking office in 2025. He was previously a legislator, representing Riau's 2nd electoral district in the House of Representatives between 2019 and 2024, and a member of the Riau Regional House of Representatives for two terms in 2009–2019.

Early life

Abdul Wahid was born on 21 November 1980 in the hamlet of Anak Peria, in Indragiri Hilir Regency of Riau. After completing Islamic middle school in Indragiri Hilir, he studied at an Islamic boarding school in Agam. He then studied Islamic education at the Sultan Syarif Kasim II State Islamic University in Pekanbaru, graduating in 2004.[2]

Career

By 2002, while studying at Syarif Kasim, he had become a member of the Muslim Students' Association and joined the National Awakening Party (PKB).[2] He was elected into the Riau Regional House of Representatives as a PKB member in the 2009 Indonesian legislative election, and became chair of PKB's fraction in the legislature. He was reelected in 2014.[2][3]

In the 2019 election, Wahid ran for a seat in the national House of Representatives (DPR) in Riau's 2nd district. He won 55,770 votes and secured a seat, the majority of his voters coming from his home regency of Indragiri Hilir.[4] He was reelected in the 2024 election from the same district, with 101,400 votes.[5] He resigned from his DPR seat on 23 September 2024 to run as governor of Riau in the 2024 gubernatorial election, fellow PKB member Mafirion [id] replacing him for the remainder of his term.[1]

With former acting governor Sofyan Franyata Hariyanto [id] as his running mate,[6] Wahid won 1,224,193 votes(44.3%) in the three-way gubernatorial election, and was elected.[7]

References

1. "Sempat Dipecat, Mafirion Akhirnya Jadi PAW Abdul Wahid di DPR RI". RiauOnline (in Indonesian). 29 September 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
2. "Profil Abdul Wahid, Pemimpin Baru Riau yang Raih Kemenangan Telak". halloriau.com (in Indonesian). 9 January 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
3. "Sejak Umur 29 Tahun Sudah di Legislatif, Saatnya Abdul Wahid Masuk Eksekutif". riaubernas (in Indonesian). 23 September 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
4. "Abdul Wahid Ketua PKB Riau Lolos ke Senayan". cakaplah.com (in Indonesian). 6 May 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
5. "Abdul Wahid Raih Suara Terbanyak Pemilu 2024, Pengamat : Layak Maju Gubernur Riau". cakaplah.com (in Indonesian). 23 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
6. "Profil SF Hariyanto, Bacawagub Riau yang Mendampingi Abdul Wahid pada Pilkada 2024". Berita Satu (in Indonesian). 22 August 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
7. "Abdul Wahid-SF Hariyanto Raih Kemenangan di Pilkada Riau 2024". infopublik.id (in Indonesian). 8 December 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2025.