Dadang Supriatna

Dadang Supriatna
Official portrait
Regent of Bandung
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 April 2021
Preceded byDadang M. Nasser
Member of West Java Regional House of Representatives
In office
2 September 2019 – September 2020
Member of Bandung Regency DPRD
In office
5 August 2009 – 5 August 2019
Personal details
Born (1971-08-07) 7 August 1971 (age 53)
Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia
Political partyPKB (since 2020)
Golkar (before 2020)

Dadang Supriatna (born 7 August 1971) is an Indonesian politician of the National Awakening Party who has served as the regent of Bandung Regency in West Java since 2021. Before becoming regent, he had been elected into the West Java Regional House of Representatives, and previously served two terms in the regency's legislature.

Early life and education

Dadang Supriatna was born on 7 August 1971, in Tegalluar village of Bandung Regency, the youngest of nine children.[1][2] His parents were Taher Kosasih, a farmer and brickmaker, and Siti Sada'ah.[1] According to Supriatna, to fund his education, his father gave him 1,000 bricks.[1] He completed his basic education in Bandung, graduating from high school in 1991. He would later receive a bachelor's and a master's degree from Langlangbuana University [id].[2]

Career

Starting in 1989, Supriatna established a brickmaking workshop and supplied other building materials. He became head of his home village at Tegalluar in 1998, being elected twice and serving until 2006.[2] In 2009, he was elected into the Regional House of Representatives of Bandung Regency as a member of Golkar, and was reelected for a second term in 2014.[1]

In the following election in 2019, Dadang was elected into the West Java Regional House of Representatives, and was sworn in on 2 September 2019. Immediately the following day, he publicly announced his intention to run in the 2020 regency election for Bandung Regency.[3] As Golkar did not endorse his candidacy, Dadang moved to the National Awakening Party (PKB) and resigned from the legislature in September 2020.[4] He ran in the election with the support of PKB, Nasdem, Demokrat, and PKS. The pair won 928,602 votes (56%), and after a rejected lawsuit to the Constitutional Court of Indonesia, was sworn in on 26 April 2021.[5][6]

As regent, Supriatna sponsored a program which provided interest-free unsecured loans to small businesses amounting to Rp 2 million (US$130). According to the regency government, Rp 70 billion (US$4.5 million) had been disbursed by this program by late 2023.[7] A subsidized fertilizer program for farmers was also launched.[8]

Family

Supriatna is married to Emma Dety Permanawati, and the couple has three children.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Dadang Supriatna, Dari Lio Menuju Pendopo Kabupaten Bandung". limawaktu.id (in Indonesian). 23 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Profil Pimpinan". bandungkab.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Sehari Dilantik Jadi Anggota DPRD Jabar, Dadang Supriatna Sudah Bidik Kursi Calon Bupati Bandung". Tribunjabar.id (in Indonesian). 3 September 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Demi Pilkada Bacalon Bupati Bandung Dadang Supriatna Mundur Dari Golkar Dan Anggota Dewan". Rakyat Merdeka (in Indonesian). 2 September 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Dadang-Sahrul Gunawan Ditetapkan Pemenang Pilkada Bandung". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). 20 March 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Baru Dilantik Jadi Bupati Bandung, Dadang Supriatna: Tidak Boleh Lagi Ada Sindiran "Bandung Coret"". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). 26 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  7. ^ Mainaki, Didi (20 November 2023). "Masyarakat Kabupaten Bandung Minta Pinjaman Tanpa Bunga Ditingkatkan". Radio Republik Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Kartu Tani Sibedas, Ringankan Beban Petani di Kabupaten Bandung". jabar.viva.co.id (in Indonesian). 25 November 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2024.