Political Career Khofifah Indar Parawansa: From Minister To Governor

Political Career Khofifah Indar Parawansa (Instagram @khofifah.ip)

YOGYAKARTA - Khofifah Indar Parawansa is an Indonesian politician who has held several high positions such as ministers. Currently, he is in the position of Governor of East Java for the period 2019 to 2024. He is paired with Deputy Governor Emil Elistyanto Dardak. Let's look at Khofifah Indar Parawansa's political career.

The pair received 53.55 percent or 10,465,218 votes and won the 2018 Pilkada, beating the pair Saifullah Yusuf and Puti Guntur Soekarno with narrow differences.

However, this is not the first time a woman born in Surabaya, May 19, 1965 has run for Governor of East Java. Previously, she had also been one of the candidates in the 2013 Pilkada. Unfortunately, he has not succeeded in winning the votes of the people of East Java.

Instead of becoming governor, when Khofifah lost, President Joko Widodo was appointed to the position of Minister of Social Affairs. As a result, Khofifah was appointed Minister of Social Affairs from 2014 to 2018. In 2018, she resigned from her position because she would run in the East Java Pilkada.

2014 is also not his first time being a minister. Previously, the graduate of a Bachelor of Social and Political Sciences from Airlangga University, Surabaya had also tasted the position of Minister of State for the Empowerment of Indonesian Women for the period 28 October 1999 23 July 2001. He became the first minister in 1999 during the presidency of Abdurahman Wahid or Gus Dur.

From a series of political careers that Khofifah Lakoni started in 1992. Only 27 years old, he has joined the United House of Representatives Development Party. He also became the leader of the United Development Party (PPP) faction of the Indonesian House of Representatives (1992-1997).

During that time, he also served as Chairman of Commission VIII DPR RI (1995-1997). After his position was completed, he joined as a member of Commission II of the DPR RI (1997-1998). His position as a member of Commission II only lasted two years because there was a transition from the new order regime to the reform era.

At the beginning of the reform era, the woman who took strata II teaching at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Indonesia turned to the National Awakening Party (PKB). When the election was held again in 1999, she served as Deputy Speaker of the DPR just one month before being appointed Minister of Women's Empowerment.

In the same year when he served as minister, he also served as Head of the National Family Planning Coordinating Board (BKKBN). From 2004 to 2006, Khofifah served as Chairman of Commission VII DPR RI.

Award

Khofifah received a series of awards when she was in the position she was currently holding. In November 2019, she received the Best Provincial Governor/Head of Government award at the 2019 Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Award event.

He also received an award from Airlangga University as an outstanding alumnus. This award was given to him because he was evaluated as an alumni with a myriad of proud national and international achievements.

In the same month, he also won an award from the Ministry of Home Affairs, namely in the classification of the East Java Provincial Government as the Best Ormas Trustee. He also received an award as General Chair of PP Muslimat NU at the Bakti Special Awards group Throughout Time or Long Life Achievement for Muslimat NU.

The reason is, Khofifah has been active in NU for a long time. Since she was a student, she has been active in the Women's Indonesian Islamic Student Movement Corps (Kopri). And since 2000 she has been elected as General Chairperson of the NU Muslimat central leadership until now. She led the wheels of the NU women's organization for four periods of time.

Not only that, the mother of four also won the Leader of Change award from the Ministry of Administrative Reform and Public Reform in 2019.

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