Profile Of Anas Urbaningrum, Recipient Of Gratification Of Hambalang Cases Who Will Soon Be Free From Prison

YOGYAKARTA Profile Anas Urbaningrum has again received the spotlight from the public because soon he can breathe free air. Anas himself was convicted of a corruption case in the Hambalang project which was later detained at the Sukamiskin Penitentiary, Bandung. Anas was able to get out of prison as of April 11, 2023 at 14.00 WIB.

Anas Urbaningrum is a politician who was born on July 15, 1969 in Blitar, East Java. He studied his undergraduate at Airlangga University by taking a political science study. After graduating in 1992, in 2000 Anas studied the Master of Political Science at the University of Indonesia (UI). Anas's interest in political science made him take a doctoral study in the same field, namely Political Science at Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Yogyakarta.

Anas himself is quite active in the student movement organization of the Islamic Student Association (HMI). There he studied to organize. Even at HMI he was successfully elected as general chairman of PB HMI for the 1997-1999 period.

It should be noted that Anas was quite active during the transition from the New Order era to the Reformation Era. He is also often involved in activities related to the development of a new electoral system in Indonesia.

One proof of Anas Urbaningrum in the political field was when he was elected as one of the election participants in 1999 by joining Team Eleven or the Political Party Selection Team. Anas is trusted to verify the feasibility of political party administrative data that registered in the election.

Anas' name is getting more and more classy. In 2001 he became a member of the General Election Commission (KPU), one of whose duties was to prepare for the 2004 General Election. He was inaugurated by President Abdurrahman Wahid and worked at the KPU, which at that time was led by Nazaruddin.

Unfortunately, after only one year, Anas decided to resign and decided to join the Democratic Party on June 8, 2005. This happened together with Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) who served as 6th president.

His political career in the Democratic Party is quite brilliant. He was immediately trusted to sit on the chair of the Chairman of the Political and Regional Autonomy Division of the Democratic Party's DPP. Then in 2009 Anas decided to run for a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives.

Anas's candidacy turned out to be a success. He was elected as DPR RI even with the most sound acquisition with the East Java VII electoral district which includes Blitar City, Blitar Regency, Kediri City, Kediri Regency and Tulungagung Regency with 178,381 votes. In Senayan he served as Chairman of the Democratic Faction for the 2009-2014 period.

Not satisfied with being a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Anas then tried to run for the General Chair of the Democratic Party. He was declared successful in outperforming other Democratic candidates, namely Andi Malarrangeng and Marzuki Alie when the congress was held in Bandung on 20-23 May 2010.

The number of votes from within the party made him inaugurated as chairman of the Democratic Party for the 2010-2015 period. He is increasingly known as a young politician who has a myriad of potentials. In fact, he is predicted to run for presidential candidate in the next presidential election. Unfortunately, he actually stumbled on the Hambalang project corruption case. He was proven to have received a gratuity of Rp5.3 billion and US dollar denominations of 36,070 dollars.

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