Oded M Danial And His Love Of The World Of Da'wah

Mayor of Bandung Oded M Danial/DOK VIA ANTARA

BANDUNG - Mayor of Bandung Oded M Danial has passed away. This politician from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) died when he was about to go up the pulpit to preach Friday prayers at the Mujahideen Mosque, Bandung City.

Compiled from various sources reported by Antara, Friday, December 10, this number one person in the Bandung City Government was born from a santri family so he is very familiar with the world of da'wah.

Although he has become the deputy mayor of Bandung--before becoming mayor, this man who is familiarly called Mang Oded, does not want to give up the world of da'wah.

And one of the da'wah activities that he continues to do to this day is being the imam of Friday prayers at mosques in Bandung.

The program by Mang Oded, named "Jumling", has been carried out since he was appointed as the deputy mayor of Bandung.

Before becoming the Mayor of Bandung, Mang Oded, who was born in Tasikmalaya on October 15, 1962, was a member of the Bandung City DPRD for the period 2004 to 2009 as well as the Chairman of the Bandung City PKS DPD.

In 2013, Mang Oded contested the general election as a candidate for deputy mayor, paired with Ridwan Kamil.

The pair Ridwan Kamil and Oded M Danial won the election for the mayor and deputy mayor of Bandung by winning 45.24 percent of the vote.

In the next Bandung Mayor Election or in 2018, Oded ran for mayor of Bandung.

He was paired with Yana Mulyana, and the pair won the general election with a victory of 50.1 percent of the vote, beating the other two candidates.

During his lifetime, Oded, who was married to Siti Muntamah, had seven children.