Bu Risma's Smooth And Straightforward Career

Mayor of Surabaya Tri Rismaharini (DOK. City Government of Surabaya)

SURABAYA - Tri Rismaharini will retire as Mayor of Surabaya in February 2021. Ahead of retirement, Risma received a new assignment as Minister of Social Affairs replacing Juliari P Batubara.

Risma is married to Djoko Saptoadji and has two children, namely Fuad Bernardi and Tantri Gunarni Saptoadji. The woman born in Kediri, East Java, on November 20, 1961, apparently followed in her father's footsteps as a state civil servant (ASN) at the tax office in Surabaya.

Since childhood, he lived simply. Little Risma studied at SD Negeri Kediri, and after graduating to continue junior high school in Surabaya, to be precise at SMP Negeri 10 Surabaya in 1976, then continued at SMA 5 Surabaya.

Risma had suffered from asthma. Since then, he has routinely participated in running in anticipation of his asthma. It turns out that following the sport of running has paid off. Risma was able to fight her illness, and even became a mainstay runner in the city of Surabaya.

After graduating from high school, Risma chose to continue her education to a higher level, taking a bachelor's degree in architecture at the Ten November Institute of Technology Surabaya (ITS), and then after graduating she took a Masters in City Development Management at the same campus.

After graduating from college, Risma then became a state civil servant (ASN) in the Surabaya City Government around 1990. Risma's career in the world of bureaucracy was relatively smooth. The daughter of the couple M. Chuzuzaini and Siti Muajiatun, has had cross-sectional experiences, with various experiences from the positions she held.

Risma first served as Head of the Spatial Planning and Land Use Section of Bappeko Surabaya in 1997-2000. Then he was appointed as Head of Disbang Data Collection and Counseling Section in 2001. Less than a year later, Risma was then entrusted as Head of the 2001 Park Service Branch.

Karis Risma also skyrocketed. He then served as Head of the Building Development Section in 2002. During his three years in office, then he was transferred as Head of Research and Development in 2005, Head of the Sanitation and Gardening Service in 2010.

During his tenure as head of the department, Risma was known to be strict, hardworking, straightforward, tenacious, and siding with the little people. The people of Surabaya were amazed by his performance, until he was finally elected as Mayor of Surabaya.

At that time, Risma was running for Mayor of Surabaya through the PDI Perjuangan in the 2010 Pilkada, paired with Bambang DH. He was then elected and officially served as Mayor of Surabaya in September 2010. It was in this position that Risma began in the discourse of national political figures, even her name became the media darling.

Since becoming the Mayor of Surabaya, Risma has also won several awards from various categories. Not only that, Risma as mayor also received several awards, including in 2014, where Risma was awarded the "Major of the Month 'and in 2015 became the 3rd best mayor in the world.

Then in 2018, the first female Mayor in Surabaya, was elected by acclamation as President of the UCLG-ASPAC (Association of City and Regional Governments of the Asia Pacific), for the 2018-2020 term, replacing the Governor of Jeju Province, South Korea, Won Hee. -ryong. He was elected to the 2018 UCLG-ASPAC Congress in Surabaya.

This brilliant achievement made Surabaya residents even more in love with Risma. Until finally in the 2015 Pilkada, he won again as Mayor of Surabaya for the 2015-2020 period. In the second period, Risma partnered with Whisnu Sakti Buana.