Airin Rachmi Diany
1st Mayor of South Tangerang
In office
20 April 2011 – 20 April 2021
PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Joko Widodo
Preceded byHidayat Djohari (acting)
Succeeded byBenyamin Davnie
Personal details
Born28 August 1976
Banjar, West Java, Indonesia
CitizenshipIndonesian
Alma materPadjadjaran University

Airin Rachmi Diany (born 1976) is an Indonesian politician who served as the mayor of South Tangerang from 2011 to 2021.[1] She is also the aunt of Banten lieutenant governor Andika Hazrumy.[2] She has led several initiatives to combat recruitment of people in her city by radical fundamentalist groups, including interfaith forums, with the support of Indonesia's federal government.[3] She also commissioned a canal project in order to prevent flooding on the Jakarta–Serpong Toll Road in February 2017.[4]

Diany won the People's Choice Award as well as the Miss Indonesia Tourism award at the 1996 Miss Universe Indonesia contest. Actress-turned-representative in the People's Representative Council, Nurul Arifin, pointed to Diany and Surabaya mayor Tri Rismaharini as her inspiration for running for mayor of Bandung.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Jokowi Launches Low-cost Apartment Construction in Serpong. Tempo, 27 April 2017. Accessed 1 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Wahidin-Andika vows to end political dynasty in Banten. Jakarta Post, 5 February 2017. Accessed 1 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Marguerite Afra Sapiie, South 'IS red zone' Tangerang calls for anti-radicalism bill. Jakarta Post, 22 March 2016. Accessed 1 August 2017.
  4. ↑ Shortcut canal in pipeline to prevent future floods on Serpong toll road. Jakarta Post, 22 February 2017. Accessed 1 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Nurul Arifin: I Want to Follow the Paths of Ms. Risma, Ms. Airin. Netral News, 1 July 2017. Accessed 1 August 2017.
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