Uteng Suryadiyatna
Vice Governor of Jambi
In office
11 July 1996 – 2001
Serving with Hasip Kalimuddin Syam
Governor
Preceded byMusa
Succeeded byAntony Zeidra Abidin
Personal details
Born(1942-11-10)10 November 1942
Died20 August 2023(2023-08-20) (aged 80)
Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
NationalityIndonesian
SpouseAzizah Suryadiyatna
Military service
AllegianceIndonesia
Branch/serviceIndonesian Army
Years of service1965–1999
RankBrigadier general
UnitInfantry

Uteng Suryadiyatna (10 November 1942 – 20 August 2023) was an Indonesian military officer and politician who served as the vice governor of Jambi from 1996 to 2001.

Early life and military career

Uteng was born on 10 November 1942. He attended the National Military Academy after graduating from high school and received his commission as an army second lieutenant from the infantry corps in 1965.[1] Uteng began his career as a company commander in the 327th Infantry Battalion.[2]

Uteng gradually rose through the ranks and became a colonel in the Indonesian Army. He was assigned to the Army Territorial Education Center in Bandung as the unit's commander from 1991 until 1994.[3] On 1 October 1996, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general.[4]

Vice governor of Jambi

Uteng became the vice governor of Jambi on 11 July 1996. He was installed alongside three other vice governors, who were career bureaucrats.[5] He was assigned the portfolio of economy and development by Abdurrahman Sayoeti, the governor at that time.[6]

As vice governor, Uteng led the government in facing several major issues in Jambi. In regard to illegal logging, Uteng encouraged forest police in the region to conduct regular patrols on the Trans-Sumatra Highway.[7] As the scale of illegal logging grew larger, the governor formed the Timber Processing Industry Control Team in late 2000, which was led by Uteng. The team was tasked to take inventory of all wood processing industries in the region as well as the capacity of each equipment owned by the industry.[8]

In 1999, around 700 transmigrant palm oil farmers in Jambi, Indonesia, demanded an increase in the price of palm oil and a deferral of credit and interest cuts. They stayed overnight at the governor's office. Uteng and several Jambi officials brokered a deal between the protesters and the government. The farmers' demands were met after the deal was made and they left the governor's office.[9]

Scouting movement

Aside from his position as vice governor, Uteng was also involved in the local scouting (Pramuka) movement. He was elected as the chairman of Jambi's Pramuka from 1996 to 1998.[10] He was investigated in October 2013 for the embezzlement of funds in Jambi's Pramuka treasury during his chairmanship.[11] Further investigation in early 2014 was canceled due to Uteng's health condition.[12]

Nomination and succession

After the 1999 Indonesian legislative election in June 1999, there were speculations about the succession to the governor's seat, which was to be vacant in December. Several names, including Uteng, were nominated for governor. However, Uteng became largely unpopular among councilors due to a lack of vision.[13] Furthermore, a group of students protested against his nomination as he was not a native of Jambi.[14]

Uteng's five-year term as vice governor expired in 2001 and his position was not filled until four years later. His wife, Azizah Suryadiyatna, who was a councillor in Jambi's legislative body,[2] sought to receive recommendation from the Golkar party as vice governor. She only received 1,25 percent of votes in the party's convention.[15] Azizah was later elected as a senator for Jambi in the 2014 Indonesian legislative election.[2]

Later life and death

Upon retiring from politics, Uteng became a commissioner at a state plantation company.[16]

Uteng died at the Al-Ihsan Hospital in Bandung, on the morning of 20 August 2023. He was 80. The incumbent governor of Jambi, Al Haris, who was his former aide-de-camp, delivered his condolences.[17][18]

References

  1. ↑ "ALUMNI – 1965". Akademi Militer. Archived from the original on 22 February 2001. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Azizah Daryati Uteng". tirto.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Pejabat Danpusdikter – Pusat Pendidikan Teritorial" (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Angkatan Bersenjata, Indonesia (October 1996). "Daftar Nama Karyawan ABRI yang Naik Pangkat ke dalam Gol Pati Periode 1-10-1996 Vide Keppres RI No. 49/ABRI/1996 Tgl 27-9-1996". Mimbar Kekaryaan. p. 72. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Daerah Jangan Berpikir Sebatas Kebutuhannya Saja". Kompas. 12 July 1996. p. 14.
  6. ↑ "Petani Unjuk Rasa, Harga TBS Dinaikkan". Kompas. 25 August 1999. p. 17. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "HPH Harus Rehabilitasi Areal yang Terbakar". Kompas. 15 December 1997. p. 12. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Hutan di Jambi * Tinggal 18 Persen". Kompas. 18 January 2001. p. 10. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Petani Unjuk Rasa, Harga TBS Dinaikkan". Kompas. 25 August 1999. p. 17. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  10. ↑ Syahrasadin (March 2012). "KWARDA JAMBI". Ensiklopedia Pramuka. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  11. ↑ Duanto AS, Edmundus (9 October 2013). Rachmawan, Deddy (ed.). "Saksi Kasus Kwarda Nambah Lagi". Tribun Jambi. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  12. ↑ Duanto AS, Edmundus. Rachmawan, Deddy (ed.). "Semua Ketua Kwarda Terseret". Tribun Jambi. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  13. ↑ Panji masyarakat (in Indonesian). Yayasan Nurul Islam. 1999. p. 81.
  14. ↑ "Daerah Sekilas: Jambi-Mahasiswa Formad Menolak Pencalonan Ir Maulana Jusuf S dan Uteng S sebagai calon Gubernur". Kompas. 10 November 1999. p. 18. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  15. ↑ "Partai Golkar Pilih Antoni untuk Cawagub Jambi". Kompas. 24 March 2005. p. 19. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  16. ↑ "2007300091DSBab2 – page 17 of 26". library.binus.ac.id. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  17. ↑ Putra, Renold Isra. "Mantan Wakil Gubernur Jambi 1999–2005 Uteng Suryadiatna Tutup Usia". Radio Republik Indonesia. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  18. ↑ Almunanda, Ferdi. "Mantan Wagub Jambi Uteng Suryadiatna Meninggal Dunia". detiksumbagsel (in Indonesian). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
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