Nur Mahmudi Ismail

Nur Mahmudi Ismail
Mayor of Depok, Indonesia
Incumbent
Assumed office 2005
President	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Governor	Danny Setiawan Ahmad Heryawan
Lieutenant	Yuyun Wirasaputra
Preceded by	Badrul Kamal
Personal details
Born	November 11, 1961 (1961-11-11) (age 50) Kediri, East Java
Political party	Prosperous Justice Party
Religion	Islam

Dr. Ir. H. Nur Mahmudi Ismail was born in Kediri, November 11, 1961. Currently he is the Mayor of Depok City, a satellite city of West Java located in the southern part of Jakarta.^[1]

Political career

Ismail was the first chairman of Prosperous Justice Party (formerly Justice Party), when the party was created in 1998. Later, after the 1999 general election, Ismail resigned from his position as the chairman of the party after being chosen by President Abdurrahman Wahid to serve as the minister of forestry in the United National Cabinet. He held this position from 1999 to 2000, when President Wahid replaced him with Marzuki Usman.

Mayor

In 2005, together with his running mate, Yuyun Wirasaputra, Ismail narrowly won the mayoral election, beating the incumbent Badrul Kamal.

References

1. ^ "Nur Mahmudi campaign pledges draw criticism". The Jakarta Post. 18 October 2010. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/10/18/nur-mahmudi-campaign-pledges-draw-criticism.html. Retrieved 5 November 2010. 

Preceded by Badrul Kamal	Mayor of Depok, Indonesia 2005–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Muslimin Nasution	Minister of Forestry, Indonesia 1999–2000	Succeeded by Marzuki Usman
Preceded by Position created	Chairman of Justice Party 1998–2000	Succeeded by Hidayat Nur Wahid (as Chairman of Prosperous Justice Party)