Fauzi Bowo

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name=Haji Fauzi Bowo


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order=13th
office=Governor of Jakarta
term_start=2007
term_end=2012
lieutenant=
predecessor=Sutiyoso
successor=Incumbent
birth_date=10 April 1948
birth_place=Jakarta
death_date=
death_place=
party=Golkar
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spouse=Sri Hartiti Bowo
religion=Islam


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Fauzi Bowo (born 10 April 1948 in Jakarta, Indonesia) is the governor of Jakarta for the 2007-2012 term. He previously served as deputy governor.

He has worked for the Jakarta administration since 1987 and was treasurer of the Golkar organization from 1993 to 1997. On 8 August, he was elected governor of Jakarta (2007-2012), beating his only rival Adang Daradjatun 58.9% to 42.1% in the first ever election for the post. He was inaugurated on October 7.http://www.kompas.co.id/ver1/Metropolitan/0710/07/162358.htm]

Background and Education

Fauzi Bowo was born in Jakarta to a wealthy landowning family."Kompas" newspaper 2 August 2007 p33] His father, Djohari bin Adiputro, was from Malang, East Java, and his mother, Nuraini binti Abdul Manaf, from Jakarta. After high school at Canisius College in Jakarta, Fauzi studied at the architecture faculty at the University of Indonesia from 1966 to 1967. There, he was involved in the Indonesian Students Action Front (KAMI), an organization established to counter the communist-influenced Indonesian Student UnionSundhaussen (1982)] . He then won a scholarship and in 1968 went to West Germany, where he studied town planning at the Technical University at Brunswick, graduating in 1976. While in Germany, he was active in the Indonesian Students Association.

Career

Two years after graduating, in 1979, Fauzi was appointed acting head of the Jakarta Regional Bureau, eventually being promoted as regional secretary in 1998. He served as treasurer to the government Golkar organization from 1983 to 1997. In 2002 he expressed his intention to stand for the governor of Jakarta, which at the time was chosen by the regional administration. However, he was persuaded to stand aside and become deputy governor to Sutiyoso.

In 2004, he began approaching political and religious organizations to support his bid for the governorship of Jakarta. With the support of 19 political parties, including Golkar, PDI-P and PPP, he stood for the governorship with Prijanto as his running mate. He defeated his opponent Adang Daradjatun (running with Dani Anwar) in Jakarta's first gubernatorial election on August 8 by 57.87% to 48.13% of the vote.

He is longlisted for the 2008 World Mayor award.

External links

* [http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/jakarta-mayor.html CityMayors profile]

References

* Sundhaussen, Ulf "The Road to Power: Indonesian Military Politics 1945-1967", Oxford University Press 1982 ISBN 019 582521 7
* "Kompas" newspaper, 2 August & 18 August 2007

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