Nurdin Basirun

Nurdin Basirun (born 7 July 1957) is an Indonesian politician who has served as the Governor of Riau Islands since May 2016. Before serving as governor, he was briefly lieutenant governor, and had served ten years as the regent of Karimun. In 2019, he was arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission for receiving bribes.

Nurdin Basirun
Governor of Riau Islands
Assumed office
25 May 2016
Preceded byMuhammad Sani
Lieutenant Governor of Riau Islands
In office
12 February 2016 – 25 May 2016
GovernorMuhammad Sani
Preceded bySoerya Respationo
Succeeded byIsdianto
Regent of Karimun
In office
2005–2015
Vice Regent of Karimun
In office
2001–2005
Personal details
Born (1957-07-07) 7 July 1957
Karimun, Riau, Indonesia
Political partyNasdem Party

Biography

Basirun was born in the subdistrict of Moro, Karimun Regency, on 7 July 1957.[1]

Basirun began his career in shipping, and eventually became the owner of a shipping company before entering politics.[2] Prior to his provincial executive posts, Basirun was deputy regent of Karimun Regency between 2001 and 2005 under Muhammad Sani. He later became the regent between 2005 and 2015.[3][4] During his time as regent, he underwent higher education, and graduated with a bachelors of education from Lancang Kuning University in 2002, and later he obtained a masters in communication from Dr. Soetomo University (2005) and a doctorate from the 17 August 1945 University (2010).[1]

He was initially part of Golkar, being the deputy chairman for its Riau Islands provincial branch in 2014,[5] but he later moved to Nasdem, becoming the chairman of the party's provincial office.[6]

In 2015, Basirun ran as Sani's running mate for the province's gubernatorial seat, and the pair won the election after securing 53.2% of the votes (347,515 votes).[7] On 12 February 2016, the pair was sworn into office. Around two months later, Sani fell ill and died on 8 April, leaving the gubernatorial post vacant until Basirun was elevated into the post on 25 May.[3][4]

As governor, Basirun attempted to reinitiate a Batam-Bintan bridge construction project - which had been mothballed since 2005 - and invited investors from Singapore and China to participate in the project.[8] He has also come into conflict with the rest of the province's administration - with a sudden job rotation in November 2016 causing the provincial legislative body to exercise its first interpellation since the province's formation in 2002. In another occasion, Batam's mayor Muhammad Rudi noted that he was not informed of Basirun's decision to hike the electricity prices in Batam despite the two being affiliated with Nasdem.[9]

He was arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission on 10 July 2019.[3] He was accused of having received bribes amounting SGD 5,000 and Rp 45 million to issue a permit for a reclamation project in a protected zone.[4]

gollark: XENON CIRCUMVENTION.
gollark: Communism, arachnoanarchocommunications. You are able to opt out of thermore: by us, ineluctable, adjectival PotatOS. Legal information information, we will take the normation, such as settings, which potatOS Things do not illegal agree to be converted information, such as Kazakhstan, the PotatOS Advanced Projects team.
gollark: https://potatos.madefor.cc/
gollark: It takes the correct action.
gollark: Well, Macron allows this, but in practice it just picks the right one.

References
  1. "Profil Wakil Gubernur Kepulauan Riau" (in Indonesian). Riau Islands Government. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017.
  2. Qf, Ahmad Jilul (15 September 2018). "Mengenal Nurdin Basirun, Sang Gubernur Pelaut". TIMES Indonesia (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  3. "Sepak Terjang Gubernur Kepri Nurdin Basirun, Jago Mengarungi Laut hingga Kehilangan "Pasangan"". KOMPAS (in Indonesian). 11 July 2019. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  4. "Riau governor held in graft probe over reclamation deal". The Straits Times. 12 July 2019. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  5. "Dukung Jokowi-JK, Bupati Nurdin Basirun 'Aman-aman' Saja". Tribun Batam (in Indonesian). 3 July 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  6. "Surya Paloh Copot Nurdin Basirun dari Ketua DPW NasDem". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). 11 July 2019. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  7. "Selisih Suara 41 Ribu, KPU Kepri: Sani-Nurdin Menang di Pilkada Kepri 2015". Batam News (in Indonesian). 19 December 2015. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  8. Soeriaatmadja, Wahyudi (3 August 2017). "7km bridge to 'improve connectivity' in Batam, Bintan". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  9. "Kebijakan Kontroversial Gubernur Kepri, Reklamasi Teluk hingga "Fingerprint" Shalat Subuh". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). 11 July 2019. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.