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Azis Syamsuddin - Wikipedia

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Azis Syamsuddin


First Deputy Speaker of the People's Representative Council
In office 1 October 2019 – 25 September 2021 Serving with Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, Rachmad Gobel, and Muhaimin Iskandar
Speaker	Puan Maharani
Succeeded by	Lodewijk Freidrich Paulus
Member of the People's Representative Council
In office 1 October 2004 – 25 September 2021
Constituency	Lampung II

Personal details
Born	(1970-07-31) 31 July 1970 (age 54) Jakarta, Indonesia
Political party	Golkar
Alma mater	Trisakti University University of Western Sydney Padjadjaran University

Azis Syamsuddin (born 31 July 1970) is an Indonesian politician who served as First Deputy Speaker of the People's Representative Council from 2019 to 2021.

Education

Syamsuddin initially studied in but he completed high school in Padang, West Sumatra. He obtained a bachelor's in economics from Krisnadwipayana University [id] and a bachelor's in law from Trisakti University. He later received a master's in finance from the University of Western Sydney in 1999, and a master's and a doctorate in law from Padjadjaran University.^[1]^[2]

Career

In 1992, he began to work for AIA Group, but after less than a year he moved to the banking industry, joining Panin Bank [id]. He only stayed in the bank for around 1.5 years, before moving to practice law, joining the law firm Gani Djemat & Partners. He would eventually become a managing partner there.^[2]

Legislator

Syamsuddin ran for a legislative seat in the 2004 legislative election under Golkar, where he had been active within Golkar's office in Tulang Bawang Regency. He ran to represent Lampung's 2nd electoral district, and after being elected was assigned to the third commission of the People's Representative Council (DPR), which worked on law, human rights, and security. He became the commission's deputy-chair in his first term.^[2]

On 25 January 2016, Syamsuddin's was replaced as chair of the third commission by Bambang Soesatyo. Syamsuddin then became head of DPR's budgetary body in February 2017,^[3] until he returned to chair the third commission in June 2019.^[1]^[4] Following the resignation of Setya Novanto as speaker, Syamsuddin was initially to take up his position, but following a rejection by a majority of Golkar legislators, Syamsuddin was not made speaker.^[5]

Following the 2019 election, Syamsuddin was appointed as Deputy Speaker of DPR.^[6]

Corruption charges

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On 25 September 2021, he was arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "DR. HM. AZIS SYAMSUDDIN, SH". dpr.go.id (in Indonesian). People's Representative Council. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cindyara, Aria (2 October 2019). "Profil - Kiprah Aziz Syamsuddin, praktisi hukum hingga pimpinan DPR". Antara News (in Indonesian). Retrieved 12 October 2019.
^ "Gantikan Kahar Muzakir, Azis Syamsuddin Jadi Ketua Banggar DPR". detiknews (in Indonesian). 21 February 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
^ Ibrahim, Gibran Maulana (12 June 2019). "Azis Syamsuddin Kembali Jadi Ketua Komisi III DPR". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 12 October 2019.
^ "Aziz Syamsuddin Batal Dilantik Jadi Ketua DPR". Tribunnews.com (in Indonesian). 11 December 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
^ "Aziz Syamsuddin, Semangat Baru Golkar di Kursi Pimpinan DPR RI". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). 1 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
^ "Aziz Syamsuddin Resmi Ditahan KPK". CNNIndonesia.com (in Indonesian). 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

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