Mahyeldi Ansharullah

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Mahyeldi Ansharullah
Official portrait, 2021

10th Governor of West Sumatra
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 February 2021
Deputy	Audy Joinaldy
Preceded by	Hamdani (interim)
14th Mayor of Padang
In office 13 May 2014 – 25 February 2021
Deputy	Emzalmi (2014–2019) Hendri Septa (2019–2021)
Preceded by	Erizal Agus (acting)
Succeeded by	Hendri Septa
Deputy Mayor of Padang
In office 18 February 2009 – 18 February 2014
Preceded by	Yusman Kasim
Succeeded by	Emzalmi

Personal details
Born	(1966-12-25) 25 December 1966 (age 57) Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia
Political party	Prosperous Justice Party
Spouse	Harneli Bahar
Children	9
Alma mater	Andalas University

Mahyeldi Ansharullah (born 25 December 1966) is an Indonesian politician from the Prosperous Justice Party who is the current governor of West Sumatra. He was made mayor of Padang in 2014, following a five-year tenure as deputy and victory in the elections of 2013 and 2018.

Active in Islamic dawah since his years in Andalas University, he became a member of the Islamist Prosperous Justice Party and first became an elected official in 2004 when he was elected to the province council. His programs as mayor of Padang has included the improvement of the city's infrastructure and hygiene, in addition to education with an added emphasis on studies of the Quran.

In March 2020, Mahyeldi said he will waive his six months' salary amid the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Personal life

Born in the city of Bukittinggi as the first son of seven siblings, his father was a becak driver. He began showing interest in dawah in his teen years, when he was studying in a local junior high school.^[4] After completing his 12th year of study in Bukittinggi, he continued his education in Andalas University at Padang, the provincial capital.

Career

Mahyeldi began his political activity following the fall of Suharto, joining the newly formed Prosperous Justice Party where he became the provincial chairman between 2002 and 2005. He took part in the 2004 elections and won a seat in the provincial council as deputy speaker. He then resigned to run in the 2008 local elections as deputy mayor with Fauzi Bahar as his running mate. Following their victory, he was made deputy mayor on 18 February the following year.^[5]

In the next election on 2013, he ran with Emzalmi against 9 other candidates for mayorship. After securing just 29.45% of the votes in the first round,^[6] he won 50.29% of the votes in the runoffs. Despite an initial challenge to the Constitutional Court,^[7] he was officially made mayor on 13 May 2014.^[8]

As mayor

He established pesantren in the ramadhan in public schools on 2015 where it had formerly been held in mosques,^[9] and offered scholarships to students who had memorized sufficient Juz' of the Quran.^[10] In 2018, he led a march attended by thousands which denounced LGBT individuals. During the rally, Mahyeldi declared his opposition to LGBT rights, stating that "To the perpetrators of sin, let them repent and those who protect them immediately be aware because they will face opposition from all parties and communities in Padang as well as security forces.”^[a]^[12]

As governor

Mahyeldi was elected as governor in the 2020 West Sumatra gubernatorial election, winning 32.43 percent of votes.^[13] He was sworn in as governor on 25 February 2021.^[14] In 2024, Mahyeldi will run again as a candidate for governor of West Sumatra for the second time with his partner Vasko Ruseimy [id] supported by the parties Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), Democratic Party (Demokrat), National Awakening Party (PKB) and other parties.^[15]

Honours

Satyalancana Pembangunan - 2023^[16]
Satyalancana Kebaktian Sosial - 2018

Footnotes

^ Original: "Kepada pelaku maksiat mari bertobat dan pihak-pihak yang melindungi segera insyaf karena akan berhadapan dengan seluruh pihak dan masyarakat yang ada di Padang juga aparat keamanan."^[11]

References

^ "Wali Kota Padang sumbangkan enam bulan gaji untuk atasi wabah corona". Antara (news agency). 26 March 2020..
^ "Tangani Corona, Wali Kota Padang Sumbangkan Gaji Enam Bulan". 26 March 2020.
^ "Wali Kota Padang Sumbangkan 6 Bulan Gajinya untuk Penanganan Corona : Okezone News". 26 March 2020.
^ "PRIBADI YANG SEDERHANA MEMILIKI KEMAUAN KUAT". ANTARA Sumbar (in Indonesian). 8 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Fauzi Bahar - Mahyeldi Dilantik Gubernur Sumbar" (in Indonesian). Indosiar. 19 February 2009. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Ini Hasil Pilkada Padang, Harus Dua Putaran". VIVA.co.id (in Indonesian). 5 November 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ Wahyudi, Ikhwan (12 March 2014). "Pelantikan Wali Kota Padang tunggu putusan MK". ANTARA (in Indonesian). Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Walikota Dan Wakil Walikota Padang" (in Indonesian). 10 June 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ Rahmad, Mardikola Tri (21 May 2015). "Empat Sekolah Jadi Percontohan Pesantren Ramadhan". ANTARA Sumbar (in Indonesian). Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Di Padang, siswa penghafal Al Quran bebas pilih sekolah". ANTARA Sumbar (in Indonesian). 16 April 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Wali kota deklarasikan Padang bersih dari maksiat" [Mayor declares Padang clean from sin]. Antara. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ "Indonesian mayor leads thousands in anti-LGBT march". pinknews.co.uk. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
^ Kampai, Jeka (19 February 2021). "Tok! Mahyeldi-Audy Sah Jadi Gubernur-Wakil Gubernur Sumbar Terpilih". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 20 December 2022.
^ "Resmi Dilantik Jadi Gubernur-Wagub Sumbar, Mahyeldi Ingin Prioritaskan Penanganan Pandemi". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). 25 February 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
^ https://www.detik.com/sumut/berita/d-7435617/mahyeldi-vasco-ruseimy-diusung-gerindra-dan-pks-maju-di-pilgub-sumbar
^ https://www.cakrawala.co/daerah/7759095793/gubernur-dan-wagub-sumbar-terima-satyalancana-pembangunan-dan-wira-karya-dari-presiden-ri

v t e Governors of West Sumatra
Guided Democracy (1958–1966)	Kaharuddin Datuk Rangkayo Basa
New Order (1966–1998)	Harun Al Rasyid Zain Azwar Anas Hasan Basri Durin Muchlis Ibrahim
Reformation (since 1998)	Zainal Bakar Gamawan Fauzi Marlis Rahman Irwan Prayitno Mahyeldi Ansharullah

v t e Incumbent governors of Indonesian provinces
Sumatra	Bustami Hamzah [id]¹ (Aceh) Agus Fatoni [id]¹ (North Sumatra) Mahyeldi Ansharullah (West Sumatra) Rohidin Mersyah (Bengkulu) S. F. Hariyanto [id]¹ (Riau) Ansar Ahmad (Riau Islands) Al Haris (Jambi) Elen Setiadi [id]¹ (South Sumatra) Samsudin¹ (Lampung) Safrizal Zakaria Ali [id]¹ (Bangka Belitung Islands)
Java	Al Muktabar [id]¹ (Banten) Teguh Setyabudi¹ (Jakarta) Bey Triadi Machmudin [id]¹ (West Java) Nana Sudjana [id]¹ (Central Java) Hamengkubuwono X (Yogyakarta)² Adhy Karyono [id]¹ (East Java)
Bali and Nusa Tenggara	Sang Made Mahendra Jaya [id]¹ (Bali) Hassanudin¹ (West Nusa Tenggara) Ayodhia Kalake [id]¹ (East Nusa Tenggara)
Kalimantan	Harisson Azroi [id]¹ (West Kalimantan) Sugianto Sabran (Central Kalimantan) Sahbirin Noor (South Kalimantan) Akmal Malik [id]¹ (East Kalimantan) Basuki Hadimuljono (Nusantara)¹ ³ Zainal Arifin Paliwang (North Kalimantan)
Sulawesi	Olly Dondokambey (North Sulawesi) Mohammad Rudy Salahuddin¹ (Gorontalo) Rusdy Mastura (Central Sulawesi) Zudan Arif Fakrulloh [id]¹ (South Sulawesi) Bahtiar Baharuddin [id]¹ (West Sulawesi) Andap Budhi Revianto [id]¹ (Southeast Sulawesi)
Maluku and West Papua	Sadali Ie [id]¹ (Maluku) Samsuddin Abdul Kadir [id]¹ (North Maluku) Muhammad Musa'ad¹ (Southwest Papua) Ali Baham Temongmere [id]¹ (West Papua) Anwar Damanik¹ (Central Papua) Rudy Sufahriadi [id]¹ (South Papua) Velix Wanggai [id]¹ (Highland Papua) Ramses Limbong [id]¹ (Papua)
¹ acting governor ² concurrently serves as Sultan of Yogyakarta ³ concurrently serves as ministerial-level Head of Nusantara Capital City Authority

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