Abdullah Azwar Anas
{{short description|Indonesian politician (born 1973)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abdullah Azwar Anas
| image = File:Menteri Pendayagunaan Aparatur Negara dan Reformasi Birokrasi Indonesia Abdullah Azwar Anas.png
| office = 20th Minister of State Apparatus Utilization and Bureaucratic Reform
| term_start = 7 September 2022
| term_end = 21 October 2024
| president = Joko Widodo
| predecessor = Tjahjo Kumolo
| successor = Rini Widyantini
| office2 = Regent of Banyuwangi
| term_start2 = 17 February 2016
| term_end2 = 17 February 2021
| successor2 = Mujiono (act.)
Ipuk Fiestiandani
| predecessor2 = Zarkasi (act.)
Himself
| term_start3 = 21 October 2010
| term_end3 = 21 October 2015
| successor3 = Zarkasi (act.)
Himself
| predecessor3 = Ratna Ani Lestari
| office4 = Member of People's Representative Council
| term_start4 = 1 October 2004
| term_end4 = 1 October 2009
| constituency4 = East Java III
| office5 = Member of People's Consultative Assembly
| term_start5 = 1 October 1997
| term_end5 = 1 October 1999
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|8|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia
| spouse = Ipuk Fiestiandani
| party = PKB (2004–15)
PDI-P (since 2015)
| alma_mater = University of Indonesia
Jakarta State University
}}
Abdullah Azwar Anas (born 6 August 1973) is an Indonesian politician. He served as Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform between September 2022 and October 2024. Before becoming a minister, he was the regent of Banyuwangi, East Java, between 2010 and 2015 and 2016 to 2021. Prior to becoming a regent, he had served as both an elected member of the People's Representative Council and an appointment to the People's Consultative Assembly, for one term each.
Born in Banyuwangi, Anas completed his education at the University of Indonesia before joining the Consultative Assembly for 2 years. Later, he was elected in 2004 for a five-year term in the legislative council, and was elected as regent of Banyuwangi after failing to win his re-election.
Background and education
Abdullah Azwar Anas was born in Banyuwangi on 6 August 1973, his father a local kyai in the Karangdoro village, part of Banyuwangi's Tegalsari subdistrict. Being the second children of ten, his older brother died at youth, making him the eldest surviving children. He completed his primary education in madrasa, studying in one at his origin village and another in Sumenep, Madura. He later moved to state-funded regular schools, studying in two middle schools before moving to Jember for his highschool.{{cite web |title=Profil Abdullah Azwar Anas |url=https://www.viva.co.id/siapa/read/296-abdullah-azwar-anas |website=VIVA |language=id |access-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171125000359/http://www.viva.co.id/siapa/read/296-abdullah-azwar-anas |archive-date=2017-11-25 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Cerita Masa Kecil Bupati Banyuwangi: Jualan di Sekolah Sampai Berbagi Uang Saku |url=http://www.tribunnews.com/regional/2016/07/19/cerita-masa-kecil-bupati-banyuwangi-jualan-di-sekolah-sampai-berbagi-uang-saku |access-date=9 September 2018 |work=Tribunnews.com |date=19 July 2016 |language=id-ID |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411103703/http://www.tribunnews.com/regional/2016/07/19/cerita-masa-kecil-bupati-banyuwangi-jualan-di-sekolah-sampai-berbagi-uang-saku |archive-date=2017-04-11 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Andriansyah |first1=Mohammad |title=Cerita Bupati Anas, anak kiai kampung yang rela jualan di sekolah |url=https://banyuwangi.merdeka.com/profil/cerita-bupati-anas-anak-kiai-kampung-yang-rela-jualan-di-sekolah--1607197.html |access-date=9 September 2018 |work=merdeka.com |date=19 July 2016 |language=id |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923204550/http://banyuwangi.merdeka.com/profil/cerita-bupati-anas-anak-kiai-kampung-yang-rela-jualan-di-sekolah--1607197.html |archive-date=2016-09-23 |url-status=live }}
After completing high school, he moved to Jakarta to study literature in the University of Indonesia (UI), earning his bachelor's degree in 1999 before further earning a master's degree in social and political science by 2005. In addition, he also studied education technology at Jakarta State University (then known as IKIP Jakarta), graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1998. During his time at UI, he was the president of the central committee of the Nahdlatul Ulama student association. He had also become a radio broadcaster of Jember-based Prosalina when at highschool.
Career
=Parliament=
After graduating from university, he was appointed to the People's Consultative Assembly as a class envoy in 1997 at the age of 24, making him the youngest envoy of that year. Following the fall of Suharto, he ran but lost in the 1999 legislative election. Joining the National Awakening Party, he secured a seat from the East Java III district in the 2004 election after winning 135,667 votes - the third most in the district. However, he was not reelected in 2009, when he was reassigned by his party to the East Java VII district. According to Anas in an interview, he "was not serious" and was not present in the electoral district during the campaigning period.{{cite magazine|date=September 2009|title=Abdullah Azwar Anas: Kekalahan Bagian Dari Proses Politik|url=http://www.dpr.go.id/dokpemberitaan/majalah-parlementaria/m-73-2009.pdf|magazine=Parlementaria|access-date=9 September 2018|issn=1979-5912|language=id|pages=89–90|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428034355/http://dpr.go.id/dokpemberitaan/majalah-parlementaria/m-73-2009.pdf|archive-date=2015-04-28|url-status=live}}
During his term, he was active in multiple special committees, and part of investigations teams on BLBI (a liquidity aid to Bank Indonesia),{{cite news |title=Perkara BLBI Akan Digelar KPK |url=https://www.merdeka.com/peristiwa/perkara-blbi-akan-digelar-kpk-nyhi8qr.html |accessdate=9 September 2018 |work=KapanLagi.com |date=15 September 2008 |language=id}} a 2008 fuel price hike,{{cite news |title=Inilah 51 Anggota Panitia Angket BBM |url=https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2008/07/01/16440070/inilah.51.anggota.panitia.angket.bbm |accessdate=9 September 2018 |work=KOMPAS |date=1 July 2008 |language=id}} the 2008 hajj season{{cite news |title=2 Anggota DPR Diduga Terima Gratifikasi Jadi Panitia Angket Haji |url=https://news.detik.com/berita/1092786/2-anggota-dpr-diduga-terima-gratifikasi-jadi-panitia-angket-haji |accessdate=9 September 2018 |work=detiknews |date=2 March 2009 |language=id}} and an electoral ballot case. He was part of the eighth commission.{{cite magazine|date=September 2009|title=Sayonara DPR... Vokalis DPR Yang Lengser Dari Senayan|url=http://www.dpr.go.id/dokpemberitaan/majalah-parlementaria/m-73-2009.pdf|magazine=Parlementaria|access-date=9 September 2018|issn=1979-5912|language=id|page=86|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428034355/http://dpr.go.id/dokpemberitaan/majalah-parlementaria/m-73-2009.pdf|archive-date=2015-04-28|url-status=live}}
=Regent of Banyuwangi=
In 2010, Anas ran in a local election for Banyuwangi Regency with Yusuf Widyatmoko as his running mate. Supported by PKB, PDI-P, Golkar, PKS and PKNU, the pair secured 49.23 percent of the votes (372,149) in a three-way contest.{{cite news |title=Pilkada Banyuwangi Hanya Satu Putaran |url=https://nasional.tempo.co/read/265399/pilkada-banyuwangi-hanya-satu-putaran |access-date=9 September 2018 |work=Tempo |date=22 July 2010 |language=id-ID |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910094808/https://nasional.tempo.co/read/265399/pilkada-banyuwangi-hanya-satu-putaran |archive-date=2018-09-10 |url-status=live }} He was re-elected in 2015 with a landslide, winning 88.96 percent of votes with the support of PDI-P and six other parties, although his former party PKB did not support him.{{cite news |title=Abdullah Azwar Anas Menang Lagi di Pilkada Banyuwangi |url=http://www.beritasatu.com/nasional/333131-abdullah-azwar-anas-menang-lagi-di-pilkada-banyuwangi.html |access-date=10 September 2018 |work=Berita Satu |date=18 December 2015 |language=id |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910094828/http://www.beritasatu.com/nasional/333131-abdullah-azwar-anas-menang-lagi-di-pilkada-banyuwangi.html |archive-date=2018-09-10 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Ningtyas |first1=Ika |title=Azwar Anas Maju Pilkada Lewat PDIP, Tak Lagi PKB |url=https://nasional.tempo.co/read/686887/azwar-anas-maju-pilkada-lewat-pdip-tak-lagi-pkb |access-date=10 September 2018 |work=Tempo |date=27 July 2015 |language=id-ID |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910094507/https://nasional.tempo.co/read/686887/azwar-anas-maju-pilkada-lewat-pdip-tak-lagi-pkb |archive-date=2018-09-10 |url-status=live }}
In 2016, Banyuwangi received an award from the World Tourism Organization, winning in the "Re-Inventing Government in Tourism" category as the first Indonesian part to receive an award from the organization.{{cite news |last1=Setyanti |first1=Christina Andhika |title=Banyuwangi Jadi Juara Dunia dari Badan Pariwisata PBB |url=https://www.cnnindonesia.com/gaya-hidup/20160121163705-269-105864/banyuwangi-jadi-juara-dunia-dari-badan-pariwisata-pbb |access-date=10 September 2018 |work=CNN Indonesia |date=21 January 2016 |language=id |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122154816/http://www.cnnindonesia.com/gaya-hidup/20160121163705-269-105864/banyuwangi-jadi-juara-dunia-dari-badan-pariwisata-pbb/ |archive-date=2016-01-22 |url-status=live }} When Anas entered office in 2010, Banyuwangi was visited by 487 thousand tourists annually, with the number increasing to 4.6 million by 2017.{{cite news |title=Tahun 2017 Banyuwangi Dikunjungi 4,6 Juta Wisatawan |url=https://radarbanyuwangi.jawapos.com/read/2018/02/08/47342/tahun-2017-banyuwangi-dikunjungi-46-juta-wisatawan |accessdate=10 September 2018 |work=Radar Banyuwangi |date=8 February 2018 |language=id}} He also established a regency-owned, 7,600-square meter tourism resort focusing on local culture.{{cite news |title=New resort opens in Banyuwangi |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/travel/2017/11/13/new-resort-opens-in-banyuwangi.html |access-date=10 September 2018 |work=The Jakarta Post |date=13 November 2017 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219122818/http://www.thejakartapost.com/travel/2017/11/13/new-resort-opens-in-banyuwangi.html |archive-date=2018-02-19 |url-status=live }}
Two of the regency's programs - a peer support program for students and an electronic village budgeting program - was named by the Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform in its list of 99 most innovative programs nationally.{{cite news |last1=Media |first1=Kompas Cyber |title=Dua Program Banyuwangi Masuk Top 99 Inovasi Nasional - Kompas.com |url=https://regional.kompas.com/read/2017/05/06/11301251/dua.program.banyuwangi.masuk.top.99.inovasi.nasional |access-date=10 September 2018 |work=KOMPAS.com |date=6 May 2017 |language=id |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101212511/http://regional.kompas.com/read/2017/05/06/11301251/dua.program.banyuwangi.masuk.top.99.inovasi.nasional |archive-date=2017-11-01 |url-status=live }}
Anas established a 55,000-hectare permanent farmland area in the regency, meant to conserve the agricultural production.{{cite news |last1=Afirianto |first1=Hermawan |title=Banyuwangi Siapkan 55 Ribu Hektare Lahan Sawah Abadi |url=http://kbr.id/nasional/01-2018/banyuwangi_siapkan_55_ribu_hektare_lahan_sawah_abadi/94538.html |access-date=10 September 2018 |work=kbr.id |date=17 January 2018 |language=id |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122124422/http://kbr.id/nasional/01-2018/banyuwangi_siapkan_55_ribu_hektare_lahan_sawah_abadi/94538.html |archive-date=2018-01-22 |url-status=live }} Economically, Banyuwangi experienced a 62% increase in GDP per capita between 2010 and 2014, with the local government budget increasing by 150% between 2010 and 2015. The regency received an award from the central government in 2016 for the economic growth.{{cite news |last1=Andriansyah |first1=Moch. |title=Pertumbuhan ekonomi terbaik, Banyuwangi raih Government Award 2016 |url=https://www.merdeka.com/peristiwa/pertumbuhan-ekonomi-terbaik-banyuwangi-raih-government-award-2016.html |access-date=10 September 2018 |work=Merdeka |date=13 April 2016 |language=id |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617005300/http://www.merdeka.com/peristiwa/pertumbuhan-ekonomi-terbaik-banyuwangi-raih-government-award-2016.html |archive-date=2016-06-17 |url-status=live }}
Reports of alleged corruption under his administration were filed to the Corruption Eradication Commission in 2012{{cite news |title=Dilaporkan ke KPK, Bupati Banyuwangi Bantah Korupsi |url=https://news.detik.com/jawatimur/1889153/dilaporkan-ke-kpk-bupati-banyuwangi-bantah-korupsi |access-date=10 September 2018 |work=detiknews |date=10 April 2012 |language=id |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910100328/https://news.detik.com/jawatimur/1889153/dilaporkan-ke-kpk-bupati-banyuwangi-bantah-korupsi |archive-date=2018-09-10 |url-status=live }} and 2017.{{cite news |title=Abdullah Azwar Anas Dilaporkan ke KPK, Ini Penyebabnya |url=http://newsindonesia.co.id/headline/abdullah-azwar-anas-dilaporkan-ke-kpk-ini-penyebabnya/ |access-date=10 September 2018 |work=News Indonesia |date=14 November 2017 |language=id-ID |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910094806/http://newsindonesia.co.id/headline/abdullah-azwar-anas-dilaporkan-ke-kpk-ini-penyebabnya/ |archive-date=2018-09-10 |url-status=live }}
In 2018, he was named by PDI-P as running mate to Saifullah Yusuf in the 2018 gubernatorial election. However, vulgar images rumored to be him were circulated, resulting in him withdrawing from the race.{{cite news |title=Azwar Anas dan Akhir Drama Pembunuhan Karakter |url=https://www.republika.co.id/berita/nasional/politik/18/01/07/p242ei440-azwar-anas-dan-akhir-drama-pembunuhan-karakter |accessdate=10 September 2018 |work=Republika |date=6 January 2018 |language=id}}{{cite news |title=Abdullah Azwar Anas Diminta Tidak Mundur dari Cawagub Jatim |url=http://www.tribunnews.com/regional/2018/01/07/abdullah-azwar-anas-diminta-tidak-mundur-dari-cawagub-jatim |access-date=10 September 2018 |work=Tribunnews.com |date=7 January 2018 |language=id-ID |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114171513/http://www.tribunnews.com/regional/2018/01/07/abdullah-azwar-anas-diminta-tidak-mundur-dari-cawagub-jatim |archive-date=2018-01-14 |url-status=live }} He was succeeded by his wife Ipuk Fiestiandani.{{cite news |last1=Baihaqi |first1=Amir |title=100 Hari Usai Dilantik, Bupati Banyuwangi Ipuk Fokus Desa Terdampak Pandemi |url=https://news.detik.com/berita-jawa-timur/d-5472909/100-hari-usai-dilantik-bupati-banyuwangi-ipuk-fokus-desa-terdampak-pandemi |access-date=17 October 2021 |work=detiknews |date=26 February 2021 |language=id-ID}}
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