Mardijo
{{Short description|Indonesian politician (1944–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Mardijo
|office = Speaker of {{ill|nobold=1|v=ib|Central Java DPRD|id|Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Provinsi Jawa Tengah}}
|term_start = 1999
|term_end = 2004
|predecessor = Alip Pandoyo
|successor = Murdoko
|birth_date = {{birth date|1944|2|6|df=y}}
|birth_place = Kutoarjo, Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies
|death_date = {{death date and age|2022|10|1|1944|2|6|df=y}}
|death_place = Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
}}
Mardijo (6 February 1944 – 1 October 2022) was an Indonesian politician. He was the speaker of the {{ill|Central Java Regional People's Representative Council|id|Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Provinsi Jawa Tengah}} between 1999 and 2004, and was a gubernatorial candidate for the province in 2003. He was a member of PDI-P and later joined the Democratic Renewal Party.
Early life and career
Mardijo was born in the town of Kutoarjo, today in Purworejo Regency, on 6 February 1944. He received basic education in Kutoarjo, until he graduated from high school in 1963. Afterwards, he enrolled at the faculty of medicine at Diponegoro University, but he dropped out in 1967 as his parents could no longer fund his education. He was active in student movements during his studies, such as the Indonesian National Student Movement and the Marhaenist Youth Movement. After dropping out, Mardijo began working as a salesman of laboratory equipment.{{cite news |title=Mardijo: "Saya Tidak Akan Pindah Partai" |url=https://www.datatempo.co/MajalahTeks/freeContentRead/ARM20180612109865/Mardijo-Saya-Tidak-Akan-Pindah-Partai |access-date=11 April 2023 |work=Tempo |date=3 August 2003 |language=id |archive-date=19 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419031750/https://www.datatempo.co/auth/login |url-status=live }}
Political career
Mardijo began to enter politics in 1976, joining the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), and he was appointed head of the party's bureau for economics and development in Semarang. However, due to internal party conflict, he left in 1982, and he would rejoin PDI in 1993. He was immediately appointed as vice chairman of the party's Semarang branch, and by 1996 as the treasurer of the party's provincial branch in Central Java. By 2000, he had been appointed as the chairman of the Central Java branch of the party, now renamed to Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). He was also elected into the {{ill|Central Java Regional People's Representative Council|id|Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Provinsi Jawa Tengah}} following the 1999 election, and became the legislature's speaker for the 1999{{ndash}}2004 term.
In 2003, he nominated himself as the gubernatorial candidate for PDI-P in a challenge against fellow PDI-P member and incumbent Mardiyanto. When his candidacy was rejected by the party and he was told not to run, he defied this order and was thus removed from his chairman post. In the election, the PDI-P councillors' vote split, but with the support of the National Awakening Party, Mardiyanto defeated Mardijo with a wide margin.{{cite book |pages=44–45 |last1=Aspinall |first1=Edward |last2=Fealy |first2=Greg |title=Soeharto's New Order and Its Legacy: Essays in Honour of Harold Crouch |date=1 August 2010 |publisher=ANU E Press |isbn=978-1-921666-47-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GDwrDgAAQBAJ&dq=mardijo+central+java&pg=PA144 |access-date=11 April 2023 |archive-date=19 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419032330/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Soeharto_s_New_Order_and_Its_Legacy/GDwrDgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mardijo+central+java&pg=PA144&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }} Thousands of Mardijo's supporters rioted following the vote, damaging PDI-P tents and forcing the councillors to be evacuated. Following the election, he left PDI-P and joined the Democratic Renewal Party, running unsuccessfully as a candidate for the People's Representative Council in the 2009 legislative election.
In 2005, he was accused of graft of the provincial budget, and was sentenced to one year in prison by the Semarang District Court. Upon appeal, his sentence was first increased to two years by the Central Java High Court, and later the Supreme Court of Indonesia reduced it back to one year, plus two years probation. Following a judicial review, his sentence was set to two years in 2011, and he was imprisoned then.{{cite news |title=PK Ditolak, Mantan Ketua DPRD Jateng Serahkan Diri |url=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-1584118/pk-ditolak-mantan-ketua-dprd-jateng-serahkan-diri |access-date=11 April 2023 |work=detiknews |date=3 March 2011 |language=id-ID |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411114337/https://news.detik.com/berita/d-1584118/pk-ditolak-mantan-ketua-dprd-jateng-serahkan-diri |url-status=live }} After his release, he rejoined PDI-P, and campaigned for the party in the 2014 presidential election.{{cite news |title=Gelombang Gerakan Mendukung Mega Membesar |url=https://rmol.id/read/2013/12/09/135859/gelombang-gerakan-mendukung-mega-membesar |access-date=11 April 2023 |work=Rmol.id |date=9 December 2013 |language=id |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411115219/https://rmol.id/read/2013/12/09/135859/gelombang-gerakan-mendukung-mega-membesar |url-status=live }}
He died on 1 October 2022 in his home in Semarang.{{cite news |title=Mardijo, Mantan Ketua DPRD Jateng dan Politikus Senior PDIP Tutup Usia |url=https://mercusuar.co/2022/10/01/mardijo-mantan-ketua-dprd-jateng-dan-politikus-senior-pdip-tutup-usia/ |access-date=11 April 2023 |work=mercusuar.co |date=1 October 2022 |language=id |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411111603/https://mercusuar.co/2022/10/01/mardijo-mantan-ketua-dprd-jateng-dan-politikus-senior-pdip-tutup-usia/ |url-status=live }}
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Category:People from Purworejo Regency
Category:Politicians from Central Java
Category:Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle politicians
Category:Members of the Central Java Regional House of Representatives