Ridho Rahmadi
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Short description|Indonesian politician and computer scientist}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ridho Rahmadi
| image = File:Partai Ummat Ridho Rahmadi.jpg
| caption =
| office = Chairman of Ummat Party
| term_start = 29 April 2021
| predecessor = Position created
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|4|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Yogyakarta, Indonesia
| alma_mater = {{ubl|Radboud University|Johannes Kepler University Linz|Islamic University of Indonesia}}
}}
Ridho Rahmadi (born 13 April 1985) is an Indonesian politician, computer scientist and academic who is the current chairman of the Ummat Party, serving since the party's founding in 2021. He is the son-in-law of the party's founder Amien Rais.
Early life and education
Rahmadi was born on 13 April 1985 in Yogyakarta. He first received a bachelors in computer science from the Islamic University of Indonesia (UII) in 2007, before studying at the Johannes Kepler University, Linz (graduated 2012) and at the Czech Technical University for his masters.{{cite web |title=RIDHO RAHMADI, S.KOM., M.SC., ING., P.HD. |url=https://informatics.uii.ac.id/profil/dosen_if/ridho-rahmadi/ |publisher=Islamic University of Indonesia |access-date=14 July 2023 |language=id}}{{cite web |title=Data Dosen: Ridho Rahmadi |url=https://pddikti.kemdikbud.go.id/data_dosen/QjdCNjE5QzYtNTBCRS00NDE2LUI1RkQtMUUwRUM1MjIzOEEw/7E7D05F9-95A8-4647-9FC1-EA28A86E2057 |publisher=Ministry of Education and Culture |access-date=14 July 2023 |language=id}} He then received his doctorate from Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands in 2019, having started his program in 2013. During his doctoral studies, he was also a visiting researcher at Carnegie Mellon University for several months in 2017.{{cite news |title=Mengenal Ridho Rahmadi, Menantu Amien Rais Calon Ketua Umum Partai Ummat |url=https://nasional.sindonews.com/read/409506/12/mengenal-ridho-rahmadi-menantu-amien-rais-calon-ketua-umum-partai-ummat-1619442275 |access-date=14 July 2023 |work=SINDOnews Nasional |date=26 April 2021 |language=id-ID}}{{cite web |title=Ridho Rahmadi, Doktor Baru di Teknik Informatika |url=https://informatics.uii.ac.id/2019/04/09/ridho-rahmadi-doktor-baru-di-teknik-informatika/ |publisher=Islamic University of Indonesia |access-date=14 July 2023 |language=id |date=9 April 2019}} His research focus was in artificial intelligence, with his doctoral thesis being titled Finding stable causal structures from clinical data.{{cite web |year=2019|last1=Rahmadi |first1=Ridho |title=Finding stable causal structures from clinical data |url=https://repository.ubn.ru.nl/bitstream/handle/2066/201134/201134.pdf?sequence=1 |publisher=Radboud University |language=nl}}
Career
Rahmadi began teaching at his old alma mater UII starting in 2009. In 2018, he established a Center of Data Science at UII.{{cite news |title=Ridho Rahmadi, Mantu Amien Rais Ketum Baru Partai Ummat |url=https://www.cnnindonesia.com/nasional/20210429164522-32-636552/ridho-rahmadi-mantu-amien-rais-ketum-baru-partai-ummat |access-date=14 July 2023 |work=CNN Indonesia |date=29 April 2021 |language=id-ID}}
On 29 April 2021, he was named as the chairman of the Ummat Party upon its foundation, at the age of 36. Due to this appointment, he resigned from his academic post at UII.{{cite news |title=Profil Ridho Rahmadi, Jadi Ketum Partai Ummat di Umur 36 Tahun |url=https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2021/04/30/09324691/profil-ridho-rahmadi-jadi-ketum-partai-ummat-di-umur-36-tahun |access-date=13 July 2023 |work=KOMPAS.com |date=30 April 2021 |language=id}} He was son-in-law of the party's founder Amien Rais. According to Rahmadi in a 2022 interview, he had helped setting up the party's technological backend during leaves from his overseas studies, developing polling and survey apps. Shortly prior to Ummat's formal declaration, with the party's chairman yet to be determined, Rahmadi stated that he was offered the post of chairman without prior negotiations, and he accepted the post.{{cite news |title=Profil Ridho Rahmadi, Pakar AI yang Jadi Ketua Umum Partai Ummat |url=https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2022/04/14/08174801/profil-ridho-rahmadi-pakar-ai-yang-jadi-ketua-umum-partai-ummat |access-date=14 July 2023 |work=KOMPAS.com |date=14 April 2022 |language=id}} His first speech following his appointment as party
chairman called for national investment into information technology and artificial intelligence.{{cite news |title=Ketum Partai Ummat Ridho Rahmadi Bicara Pentingnya IT dan Kecerdasan Buatan |url=https://nasional.sindonews.com/read/415954/12/ketum-partai-ummat-ridho-rahmadi-bicara-pentingnya-it-dan-kecerdasan-buatan-1619967909 |access-date=14 July 2023 |work=SINDOnews Nasional |date=2 May 2021 |language=id-ID}} Before Kaesang Pangarep was chosen as the leader of the PSI, he is the youngest of the leaders of political parties participating in the 2024 Indonesian general election.{{cite news |title=Usia Ketua Umum Parpol Peserta Pemilu 2024: Megawati Paling Tua, Ridho Rahmadi Termuda |url=https://nasional.sindonews.com/read/990765/12/usia-ketua-umum-parpol-peserta-pemilu-2024-megawati-paling-tua-ridho-rahmadi-termuda-1673236902 |access-date=14 July 2023 |work=SINDOnews.com |date=9 January 2023 |language=id}}
In the 2024 election itself, Rahmadi ran as an Ummat candidate for the House of Representatives in West Sumatra's 2nd electoral district, and obtained 10,046 votes.{{cite web |title=Keputusan Komisi Pemilihan Umum Nomor 360 Tahun 2024 - Lampiran 3 |url=https://jdih.kpu.go.id/data/data_kepkpu/2024kpt360_L3.pdf |publisher=General Elections Commission |access-date=12 July 2024 |page=52 |language=id}} He failed to win a seat, as Ummat did not qualify for a seat due to the 4% national parliamentary threshold.{{cite news |title=Intip Perolehan Suara Kakak Cut Tari dan Menantu Amien Rais di Pileg DPR RI Dapil Sumbar - Laman 2 dari 2 |url=https://sumbarkita.id/intip-perolehan-suara-kakak-cut-tari-dan-menantu-amien-rais-di-pileg-dpr-ri-dapil-sumbar/2/ |access-date=12 July 2024 |work=Sumbarkita.id |date=2 March 2024 |language=id}}
Personal life
Rahmadi is married to Tasniem Fauzia Rais, daughter of Amien Rais. Rahmadi and Tasniem had attended the same middle school in Yogyakarta, with Rahmadi being Tasniem's senior.{{cite news |title=PROFIL Tasniem Rais, Istri Ridho Rahmadi, Putri ke-4 Amien Rais yang Belum Pernah jadi Anggota Dewan |url=https://www.tribunnews.com/nasional/2021/05/02/profil-tasniem-rais-istri-ridho-rahmadi-putri-ke-4-amien-rais-yang-belum-pernah-jadi-anggota-dewan?page=2 |access-date=14 July 2023 |work=Tribunnews.com |date=14 July 2023 |language=id-ID}} By 2016, the couple had two children.{{cite news |title=Seterang Malam Tasniem Fauzia Rais |url=https://news.detik.com/x/detail/metropop/20160502/Malam-Malam-Tasniem-dan-Ridho/ |access-date=14 July 2023 |work=detikNews |date=3 May 2016 |language=id}}
References
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Category:People from Yogyakarta
Category:Indonesian computer scientists
Category:Academic staff of the Islamic University of Indonesia
Category:Islamic University of Indonesia alumni
Category:Johannes Kepler University Linz alumni
Category:Czech Technical University in Prague alumni