Vice Governor of Bali
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{{Infobox official post
|post = Vice Governor
|body = Bali
| flag = Official_flag_of_the_Province_of_Bali.jpg
| flagcaption = Flag of Bali (non-civil)
| insignia = Official seal of the Province of Bali.png
| insigniacaption = Coat of arms of Bali
|realname =
| native_name = Wakil Gubernur Bali
ᬯᬓᬶᬮ᭄ᬕᬸᬩᭂᬃᬦᬸᬃᬩᬮᬶ
|image = I-Nyoman-Giri-Prasta_Wakil-Gubernur-Bali-768x961.png
|imagesize = 250px
|alt =
|incumbent = I Nyoman Giri Prasta
|incumbentsince = 20 February 2025
| termlength = Five years, renewable once
| seat = Denpasar
|department = Bali Provincial Government
| nominator =
| appointer = Direct popular elections within Bali
|title =
|residence = Rumah Jabatan Wakil Gubernur Bali
|term = 5 years, can be extended once
|formed = 1950
|first = I Gusti Ngurah Pindha
|website = {{URL|https://www.baliprov.go.id/web/pimpinan-daerah-provinsi-bali/|Short profile of governor and vice governor}} (in Indonesian)
| salary = Rp2,4 million (US$143,57) per month{{cite news|access-date=3 February 2025 |title=besaran gaji gubernur dan wakil gubernur di Indonesia |url=https://regional.kompas.com/read/2022/09/06/103558778/besaran-gaji-gubernur-dan-wakil-gubernur-di-indonesia-serta-tunjangan |work=Kompas.com}}
}}
The Vice Governor of Bali is the deputy head of the first-level in the Bali Provincial Government who holds the government in Bali together with the governor and 55 members of the Bali Regional House of Representatives (DPRD). The governor and vice governor of Bali can be elected through general elections which are held every 5 years.
History
On August 14, 1958, the Province of Bali was formed, which was originally a residential area of the Province of Lesser Sunda Islands or Nusa Tenggara into an autonomous province in Indonesia. The Province of Bali has been under the auspices of various leaders who have changed the socio-economic and cultural conditions of the Balinese people. There have been at least nine governors and two acting governors who have led the Province of Bali with various backgrounds such as bureaucrats/non-party civil servants, the military and political parties.
Elections
Since 2005 as the enactment of Law Number 32 of 2004 in Indonesia, heads of local government (governors, regents and mayors) have been directly elected by popular election.{{cite act |type=Law |index=32 |date=2004 |legislature=House of Representatives |title=Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 32 Tahun 2004 tentang Pemerintah Daerah |trans-title= |url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/40768/uu-no-32-tahun-2004 |language=id}}
The election is held every five years, elections for governor and vice governor are held for a fixed five-year term.
The first gubernatorial election in Bali by a popular vote of the people was held on 2008, where previously the governor and vuce governor was determined by the Bali Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) seat in Denpasar, with a most of votes of a total of 55 members in the DPRD.{{Cite web|last=Liputan6.com|date=2003-08-06|title=Dewa Beratha Re-elected as Governor Bali|url=https://www.liputan6.com/news/read/59830/dewa-beratha-terpilih-lagi-sebagai-gubernur-bali|website=liputan6.com|language=id|access-date=2021-07-30}}
=Most recent election=
{{main|2024 Bali gubernatorial election}}
The most recent election was held on 27 November 2024 to elect both the governor and vice governor of Bali for the 2025 to 2030 term. The election was held as part of local elections for governors, regents, and mayors across 36 other provinces in Indonesia.{{Cite web |last=Nafi'an |first=Muhammad Ilman |title=KPU Pastikan Pilkada 2022 dan 2023 Diundur ke 2024 |url=https://www.idntimes.com/news/indonesia/muhammad-ilman-nafian-2/kpu-pastikan-pilkada-2022-dan-2023-diundur-ke |access-date=2021-11-10 |website=IDN Times |language=id}}
Vice Governors and statistics
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| colspan="10"|25px Vice Governor of Bali 25px |
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| {{abbr|No.|Number}}
! Portrait ! colspan=2|Vice Governor ! Start of Term ! End of Term ! Governor |
| 1
| bgcolor="#d3d3d3" | |
| 2
| bgcolor="#ffff00" | |
| 3
| bgcolor="#ffff00" | |
| 4
|style="background:#d3d3d3"| |style="background:#d3d3d3"| |1998 |
| rowspan="2" | 5
| rowspan="2" | |style="background:#2643A3"| | rowspan="2" |1998 | rowspan="2" |2003 | rowspan="3" |Dewa Made Beratha |
| 100px |
| 6
| 100px | bgcolor="#cd0000" | | I Gusti Ngurah Kesuma Kelakan | August 28, 2003 | August 28, 2008 |
| 7
| 100px | bgcolor="#cd0000" | | August 28, 2008 | August 29, 2013 | rowspan="2" |I Made Mangku Pastika |
| 8
| 100px | bgcolor="#ffff00" | | August 29, 2013 | August 29, 2018 |
| 9
| bgcolor="#cd0000" | |Tjokorda Oka Artha |September 5, 2018 |September 5, 2023 |
| 10
| bgcolor="#cd0000" | |January 20, 2025 |Incumbent |
