Bima Arya Sugiarto : Mayor who can be closed with citizen.

Bima Arya Sugiarto (born 17 December 1972) is an Indonesian politician who is the mayor of Bogor since 2014. A member of the National Mandate Party, his mayorship of the city has involved controversial closures of several places of worship. Bima Arya is 16th Mayor of Bogor.

His career

Upon the fall of Suharto, he became one of the founders of the National Mandate Party (Indonesian: Partai Amanat Nasional or PAN). Between 1998 and 2001, he was a politics lecturer in Parahyangan Catholic University. Afterwards, he moved to Paramadina University, where he still lectures.

As Mayor

He ran in Bogor's 2013 mayoral elections with Usmar Hariman as deputy, receiving 132,835 votes (33.1%) with the runner-up Ahmad-Aim pair receiving 131,080 (32.7%). His campaign promises included a 100-day program to improve public transport, urban hygiene, bureaucracy and civil administration in addition to the handling of street merchants. 3 months into his tenure, he received a second place award from Indonesia Digital Society (behind Surabaya mayor Tri Rismaharini) due to establishments of online systems for the city. He has also received awards from the Ministry of Health and the National Body of Demographics and Family Planning. Early in 2015, he established a 24-hour call center for Bogor residents to submit complaints. His mayorship received criticisms from both perceived lack of performance and perceived intolerance due to the prohibition of the Shi'a Ashura celebration, anti-Ahmadiyya sentiments and the closure of a GKI Yasmin church.

Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bima_Arya_Sugiarto

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