Jump to content

Slamet Suryanto

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Slamet Suryanto
Official portrait, 1999
15th Mayor of Surakarta
In office
28 July 2000 – 28 July 2005
Vice MayorJ. Suprapto
Preceded byImam Soetopo
Succeeded byJoko Widodo
Member of People's Representative Council
In office
1999–2000
Member of Surakarta City Council
In office
1985–1990
Personal details
Born(1944-11-01)1 November 1944
Ponorogo, Japanese Dutch East Indies
Died3 April 2018(2018-04-03) (aged 73)
Surakarta, Central Java

Slamet Suryanto (1 November 1944 – 3 April 2018) was an Indonesian politician who served as the mayor of Surakarta between 2000 and 2005.

Having been elected member of Surakarta's city council by 1985, he also served a year at the People's Representative Council before becoming mayor. He would lose his re-election to Joko Widodo, and get convicted of corruption. He died in 2018 due to stroke.

Early life

[edit]

He was born in Ponorogo on 1 November 1944, during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies. He later studied at Surakarta's state-funded educational institute (IKIP Negeri Surakarta), graduating in 1970. He later studied at Jakarta's National Defense Institute (Lemhanas) in 2001.[1]

Career

[edit]

He had led the Banjarsari subdistrict office of PDI-P as early as 1980, with him being elected to the city council in 1985 and becoming the party's head for the city in 1999.[1] According to F.X. Hadi Rudyatmo, Suryanto had strongly defended Megawati Sukarnoputri during a schism of the Indonesian Democratic Party.[2] Later, he was elected to the People's Representative Council in the 1999 election, though he resigned after just one year.[1]

He ran for mayor of Surakarta in 2000. Despite being a popular figure there, he could not secure an endorsement from PDI-P city councilors, with only 9 of 23 backing him (executive elections prior to 2004 were done by legislators and not through a popular vote). However, he managed to convince other members of the council, including his later-deputy J. Soeprapto, to support him, and hence secured the mayoral seat.[3]: 238 

During his time as mayor, he reconstructed Surakarta's city hall, which was burnt down in 1999 by a mob following Megawati's defeat in the 1999 presidential vote.[4] He became a suspect of a corruption case in 2004 for three projects rife with fake/manipulated budgets, including the city hall's construction.[5]

In 2005, Suryanto failed to secure the endorsement of PDI-P for his reelection, who instead had supported the Joko Widodo/F.X. Hadi Rudyatmo ticket. Suryanto ran anyway, with the support of a coalition of minor parties. For this action, he was penalized by PDI-P. He lost in the election, only winning about 5 percent of votes with Widodo coming on top with around 35 percent.[6][3]: 246 

After his defeat, he was sentenced to 15 months in prison for the city hall's graft case in January 2007.[7] Although the Supreme Court upheld the decision in July 2008, further prosecution of his cases was postponed in 2010 due to his deteriorating health.[8]

Death

[edit]

He died on 3 April 2018, at around 19:00 local time, due to stroke. He was laid in state at the Surakarta City Hall prior to him being buried in Banjarsari's Bonoloyo funeral.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d "Pemkot Surakarta Beri Penghormatan Terakhir Kepada Slamet Suryanto". surakarta.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  2. ^ Isnanto, Bayu Ardi (4 April 2018). "Mantan Wali Kota Solo Slamet Suryanto Wafat". Detik (in Indonesian). Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b Stokke, K.; Törnquist, O. (2013). Democratization in the Global South: The Importance of Transformative Politics. Springer. ISBN 9780230370043.
  4. ^ "Kasasi Ditolak MA, Mantan Walikota Solo Segera Dieksekusi". Detik (in Indonesian). 17 February 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Walikota Solo Jadi Tersangka Kasus Korupsi Rp 6,9 M". Detik (in Indonesian). 15 December 2004. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  6. ^ "PDI Perjuangan Jatuhkan Sanksi pada Calon Walikota Solo". Tempo (in Indonesian). 24 June 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Mantan Walikota Solo Divonis 1 Tahun 3 Bulan Penjara". Detik (in Indonesian). 14 March 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Eksekusi Mantan Wali Kota Solo Ditunda - Kompas.com". KOMPAS (in Indonesian). 23 April 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2018.