Eri Cahyadi (born 27 May 1977) is an Indonesian politician and bureaucrat who has served as Mayor of

Surabaya Surabaya is the capital city of East Java Provinces of Indonesia, province and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. Located on the northeastern corner of Java island, on the Madura Strai ...

since 26 February 2021. He was elected in the 2020 Surabaya mayoral election.

Career

Cahyadi graduated with a degree in

civil engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

from the Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology in 1999, and after a 2-year career as a consultant he began working for Surabaya's municipal government in 2001. Both his parents had previously also worked as government officials. By 2011, Cahyadi had been promoted to head the city government's public housing and urban planning department, and in 2018, he was appointed to head the municipal development planning body, in addition to heading the department of sanitation and public spaces. In order to run in the 2020 mayoral election, Cahyadi resigned as a civil servant and became a cadre of PDI-P. Cahyadi, who was endorsed by incumbent mayor Tri Rismaharini, won the election with over 57 percent of votes.

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1977 births 21st-century mayors of places in Indonesia Living people Indonesian Muslims Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle politicians Indonesian civil servants People from Surabaya Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology alumni Mayors of Surabaya {{Indonesia-politician-stub