Soni Sumarsono (born 22 February 1959) is an Indonesian civil servant who was the Director-General of Regional Autonomy in the

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. As part of his position, he has become acting governors for the provinces of South Sulawesi, Jakarta and

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Early life and family

Soni Sumarsono was born in

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on 22 February 1959. He studied for a bachelor's degree in state administration at

Gadjah Mada University Gadjah Mada University ( jv, ꦈꦤꦶꦥ꦳ꦼꦂꦱꦶꦠꦱ꧀ꦓꦗꦃꦩꦢ; id, Universitas Gadjah Mada, abbreviated as UGM) is a Public university, public research university located in Sleman Regency, Sleman, Yogyakarta (special region) ...

. Later on, he studied at the

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for his master's degree in development management and a doctorate for educational management at

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. Sumarsono is married to Trie Rachayu, and the pair has three daughters.

Career

He found employment as a civil servant after graduating from Gadjah Mada, and rose up in the ranks to become a second echelon staff at the age of 42. By 2010, he was assigned as the assistant deputy for national borders, and in 2015, he was selected as the director-general for regional autonomy. As director-general, Sumarsono was appointed as acting governor of

on 22 September 2015. As he was approaching his retirement, he was discharged from his post as director general in March 2019.

Jakarta

Due to both the sitting governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) and his deputy

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taking a campaign leave for the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election, Sumarsono was sworn in as acting governor on 26 October 2016. During his time as governor, Sumarsono restored several former high-ranking city officials who were demoted under Ahok, to the latter's criticism. Sumarsono also stopped benefits to the RT/RW of the city and soldiers and police officers stationed there, though Sumarsono reintroduced funding for Betawi groups. Ahok returned to office on 11 February 2017. Due to a runoff phase in the gubernatorial election, Sumarsono once again became acting governor on 6 March 2017. Ahok once more returned to office on 15 April 2017.

South Sulawesi

Sumarsono was assigned to another acting governor post due to the expiry of South Sulawesi governor Syahrul Yasin Limpo's term, serving until the elected governor from the 2018 South Sulawesi gubernatorial election could be sworn in. He criticized Makassar mayor Mohammad Ramdhan Pomanto's celebration of a blank box win at the 2018 Makassar mayoral election, noting that a public official should refrain from such actions. He was replaced by elected governor Nurdin Abdullah on 7 September 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sumarsono, Soni 1959 births Governors of Jakarta Governors of North Sulawesi Governors of South Sulawesi Indonesian civil servants Living people People from Tulungagung Regency Gadjah Mada University alumni Asian Institute of Management alumni Jakarta State University alumni