Adi Darma (29 April 1960 – 1 October 2020) was an Indonesian politician and civil servant, member of the

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Party. Darma was born on 29 April 1960 in

Tenggarong Tenggarong (, abbreviated: TRG) is an administrative district (''kecamatan'') which serves as the capital of the Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan Province of Indonesia. It covers a land area of 358.34 km2, and it had a population o ...

Kutai Kartanegara Regency Kutai Kartanegara Regency (abbreviated as ''Kukar'') is a regency of East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. It has a land area of 27,891.13 km2 and a water area of 4,097 km2, geographically located between 1°18′40″S and 116°31′3 ...

. He graduated from the local state high school in 1981, and moved to

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to study at

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. He graduated in 1988, and began to work as a civil servant at the municipal government of Bontang. He served as mayor of

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from 2011 to 2016, but lost the

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to Neni Moerniaeni, who became the first female mayor of Bontang in March 2016. In 2020 Darma ran for another term as mayor of Bontang, but on 23 September, during the

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, he tested positive for

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. He was admitted to the Tama Husada Hospital in Bontang, where he died on 1 October, aged 60.Cawalkot Bontang Adi Darma Meninggal Setelah Positif COVID-19
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