Azis Syamsuddin (born 31 July 1970) is an Indonesian politician who served as First Deputy Speaker of the

People's Representative Council The House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia (, DPR-RI or simply DPR) is one of two elected chambers of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the national legislature of Indonesia. It is considered the lower house, while th ...

from 2019 to 2021.

Education

Syamsuddin initially studied in but he completed high school in

Padang Padang () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of West Sumatra. It had a population of 833,562 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 909,040 at the 2020 Census;Bad ...

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. He obtained a bachelor's in economics from and a bachelor's in law from

Trisakti University Universitas Trisakti (Usakti, Trisakti) is Indonesia's largest private university located in Jakarta, Indonesia. Universitas Trisakti, is the only private university in Indonesia which was established by the Government of the Republic of Indones ...

. He later received a master's in finance from the

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in 1999, and a master's and a doctorate in law from

Padjadjaran University Padjadjaran University (; ), abbreviated as UNPAD) is a public university located in Sumedang Regency and Bandung, which is the provincial capital of West Java, Indonesia. It was established on 11 September 1957. UNPAD has gained the most appl ...

Career

In 1992, he began to work for

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, but after less than a year he moved to the banking industry, joining . He only stayed in the bank for around 1.5 years, before moving to practice law, joining the law firm Gani Djemat & Partners. He would eventually become a

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there.

Legislator

Syamsuddin ran for a legislative seat in the 2004 legislative election under

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, where he had been active within Golkar's office in

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. He ran to represent Lampung's 2nd electoral district, and after being elected was assigned to the third commission of the

(DPR), which worked on law, human rights, and security. He became the commission's deputy-chair in his first term. On 25 January 2016, Syamsuddin's was replaced as chair of the third commission by

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. Syamsuddin then became head of DPR's budgetary body in February 2017, until he returned to chair the third commission in June 2019. Following the resignation of

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as speaker, Syamsuddin was initially to take up his position, but following a rejection by a majority of Golkar legislators, Syamsuddin was not made speaker. Following the 2019 election, Syamsuddin was appointed as Deputy Speaker of DPR.

Corruption charges

On 25 September 2021, he was arrested by the

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References

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