The East Java Regional House of Representatives (; ; , abbreviated to DPRD Jatim) is the

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of the Indonesian province of

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. Consisting of 120 people from the political parties with the most votes and elected every five years together with the national legislative election.

Composition

Faction

Faction is a forum for DPRD members to gather in order to optimize the implementation of the functions, duties, and authorities as well as the rights and obligations of the DPRD. Each faction has at least the same number of members as the number of commissions in the DPRD. One faction in the East Java DPRD has at least 5 members.

Period 2019–2024

The East Java DPRD for the 2019–2024 period consists of 9 factions as follows:

Structure

Based on Article 110 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government, the Provincial DPRD's Supporting Apparatus (AKD) consists of: # Leadership # Deliberative Body (Bamus) # Commission # Regional Regulation Formation Body (Bapemperda) # Budget Agency (Banggar) # Honorary Council (BK) # Other Supporting Apparatus (formed through a Plenary Meeting)

Leadership

According to laws and regulations, the Provincial DPRD which has members: 35-44 people led by 1 speaker and 2 deputy speaker; 45-84 people led by 1 speaker and 3 deputy speaker; and 85-100 people led by 1 speaker and 4 deputy speaker. The leadership of the East Java DPRD consists of 1 Speaker and 4 Deputy Speaker who come from the

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that won the most seats and votes in sequence. The following is a list of Speaker of the East Java DPRD since 1957.

Commissions

According to the provisions of the law, the Provincial DPRD with 35-55 members can form 4 commissions and the Provincial DPRD with more than 55 members can form 5 commissions. Article 113 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government The East Java DPRD consists of 5 commissions as follows: * Commission A (Government Sector) * Commission B (Economic Sector) * Commission C (Finance Sector) * Commission D (Development Sector) * Commission E (Public Welfare Sector)

Electoral districts

Speakers

References

{{reflist, 30em Politics of East Java Provincial Regional Houses of Representatives in Indonesia 1950 establishments in Indonesia