Erzaldi Rosman Djohan (born 31 October 1969) is an Indonesian politician who has served as the governor of

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since 2017 to 2022. Prior to becoming governor, he was elected two times as the regent of Central Bangka Regency.

Early life and education

Djohan was born on 31 October 1969 in

Pangkal Pinang Pangkalpinang, colloquially written as Pangkal Pinang, also known as Pin-kong in Hakka, is the capital and largest city of the Bangka Belitung Islands Province in Indonesia. It is located on Bangka Island's east coast, the city is divided into ...

(then part of

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province) from Rosman Djohan and Melati. He completed his high school education in

, before moving to

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, earning a diploma in 1994 from Tarumanegara University. Later, he also obtained a bachelors and masters from an economics institute.

Career

Before entering politics, Djohan worked at several companies, including a property company between 1999 and 2005. In 2004, he was elected to Bangka-Belitung's Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) as part of

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, though he only held the seat until 2005 when he was elected as Central Bangka's vice-regent. In 2010, he was elected regent, and was elected for his second term in 2015 with 57.1% of votes. His first term expired on 24 September 2015, before he was sworn in for a second term on 17 February 2016. Djohan declared his candidacy for the governorship of the province in August 2016. By then, he had moved to

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, and became the chairman of its provincial branch. In the following 2017 gubernatorial election, Djohan won 38.9% (213,442) of votes in a four-way election, defeating incumbent governor Rustam Effendi. In 2024, Djohan is running for Governor of Bangka Belitung for the second term with a pair Yuri Kemal Fadlullah, who is the son of the Leader of the Crescent Star Party and former Minister of Law and Legislation, Minister of Justice and Human Rights and State Secretary of Indonesia

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Governorship

On 12 May 2017, Djohan was sworn in as governor. Months after his inauguration, Djohan declared a moratorium on issuing new

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licenses in the province, intended to tackle

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on the island and allow the provincial government to develop new regulations on ecologically friendly mining practices. He noted his intentions in an interview with ''

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'' to move away from tin mining, and develop tourism and metallurgical industries such as

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extraction. Alongside

governor Herman Deru, Djohan has supported a bridge spanning the

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, connecting

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with mainland

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Honours

Lencana Melati Pramuka * Lencana Darma Bakti - Gerakan Pramuka

Lencana Darma Bakti Pramuka *

Satyalancana Pembangunan - 2019 *

Satyalancana Karya Satya

References

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