Ferrial Sofyan (born 18 January 1949) is an Indonesian politician and former military officer. He has served as a member of the

Jakarta Regional House of Representatives The Jakarta Regional House of Representatives (, abbreviated to DPRD Jakarta) is the unicameral legislature of the Indonesian province of Jakarta. It is composed of 106 members who are elected through general elections once every five years, simu ...

(DPRD) since 2009, and served as the DPRD

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from 2009 to 2014 as well as its

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between 2014 and 2019.

Biography

Sofyan was born on 18 January 1949, and graduated from the

Indonesian Military Academy The Military Academy ( or ) is a service academy of the Indonesian Army, part of the Indonesian National Armed Forces Academy (). Founded on the early stages of the Indonesian Revolutionary War and located in the city of Magelang in Central J ...

in 1971. He enrolled at the

National Resilience Institute National Resilience Institute (, abbreviated as Lemhannas) is an Indonesian Non-Ministerial Government Agency tasked with carrying out government duties in the field of education for national leaders, strategic assessment of national resilience ...

in April 1997, previously having served as commander of the

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Military District. In 2002, with the rank of major general, he was appointed as experts' coordinator for the

Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army The Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army (, abbreviated KSAD or KASAD) is the highest position in the Indonesian Army. The position is held by the four-star General appointed by and reporting directly to the Commander of the Armed Forces. Chi ...

. He would retire from the Armed Forces in 2005. By 2009, Sofyan had entered politics, being elected into the

Jakarta Regional People's Representative Council The Jakarta Regional House of Representatives (, abbreviated to DPRD Jakarta) is the unicameral legislature of the Indonesian province of Jakarta. It is composed of 106 members who are elected through general elections once every five years, simu ...

as part of the Democratic Party and he was appointed as the council's speaker. He was initially appointed as temporary speaker on 25 August 2009, before his official appointment on 11 September 2009. In 2012, Sofyan refused a proposal by then-Vice Governor

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to permit media access to council budgetary meetings. He was also chairman of the Democratic Party's Jakarta branch between 2009 and 2014, and was vice president of the

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between 2004 and 2008. Following the 2014 legislative election, Sofyan retained his seat in the council, although he lost the speakership to Prasetyo Edi Marsudi and became deputy speaker instead. He was sworn in as deputy speaker on 26 September 2014. On 20 February 2019, Sofyan was replaced as deputy speaker by fellow Democratic Party councillor Santoso by Democratic Party chairman

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. Sofyan was absent from Santoso's appointment ceremony. He remained as a councillor following the 2019 election. He was reelected for a fourth term in 2024, becoming the oldest member in the council.

References

{{reflist 1949 births Living people Indonesian generals Indonesian National Military Academy alumni Democratic Party (Indonesia) politicians Members of the Jakarta Regional House of Representatives Speakers of Provincial Regional Houses of Representatives in Indonesia