Indah Putri Indriani is an Indonesian politician and the current regent of

North Luwu Regency North Luwu Regency is a regency of South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. It was created on 20 April 1999 by separation of the province's northern districts formerly within the Luwu Regency; however on 25 February 2003 it was reduced when the east ...

. She was also the deputy regent of North Luwu from 2010 to 2015. During her tenure as deputy regent, Vice Governor Agus Arifin Nu'mang presented Indriani with the Fajar Institute of Pro Otonomi Award for excellence in public participation following her innovations using the

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-supported Kinerja program. Her work with the program has continued into her tenure as regent due to her devotion to the issue of education equality as well as her efforts to make regency budgeting data publicly available to all citizens.Medha Basu and Nurfilzah Rohaidi
How a threatening moment led to reform in North Luwu
GovInsider, 5 February 2018. Accessed 19 February 2018. Her interest in educational policy began when she attempted to transfer a teacher between regional schools, leading the woman to threaten her at gunpoint; Indriani claims the confrontation made her realize that people affected by decisions must be involved in making them. Prior to politics, Indriani was active in academia. She graduated in political science at

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and lectured there for a time, as well as at Bung Karno University and the university of

Muhammadiyah Muhammadiyah (), officially Muhammadiyah Society () is a major Islamic non-governmental organization in Indonesia.A. Jalil HamidTackle the rising cost of living longer New Straits Times, 30 October 2016. Accessed 1 November 2016. The organization ...

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Beautiful Candidate's Regional Head, Ready to Compete in Elections Unison
Beri Tahati, 2 September 2015. Accessed 19 February 2018.

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{{reflist 1977 births Indonesian Sunni Muslims Living people Politicians from South Sulawesi Regents of places in South Sulawesi Women regents of places in Indonesia University of Indonesia alumni Great Indonesia Movement Party politicians Vice regents of places in Indonesia