Ismet Iskandar (born 2 May 1948) is an Indonesian former politician who served as the regent of

Tangerang Regency Tangerang Regency is a regency of Banten province, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Java. The current regent is Ahmed Zaki Iskandar. Though commonly misunderstood as being a part of Jakarta, Tangerang is actually outside Jakarta City but ...

between 2003 and 2013.

Career

Prior to becoming regent, Iskandar served as municipal secretary under regent

Agus Djunara Agus Djunara (born 2 September 1951) is an Indonesian former politician and military officer, who served as the regent of Tangerang Regency between 1998 and 2003. After the end of his regent tenure, he became involved in a fraud case, and was jaile ...

. Iskandar was elected by Tangerang's municipal council as regent in 2003, with Norodom Soekarno as running mate. He was sworn in as regent on 22 March 2003. During the first term, a number of road construction projects in Tangerang Regency commenced, which connected parts of the regency, including initiating the Serpong–Balaraja Toll Road project. The carving of

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out from the regency occurred during Iskandar's regent term. Early on in his term, Iskandar opposed the carveout, citing that the region was not prepared to be an independent municipality and predicted that it could only occur in the 2010s. Regardless, by 2006 the new municipality had been approved by the regency's legislature. Additionally, in 2005, Iskandar approved plans for a

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project in the Dadap neighborhood, resulting in the intervention by the environmental working group in the

People's Representative Council The People's Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia ( id, Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Republik Indonesia, DPR-RI), also known as the House of Representatives, is one of two elected chambers of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), ...

, and eventually the project was halted. Following the 2008 regency election, Iskandar secured his second term with artist

Rano Karno Rano Karno (born 8 October 1960) is an Indonesian actor and politician. From his acting career he is known for starring in the 1979 film ''Gita Cinta dari SMA''. On 30 October 2011 he was elected Deputy Governor of Banten. He has served as acti ...

now as his deputy. He was succeeded in 2013 by his son,

Ahmed Zaki Iskandar Ahmed Zaki Iskandar (born 14 December 1973) is an Indonesian politician who is currently regent of Tangerang Regency and formerly a member of the People's Representative Council. Early life and education Iskandar was born in Tangerang, then part o ...

. He is a member of

Golkar ) , foundation = , youth = AMPG (Golkar Party Young Force) , women = KPPG (Golkar Party Women's Corps) , newspaper = '' Suara Karya'' (1971–2016) , headquarters = Jakarta , ideology ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iskandar, Ismet 1948 births Living people Regents of Tangerang People from Banten Golkar politicians