Nurul Qomaril Arifin (born 18 July 1966) is an Indonesian actress and politician. She has been a member of the

People's Representative Council The House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia (, DPR-RI or simply DPR) is one of two elected chambers of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the national legislature of Indonesia. It is considered the lower house, while th ...

of Indonesia within the

Golkar The Party of Functional Groups (), often known by its abbreviation Golkar, is a Centre politics, centre to Centre-right politics, centre-right big tent secular nationalist political parties in Indonesia, political party in Indonesia. Founded in ...

faction since 2004.

Personal life

She was born and grew up in

Bandung Bandung is the capital city of the West Java province of Indonesia. Located on the island of Java, the city is the List of Indonesian cities by population, fourth-most populous city and fourth largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta, Surabay ...

, where she finished her schooling in 1985. 15 years later, she started studying in Depok, where she completed a Bachelor and master's degree in political science and social science at the

University of Indonesia The University of Indonesia (UI; ) is a public university in Depok, West Java and Salemba, Jakarta, Indonesia. It is one of the oldest tertiary-level educational institutions in Indonesia (known as the Dutch East Indies when UI was established) ...

. She started acting in 1981 and has starred in Indonesian movies and ''cinetrons'' such as Catatan Si Emon (1991), Kelabang Seribu (1987) and Ketika cinta telah berlalu (1989).

Awards and nominations

Political career

She has been an advocate of AIDS/HIV awareness and equal gender right. Being a social activist and fighting against the under-representation of women in the legislative, she decided the join the Golkar party in 2003. She became a member of the DPR from the

Faction for the period 2004-2009, 2009-2014, 2014–2019 and 2019-2024 for the Electoral District of West Java and currently serves as Deputy Secretary General of the Golkar Party. She is part of the Commission I of People's Representative Council. Two women are among the eleven deputy general chairs of the Golkar for the 2019–2024 term. Hetifah Sjaifudian and Nurul Arifin are the two. She was reelected for a fifth term in 2024 with 63,203 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arifin, Nurul Members of the House of Representatives (Indonesia), 2019 1966 births Living people Golkar politicians Actresses from Bandung Members of the House of Representatives (Indonesia), 2024 Women legislators in Indonesia