Rahmat Mirzani Djausal (born 18 March 1980) is an Indonesian businessman and politician of the

Gerindra Party The Great Indonesia Movement Party (), better known as the Gerindra Party, is a nationalist, right-wing populist political party in Indonesia. Since 2014, it has been the third-largest party in the House of Representatives (DPR), having won 86 s ...

who is the governor of

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, taking office in February 2025. He had previously served one term between 2019 and 2024 in the Lampung Regional House of Representatives.

Early life and education

Rahmat Mirzani Djausal was born on 18 March 1980 in the town of Kota Bumi, in North Lampung Regency of Lampung. Rahmat is the son of Faisol Djausal, a Lampung-based construction businessman. He completed middle school in Kota Bumi, and then high school in Tanjung Karang. He then studied

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at Trisakti University in Jakarta, graduating in 2005. He would later obtain a master's in management from Lampung University in 2012.

Political career

After graduating from Trisakti, Djausal worked at his father's company. By 2018, he had joined

Gerindra The Great Indonesia Movement Party (), better known as the Gerindra Party, is a nationalist, right-wing populist political party in Indonesia. Since 2014, it has been the third-largest party in the House of Representatives (DPR), having won 86 s ...

, becoming the party's campaign leader in

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. He had also been chairman of the provincial branches of and the . He ran for a seat in the Lampung Regional House of Representatives in the 2019 legislative election and won a seat after securing 14,418 votes. In 2022, he became chairman of Gerindra's Lampung branch. He was reelected for a second term in 2024, but did not take office as he ran in the gubernatorial election that year. In the 2024 gubernatorial election, Djausal ran against incumbent governor Arinal Djunaidi, with

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Jihan Nurlela as running mate. The pair won with 3,300,681 votes (82.7%) and secured the most votes in all 15 regencies and cities within the province.

Personal life

He is married to Purnama Wulan Sari, and the couple has three children. Between 2012 and 2022, he chaired the All-Indonesian Baseball and Softball Association's Lampung branch.

References

{{Current governors of Indonesian provinces Living people Governors of Lampung 1980 births People from Lampung Indonesian Muslims Great Indonesia Movement Party politicians Members of Provincial Regional Houses of Representatives in Indonesia Trisakti University alumni Lampung University alumni