Sihar Pangihutan Hamonangan Sitorus Pane (born 12 July 1968) is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is a member of the

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of the

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, having served since 2019. He took part in the 2018 North Sumatra gubernatorial election as a vice-governor candidate to

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Biography

Sitorus was born in Jakarta on 12 July 1968, and studied there until he graduated from high school in 1987. Afterwards, he earned a bachelor's degree in

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from the

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in 1991, then an

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from

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in 1993. After his studies, he began to work at

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as an accountant until 1995, then for a time at the

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. His later business includes an

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plantation in

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. He also owns

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, a Belgian football club that earned its second ever promotion to the top flight in 2024. In 2018, he ran as the running mate of

for the 2018 North Sumatra gubernatorial election, the pair being defeated by Edy Rahmayadi and

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. He then was elected into the

in the 2019 legislative election, representing North Sumatra's 2nd electoral district. He was reelected for a second term in the 2024 election with 86,341 votes.

References

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