Thoriqul Haq (born 14 December 1977) is an Indonesian politician of the

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who served as the regent of

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, from 2018 to 2023. He had previously represented the regency along with

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in the East Java Regional House of Representatives from 2009 to 2018.

Early life

Thoriqul was born in the village of , in district,

, on 14 December 1977. He was educated in ''

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'' and in Islamic schools in East Java, and graduated from a state-run Islamic school in

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in 1996, moving to

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for undergraduate studies at IAIN Sunan Ampel in

. He would later receive a master's degree in linguistics from Universitas Airlangga and the

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and a doctorate from Brawijaya University.

Career

Running as a

(PKB) candidate in the 2009 legislative election, Thoriqul was elected as a member of the East Java Regional House of Representatives after winning 32,194 votes, and was sworn in on 31 August 2009. He was reelected to a second term in

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to represent Lumajang and

, winning 84,145 votes. In the 2018 regency election, Thoriqul ran for the regency of Lumajang with Indah Amperawati Masdar as his running mate. The pair was supported by PKB and

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, and defeated the incumbent regent in a three-way race after winning 247,555 votes (42.65%) to Malik's 201,324 (34.69%). The pair was sworn in as regent on 24 September 2018. During the

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and subsequent lockdowns, Thoriqul and his deputy donated their salaries to constituents impacted by the lockdowns. He was infected with COVID-19 and was hospitalized. In 2023, responding to a local village's rejection of a church construction, Thoriqul earmarked Rp 1.5 billion (USD 100,000) in municipal funds to build a church and a

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next to each other on municipal land. The houses of worship were transferred to the Pentecostal Church in Indonesia and to the local

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branch respectively in December 2023. Thoriqul's five-year term expired on 24 September 2023, and head of the East Java government human resources unit Indah Wahyuni was appointed to replace him as acting regent. He then was appointed by his party PKB to lead the party's efforts in Anies Baswedan's 2024 presidential campaign in East Java.

Family

Thoriqul married to Musfarina, a fellow alumni of Sunan Ampel, in 2006. The couple has three children as of 2022.

References

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