Anas Urbaningrum | |
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2nd Chairman of Nusantara Awakening Party | |
Assumed office 14 July 2023 | |
Preceded by | I Gede Pasek Suardika |
3rd Chairman of the Democratic Party | |
In office 23 May 2010 – 23 February 2013 | |
Preceded by | Hadi Utomo |
Succeeded by | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
Member of the House of Representatives of Indonesia (DPR-RI) from East Java VI | |
In office 2009 – resigned 23 July 2010 | |
Member, Election Commission | |
In office 2001–2005 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Blitar, Indonesia | 15 July 1969
Political party | Nusantara Awakening Party (since 2023) Democratic Party (former) |
Spouse | Athiyyah Laila |
Children | Akmal Naseery Aqeela Nawal Fathina Aqeel Najih Enayat Aisara Najma Waleefa |
Website | www.suratdarianas.com |
Anas Urbaningrum (born 15 July 1969) is an Indonesian politician who is the chairman of the Nusantara Awakening Party. He was the chairman of the Democratic Party (Partai Demokrat),[1] the party who won Indonesia's general election in 2009, between 2010 and 2013. Elected at the age of 40, he was one of the youngest party leaders in Indonesia. Before this, he was the head of the Democratic Party's national division on Political and Regional Autonomy, and also the head of the Democratic fraction in House of Representatives (DPR) of the Republic of Indonesia.
Anas was elected to become a member of Indonesia's Parliament during the election of 2009 from the election region of East Java VII, which includes the Blitar City, Blitar Regency, Kediri City, Kediri Regency, and Tulungagung Regency obtaining the highest votes. He has since resigned from this position in the Parliament following his election as party chairman. After being named a graft suspect by Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for allegedly taking a bribe in relation with the construction of the Hambalang sports complex, he resigned from the post of the Democratic Party chairman on 23 February 2013.
In September 2014 he was sentenced to 8 years in prison for corruption. He was released on 10 July 2023.