Dimyati Natakusumah | |
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| Vice Governor ofBanten | |
| Assumed office 7 February 2025 | |
| President | Prabowo Subianto |
| Governor | Andra Soni |
| Preceded by | Andika Hazrumy |
| Deputy Speaker of thePeople's Consultative Assembly | |
| In office 4 July 2014 – 1 October 2014 | |
| Speaker | Sidarto Danusubroto |
| Preceded by | Lukman Hakim Saifuddin |
| Member of theHouse of Representatives | |
| In office 1 October 2019 – 1 October 2024 | |
| Constituency | Banten I |
| In office 1 October 2009 – 31 October 2018 | |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Aziz |
| Constituency | Banten 1 I (2009–2014) Jakarta III (2014–2018) |
| 25th Regent ofPandeglang | |
| In office 6 November 2000 – 28 October 2009 | |
| Deputy | Mudjio (2000–2005) Erwan Kurtubi (2005–2009) |
| Preceded by | Yitno |
| Succeeded by | Erwan Kurtubi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Achmad Dimyati Natakusumah (1966-09-17)17 September 1966 (age 59) |
| Political party | PKS (since 2017) |
| Other political affiliations | PPP (until 2017) KIM Plus (2024–present) |
| Spouse | Irna Narulita |
| Alma mater | Esa Unggul University (S.H.) Pasundan University (M.H.) Padjadjaran University (Dr.) University of Indonesia (M.I.P.) |
Achmad Dimyati Natakusumah (born 17 September 1966) is an Indonesian politician who served as a member of theHouse of Representatives between 2009–2018 and 2019–2024. Natakusumah was also the regent ofPandeglang Regency between 2000 and 2009.
Throughout his legislative career, he briefly served as the deputy speaker of thePeople's Consultative Assembly, and had been made a suspect in a bribery case although found not guilty. He was initially part of theUnited Development Party, but he moved to theProsperous Justice Party in late 2017.
Achmad Dimyati Natakusumah was born inTangerang on 17 September 1966. He spent his first twelve years of education inPandeglang, briefly studying inPerth before returning and getting his bachelor's degree in law fromEsa Unggul University. Later, he gained a masters fromPasundan University and a doctorate fromPadjadjaran University – all in law, and a masters in political science from theUniversity of Indonesia.[1]
Natakusumah had a background in business, and he was the head ofWest Java's young entrepreneurs' association (HIPMI) between 1995 and 2000.[1]
In 2000, he was elected as the regent of Pandeglang, with the support ofPDI-P andPPP, the latter of which he was a member of.[2] He was reelected in 2005 for his second term.[3]
While regent, Natakusumah issued a decision which was to mandate the separation of male and female students at high schools, intended to minimize sexual encounters between the teenagers.[4] He also enforced an alcohol ban and funded some free services and public buildings.[5]
He later ran as a legislator in the2009 Indonesian legislative election in Banten's 1st electoral district with theUnited Development Party (PPP) and won a seat,[6] becoming part of its third commission and also holding the post of deputy chairman of its legislation committee.[3][7] Later in 2009, he was arrested by the Banten Attorney for alleged bribery he committed in 2006. He was found not guilty by Pandeglang's State Court in 2010.[8]
In July 2014, Natakusumah was appointed and sworn in as Deputy Speaker for thePeople's Consultative Assembly, replacingLukman Hakim Saifuddin who became the Minister of Religious Affairs.[9]
Natakusumah won reelection in the2014 election, winning 68,353 votes in Jakarta's 3rd electoral district.[10] During a schism in PPP, he sided withDjan Faridz's faction and was named secretary general there, though he moved parties to theProsperous Justice Party (PKS) in late 2017.[11] Due to this, PPP replaced him in the council withAbdul Aziz.[12]
He ran in the2019 legislative election under PKS from Banten's 1st electoral district,[13] and was elected back into the legislature.[14] However, he was not elected in2024.[15]
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Natakusumah is married toIrna Narulita, who also served as regent in Pandeglang and a member of thePeople's Representative Council between 2014 and 2016.[16] Out of the couple's children, three ran in the 2019 legislative election, two of which in the same district as Natakusumah while running from different parties (one from theNasDem Party and one from theDemocratic Party).[1][13]
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