Asip Kholbihi | |
Office: | Regent of Pekalongan |
Term Start: | 27 June 2016 |
Term End: | 27 June 2021 |
Predecessor: | Amat Antono |
Successor: | Fadia A. Rafiq |
Office1: | Member of Central Java Provincial Council |
Term Start1: | 2014 |
Term End1: | 2016 |
Office2: | Speaker of Pekalongan Regency Council |
Term Start2: | 2004 |
Term End2: | 2014 |
Office3: | Member of Pekalongan Regency Council |
Term Start3: | 2004 |
Term End3: | 2014 |
Birth Date: | 1 February 1966 |
Birth Place: | Banjarnegara, Central Java, Indonesia |
Asip Kholbihi (born 1 February 1966) is an Indonesian politician who served as regent of Pekalongan Regency, Central Java from 2016 to 2021. He was elected as regent in 2015.
Asip Kholbihi was born in Banjarnegara on 1 February 1966. He had graduated from University of Pekalongan and later on getting a masters from Diponegoro University. Prior to becoming regent, he had served two terms in Pekalongan Regency Council as its speaker and was elected in 2014 to Central Java Provincial Council.[1]
He participated in Pekalongan's 2015 local election with Ariani Antono, wife of the previous regent Amat Antono, as running mate.[2] The couple won with 250,523 votes, and the Constitutional Court of Indonesia upheld their win following a lawsuit by their competitor.[3] The pair was sworn in on 27 June 2016.[4]
While regent, he visited Moscow to promote Pekalongan's batik crafts.[5] During his term, the regency's government set up a 1,600-hectare industrial zone, centered on textiles.[6] [7] He also launched a program granting benefits to schoolchildren from low-income families.[8]