Bambang Suryadi Explained

Bambang Suryadi
Office:Member of the People's Representative Council
Term Start:1 October 2019
Term End:4 January 2021
Constituency:Lampung II (Lampung Timur, Lampung Tengah, Lampung Utara, Way Kanan, Tulangbawang, Mesuji, Tulang Bawang Barat)
Office2:Member of Lampung Regional People's Representative Council
Term Start2:1 September 2014
Term End2:2 September 2019
Constituency2:Lampung 7
Office3:Member of Central Lampung Regional People's Representative Council
Term Start3:2004
Term End3:2014
Birth Date:1 October 1968
Birth Place:Blitar, East Java, Indonesia
Death Place:Jakarta, Indonesia
Death Cause:COVID-19
Party:Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle
Education:Tulang Bawang University (S.H.)
Lampung University (M.H.)

Bambang Suryadi, also known by his nickname Basur[1] (1 October 1968 – 4 January 2021) was an Indonesian politician from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle who served as a member of the Central Lampung Regional People's Representative Council from 2004 until 2014, Member of the Lampung Regional People's Representative Council from 2014 until 2019, and Member of the People's Representative Council from 2019 until his death.

Early life and education

Bambang Suryadi was born on 1 October 1968, in Blitar, East Java. Bambang began his education at the Sumberdiren Garun State Elementary School in 1975 and finished in 1981. He continued his studies at the State Catholic Junior High School Number 1 in Blitar from 1981 until 1984 and at the Taman Siswa High School in Blitar from 1984 until 1987.[2]

In 2008, whilst still serving in the Central Lampung Regional People's Representative Council, Bambang enrolled at the Law Faculty of the Tulang Bawang University and graduated with a law degree (S.H.) three years later. In the same year after he graduated from the university, he enrolled at the Lampung University to pursue a law magister and graduated in 2015.

In 2018, Bambang enrolled at the Lampung University to pursue a doctorate degree in law. He became a doctoral candidate after finishing a prerequisite test on 23 September 2019. However, his death in January 2021 prevented him from graduating with a doctorate degree. Bambang stated in a 2019 interview that he would have obtained his doctorate degree in March 2021, a year and a half after the prerequisite test.

Political career

In the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle

Bambang joined the party in 1999 when he became the chairman of the party's branch in Bandar Jaya district until 2002. In the same year, he was appointed the secretary of the Central Lampung branch of the party. He became the chairman of the Central Lampung branch of the party for two terms, from 2005 until 2010 and from 2010 until 2015.

Parliamentary career

Bambang began his career in lawmaking when he was elected to the Central Lampung Regional People's Representative Council in the 2004 Indonesian legislative election. He was subsequently elected for a second term in the next election. After his second term ended, Bambang ran as a candidate for the Lampung Regional People's Representative Council from the Lampung 7 electoral district in the 2014 Indonesian legislative election. He obtained 31,414 in the election; the most of any candidate in the district.[3] He ended his term in the council five years later on 2 September 2019.[4]

Bambang ran again as a candidate for the People's Representative Council from the Lampung II electoral district, which covers Lampung Timur, Lampung Tengah, Lampung Utara, Way Kanan, Tulangbawang, Mesuji, and Tulang Bawang Barat.[5] He obtained 86,875 votes in the election and won a seat for the council. Bambang was seated in the Commission V of the council, which handles infrastructure, transportation, disadvantaged areas, transmigration, meteorology, climatology, geophysics, and search and rescue.[6]

Personal life

Bambang was married to Dahlia Afriani. The couple has five children.

Death

Bambang died from COVID-19 at 03.40 in Fatmawati Hospital, Jakarta, on 4 January 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia.[7]

He was buried in Nambahdadi Village, Central Lampung, at 15.30. His funeral procession was attended by 50 people, including the Regent of Central Lampung Loekman Djoyosoemarto, in compliance with COVID-19 prevention guidelines. When his body was about to be buried, mourners sang the hymn of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle. After his body was lowered to the ground, gravediggers put the flag of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, and Bambang was buried with the flag above him.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Muzzamil. 5 January 2021. Rekam Takzim Berpulangnya Politisi Tersohor Kandidat Doktor, Bambang Suryadi – Suluh.co. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210114091816/https://suluh.co/rekam-takzim-berpulangnya-politisi-tersohor-kandidat-doktor-bambang-suryadi/. 14 January 2021. 12 January 2021. id-ID.
  2. Web site: RI. Setjen DPR. Anggota DPR RI - Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat. 12 January 2021. www.dpr.go.id. id.
  3. Web site: 85 Anggota DPRD Lampung Terpilih Dilantik Hari Ini. 12 January 2021. Tribun Lampung. id-ID.
  4. Web site: developer. lampost co. 2 September 2019. 85 Anggota DPRD Lampung Resmi Dilantik, Ini Daftarnya. 12 January 2021. lampost.co. id.
  5. Web site: General Election Commission. 1 September 2018. Daftar Calon Sementara Anggota Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Pemilihan Umum Tahun 2019. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210114150719/https://www.kpu.go.id/koleksigambar/DCS-1802-LAMPUNG_II.pdf. 14 January 2021. 2 February 2021.
  6. Web site: Anggota DPR - Bambang Suryadi - JejakParlemen. 12 January 2021. www.jejakparlemen.com.
  7. Web site: Chaterine. Rahel Narda. Anggota DPR F-PDIP Bambang Suryadi Meninggal Dunia. 12 January 2021. detiknews. id-ID.
  8. Web site: 4 January 2021. Pemakaman Bambang Suryadi: Istri Histeris "Itu Bukan Bapak kan, Bapak Masih Dirawat kan...". 12 January 2021. Haluan Lampung. id-ID.