Mohammad Ramdhan Pomanto | |
Office: | Mayor of Makassar |
Term Start: | 26 February 2021 |
President: | Joko Widodo |
Governor: | Nurdin Abdullah Sudirman Sulaiman |
Deputy: | Fatmawati Rusdi |
Predecessor: | Rudy Djamaluddin (acting) |
Deputy1: | Syamsu Rizal |
President1: | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Joko Widodo |
Governor1: | Syahrul Yasin Limpo Soni Sumarsono (acting) Nurdin Abdullah |
Term Start1: | 8 May 2014 |
Term End1: | 8 May 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Ilham Arief Sirajuddin |
Successor1: | Iqbal Samad Suhaeb (acting) |
Birth Date: | 30 January 1964 |
Birth Place: | Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia |
Party: | PDI-P |
Otherparty: | Nasdem (until 2023) |
Spouse: | Indira Jusuf Ismail |
Mohammad Ramdhan Pomanto, also known as Danny Pomanto, (born 30 January 1964) is an Indonesian politician who is the mayor of Makassar,[1] [2] the fourth largest extended metropolitan area in Indonesia.
Pomanto is a graduate of the faculty of engineering at Hasanuddin University, where he also served as a lecturer prior to holding office.[3] He has developed over six hundred architectural designs in over seventy cities and regencies.[3] He was elected as Mayor of Makassar following local elections in 2013, where he won 31.18% of the votes (182,484 votes).[4] He tried to run for a second term in the 2018 election, but his candidacy was disputed and he was declared ineligible to run, with his competitor Munafri Arifuddin facing and losing to an empty ballot.[5] [6]
He ran again in 2020 with the support of Nasdem Party and Gerindra Party,[7] and won a second term after securing 41.3% of votes.[8]