Mayor of Bandung explained

Post:Mayor
Body:Bandung
Native Name:Indonesian: Wali Kota Bandung
Insignia:Lambang Kota Bandung.svg
Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of Bandung
Acting:yes
Incumbentsince:20 September 2024
Termlength:5 years
Formation:1906
Inaugural:E.A. Maurenbrecher
Website:www.bandung.go.id

The mayor of Bandung is an elected politician who is responsible of governing the city of Bandung. The first mayor of Bandung was E.A. Maurenbrecher, who governed the city during the Dutch colonisation period from 1906 to 1907. Since then, Bandung has been governed by 29 mayors and 6 vice mayors.[1]

List of mayors of Bandung

Dutch colonisation period

Japanese occupation period

Post-independence period

!No!Portrait!Name!Took office!Left office!Vice mayor !Election
1R.A. Atmadinata17 August 19451 November 1945none
2Sjamsuridjal1 November 19451 March 1947
3Ukar Bratakusumah1 March 19471 December 1949
4R. Enoch1 December 19492 April 1957
5R. Priatna Kusumah2 April 19571966
6R. Didi Djukardi19661968
7R. Hidayat Sukarmadidjaja196811 January 1971
8R Otje Djoendjoenan11 January 197116 January 1976
9Utju Djoenadi16 January 19766 April 1978
10Husen Wangsaatmadja6 April 197816 October 1983
11Ateng Wahyudi16 October 198316 October 1993Matin Burhan
12Wahyu Hamijaya16 October 199316 October 1998E. Soedarsono
13Aa Tarmana16 October 199816 September 2003Vacant
14Dada Rosada16 October 200316 September 2008Jusep Purwasuganda
16 September 200819 August 2013Ayi Vivananda2008
15Ridwan Kamil16 September 20134 September 2018Oded Muhammad Danial2013
16Oded Muhammad Danial20 September 201810 December 2021Yana Mulyana2018
17Yana Mulyana18 April 202215 April 2023Vacant

Acting mayor

In the case of government, a regional head who applies for leave or temporarily resigns from his position with the central government, then the Minister of Home Affairs prepares a replacement who is a bureaucrat in the regional government or even a deputy mayor, including when the mayor's position is in a transition period.

!No!Portrait!Name!Took office!Left office!Mayor
1Steven Anne Reitsma22 May 1920 22 September 1921Bertus Coops
2Ayi Vivananda20 August 201316 September 2013Dada Rosada
3Muhamad Solihin14 February 2018 23 June 2018Ridwan Kamil
4Oded Muhammad Danial4 September 201816 September 2018
5Dadang Supriatna 16 September 201820 September 2018Transition
6Yana Mulyana10 December 202118 April 2022Oded Muhammad Danial
7Ema Sumarna15 April 202320 September 2023Yana Mulyana
8Bambang Tirtoyuliono20 September 202320 September 2024Transition
9A. Koswara20 September 2024Incumbent

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bandung City Government. Official Website. Sekilas Kota Bandung (About Bandung). Indonesian. 2007-01-15.
  2. https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/steven-anne-reitsma-24-wj3kqj ancestry