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Mesir Suryadi

Mesir Suryadi (17 February 1943 – 26 January 2023) was an Indonesian politician from West Nusa Tenggara. He was a member of the People's Representative Council from 2004 until 2009. Before being elected to the People's Representative Council, Mesir was a student activist from the Muslim Students' Association and was heavily involved in local politics in West Nusa Tenggara, with his highest office being the province's parliament speaker from 1987 until 1990.

Mesir Suryadi
Member of the People's Representative Council
In office
1 October 2004 – 1 October 2009
ConstituencyWest Nusa Tenggara
Member of the People's Consultative Assembly
In office
1 October 1999 – 1 October 2009
Parliamentary groupRegional Delegates (until 2004)
Golkar (from 2004)
ConstituencyWest Nusa Tenggara
In office
1 October 1987 – 1 February 1991
Parliamentary groupRegional Delegates
ConstituencyWest Nusa Tenggara
Speaker of the West Nusa Tenggara Regional People's Representative Council
In office
1987 – April 1990
Personal details
Born(1943-02-17)17 February 1943
East Lombok, Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies
Died26 January 2023(2023-01-26) (aged 79)
Banten, Indonesia
Political partyGolkar
SpouseEndang Herawati
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Mataram (S.H.)

Early life and education

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Mesir was born on 17 February 1943 in East Lombok, during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies. His father, Abdul Muin, worked as a village head, and his mother, Darwati, was a housewife. He studied at a junior high school in East Lombok from 1956 until 1959 and moved to Mataram to continue his education at a high school from 1959 until 1962.[1]

Upon finishing his secondary education, Mesir attended a teachers' school.[2] After graduating, he began studying law at the University of Mataram in 1964. He was involved in the creation of the West Nusa Tenggara branch of the Muslim Students' Association (HMI), which at that time was established to counter the influence of communist student organisations.[3]

At that time, West Nusa Tenggara experienced a severe food crisis due to the mishandling of droughts by the government. As a leading member of the HMI, Mesir helped organize social services by HMI to provide food to the starving populace and organizing rallies against the incumbent governor, Ruslan Tjakraningrat [id].[4] Ruslan was dismissed from his position in 1966 for failing to handle the starvation[5] and Mesir became HMI's chairman in West Nusa Tenggara the following year.[4]

Mesir was also involved in various student organizations inside the university. He was the commander of the university's student regiment from 1967 until 1971 and a leading member in the province's National Committee of Indonesian Youth and the university's student senate. He graduated from the university with a law degree in 1979.[1]

Career

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Mesir Suryadi during his tenure as Speaker of the West Nusa Tenggara Regional People's Representative Council

Mesir began his career as a teacher during his studies at the University of Mataram. After finishing his law education, Mesir worked at various private companies. He joined Golkar around the same time as his graduation from the university and became a member of the party's multimedia bureau. In the 1982 elections, he was nominated by the party for a seat in the province's regional representative council. He successfully secured a seat and became the deputy speaker. Two years later, he was appointed the deputy chairman of Golkar in West Nusa Tenggara.[6][1]

Mesir was re-elected for a second term in the West Nusa Tenggara Regional People's Representative Council. He became the council's speaker in his second term and also became an ex officio member of the People's Consultative Assembly.[7] However, in early 1990 Mesir was stripped of his membership in the regional people's representative council by Golkar due to alleged "violation of organizational discipline".[8] Mesir was initially given an option of voluntary resignation, but he refused, stating that he would always feel guilty if he did so.[9] Several months later, in 1991 he was dismissed from his ex officio membership in the People's Consultative Assembly.[10] Mesir's reprimand was protested by various organizations in West Nusa Tenggara, including HMI.[7]

Mesir returned to politics following the fall of Suharto's regime in 1998. He returned to his old post of the deputy chairman of Golkar in West Nusa Tenggara and became the chairman of Golkar in West Nusa Tenggara the next year.[1] Mesir was elected as a member of the West Nusa Tenggara Regional People's Representative Council for the third time in the 1999 elections and served briefly before being sent to Jakarta as a regional delegate for West Nusa Tenggara in the People's Consultative Assembly.[1]

In 2003, Mesir was nominated as a candidate for the Governor of West Nusa Tenggara, facing incumbent governor Harun Al-Rasyid and regional parliament speaker Lalu Serinata, with both coming from Golkar. Mesir was defeated by a significant margin by Lalu Serinata.[11] The next year, Mesir was replaced as chairman of Golkar in West Nusa Tenggara by Lalu Serinata.[12] Mesir was viewed by Lalu Serinata's supporters as his political enemy. When Lalu Serinata was arrested for corruption in late 2008, his supporters accused Mesir of orchestrating the arrest and stormed his personal residence.[13][14]

After losing his position within the party's West Nusa Tenggara branch, Mesir was nominated as a member of the People's Representative Council by Golkar in the 2004 elections. He obtained 42,665 votes and obtained a seat in the council.[15] Mesir was seated in the eighth commission of the People's Representative Council, which handles religious and social affairs. He also became a member of the budgeting committee from 2004 until 2007 and the household committee from 2007 until 2009. Mesir was involved in the formulation of various laws, such as the law on state ministries and advisory councils and the law on social welfare.[16]

Mesir retired from politics after his term in the People's Representative Council ended in 2009. In 2011, he became the chairman of West Nusa Tenggara's Indonesian Red Cross Society and served in the position until 2016.[17] He died on 26 January 2023 at the Soekarno–Hatta International Airport during a return trip to West Nusa Tenggara. He was buried the following day.[18]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Suryakusuma, Julia I. (2001). Panduan Parlemen Indonesia. Jakarta: Yayasan API. p. 1108.
  2. ^ Profil dan Program Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR-RI) 2004 – 2009. Jakarta: General Elections Commission. 2009. p. 505.
  3. ^ Sali, Darsono Yusin (2018). Pergulatan HMI di Pulau Seribu Masjid: Sejarah dan Aksi (in Indonesian). Uwais Inspirasi Indonesia. pp. 19–25. ISBN 978-602-5891-46-5.
  4. ^ a b Sali, Darsono Yusin (2018). Pergulatan HMI di Pulau Seribu Masjid: Sejarah dan Aksi (in Indonesian). Uwais Inspirasi Indonesia. pp. 77–80. ISBN 978-602-5891-46-5.
  5. ^ "Indonesians said among Reds caught in Malaysia". The Leader Post. 5 October 1966. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  6. ^ General Elections Institution (1987), Buku Pelengkap IX Pemilihan Umum 1987: Ringkasan Riwayat Hidup dan Riwayat Perjuangan Anggota Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat [Supplement IX of the 1987 General Elections: Summary of Biography and Battle Records of the Members of the People's Consultative Assembly] (in Indonesian), Jakarta, pp. 261–262{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ a b Sali, Darsono Yusin (2018). Pergulatan HMI di Pulau Seribu Masjid: Sejarah dan Aksi (in Indonesian). Uwais Inspirasi Indonesia. pp. 191–193. ISBN 978-602-5891-46-5.
  8. ^ "Redaksi Yth: Kasus Ketua DPRD NTB". Kompas. 17 April 1990. p. 4. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  9. ^ "M Suryadi: Takkan Bikin Surat Mengundurkan Diri". Kompas. 9 April 1990. p. 1. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  10. ^ Tim Penyusun (1992). Buku Kenangan Anggota Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Republik Indonesia 1987–1992 (PDF). Jakarta. pp. 7, 72. Retrieved 11 October 2020.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  11. ^ "Serinata Gubernur NTB Periode 2003-2008". Liputan 6. 22 July 2003. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Musda Golkar Yogyakarta Ricuh". Liputan 6. 7 December 2004. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  13. ^ Hakim, Adhar; Setiawan, Rony (31 October 2008). "Pendukung Mantan Gubernur NTB Mengamuk". Liputan 6. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  14. ^ "Musda Golkar Yogyakarta Ricuh". Liputan 6. 7 December 2004. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  15. ^ "H. Mesir Suryadi, S.H". Viva. 21 October 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  16. ^ Tim Penyusun (2009). "Buku Kenangan Anggota Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Republik Indonesia 2004–2009". Secretariat General of the People's Representative Council. Jakarta. pp. 1046–1047. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  17. ^ Yani, Ahmad (26 January 2023). "H Mesir Suryadi Meninggal Dunia, Diduga Kena Serangan Jantung". Radio Republik Indonesia. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  18. ^ Imansyah, Nur (26 January 2023). "Politisi senior Golkar di NTB H Mesir Suryadi meninggal dunia". Antara News. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
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