Fadel Muhammad Alhaddar is a senator for the Regional Representative Council and was appointed as governor of the then-newest Indonesian province,Gorontalo,from 2001–2006. In 2006,he won the first Gorontalo gubernatorial election,making him governor until 2011. From 22 October 2009 –19 October 2011,he was the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's cabinet.
Awang Faroek Ishak is an Indonesian politician who was the Governor of East Kalimantan,Indonesia. Awang Faroek assumed office in December 2008. Originally,his tenure ended in December 2018,but he resigned on 4 September 2018 because he wanted to run in the 2019 Legislative Election competing for a seat in the People's Representative Council from East Kalimantan and then got elected.
The 2018 Riau gubernatorial election took place on 27 June 2018 as part of the simultaneous local elections. It was held to elect the governor of Riau along with their deputy,whilst members of the provincial council will be re-elected in 2019.
Ali Mazi is an Indonesian lawyer and politician who is the governor of Southeast Sulawesi.
Hadi Mulyadi is an Indonesian politician who is the vice governor of East Kalimantan. Previously,he had served as a member of both the provincial council and the People's Representative Council.
I Wayan Koster is an Indonesian politician who is the 10th governor of Bali. Before becoming governor,he was a member of the People's Representative Council representing the province.
Zulkieflimansyah is an Indonesian politician and academician who is the current Governor of West Nusa Tenggara,serving for the term 2018-2023. Before being elected as governor,he had been elected to the People's Representative Council thrice.
Soni Sumarsono is an Indonesian civil servant who was the Director-General of Regional Autonomy in the Ministry of Home Affairs. As part of his position,he has become acting governors for the provinces of South Sulawesi,Jakarta and North Sulawesi.
Kaharuddin Nasution was an Indonesian military official,diplomat,and former Governor of Riau from 1960 to 1966 and Governor of North Sumatra from 1983 to 1988.
Ansar Ahmad is an Indonesian politician who served as the governor of Riau Islands following the 2020 gubernatorial election. He had previously served as a member of the People's Representative Council,and before that he served 10 years as regent of Bintan Regency.
Sodjuangon Situmorang is an Indonesian bureaucrat who worked in the Department of Internal Affairs and briefly in the office of the Coordinating Minister for Political,Legal,and Security Affairs as a deputy. Sodjuangan also held office as the acting governor of Central Kalimantan in 2005 and Papua in 2006.
Nova Iriansyah is an Indonesian architect and politician who has served as the Governor of Aceh,Indonesia since 2020,although he had served as acting governor since 2018. Before becoming governor,he was deputy governor in 2017–2018,and served in the People's Representative Council between 2009 and 2014.
Syamsuar is an Indonesian politician who is the Governor of Riau between 2019 and 2023,and had previously served as Regent of Siak Regency between 2011 and 2019.
Wan Thamrin Hasyim is an Indonesian politician who served as the governor of Riau between December 2018 and February 2019. Previously,he served as Vice Governor between 2017 and 2018,and was the first regent of Rokan Hilir Regency between 2001 and 2006.
Andi Sudirman Sulaiman is an Indonesian politician who currently serves as the Governor of South Sulawesi. He had been elected as Vice Governor in 2018 and was elevated to acting governor when governor Nurdin Abdullah was arrested.
Pekanbaru United Football Club is an Indonesian football club based in Pekanbaru,Riau. They currently compete in the Liga 3.
Annas Maamun is an Indonesian former politician presently imprisoned for corruption who served as governor of Riau between February and September 2014. He was previously the regent of Rokan Hilir Regency between 2006 and 2014. His term as governor was ended by a corruption scandal,which led to him being imprisoned for six years. After his release in 2020,he was once more arrested for a bribery case from his time as governor,and sentenced to another year in prison in 2022.
Rusli Zainal is an Indonesian former politician convicted of corruption who served two terms as Governor of Riau between 2003 and 2013. He was also previously regent of Indragiri Hilir Regency. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2014,later reduced to 10 years,and was released on parole in 2022.
Wan Abubakar is an Indonesian politician who was a member of the People's Representative Council between 2009 and 2014. He also briefly served as governor of Riau in 2008. He served as the vice governor to Rusli Zainal since 2003,and when Zainal resigned in July 2008,Abubakar was elevated to governor for the rest of his term.
Ismail Suko was an Indonesian politician and civil servant. He served as a member of the People's Representative Council from 1987 to 1992,after previously serving in the provincial legislature and civil service of Riau. He had been elected as governor by legislature vote in 1985,but was forced to resign in favor of the government-selected candidate Imam Munandar.
