Eriko Sotarduga | |
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Member of People's Representative Council | |
Assumed office 1 October 2009 | |
Constituency | Jakarta II |
Personal details | |
Born | Medan,North Sumatra,Indonesia | 10 April 1969
Political party | PDI-P |
Alma mater | Trisakti University |
Eriko Sotarduga Binsar Pahalatua Sitorus [1] (born 10 April 1969) is an Indonesian politician of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) who has served as a member of the People's Representative Council since 2009,representing Jakarta's 2nd electoral district.
Eriko Sotarduga was born in Medan,North Sumatra on 10 April 1969. [2] He is of Batak descent. [3] After completing high school in Medan,he moved to Jakarta where he studied at Trisakti University,obtaining a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1993. [2] [4]
Eriko is a businessman,with his businesses including oil palm plantations in Riau and in Kalimantan,gas stations,and automobile workshops. [5] He joined the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) in 1999,and became an organizer of PDI-P's youth arm Banteng Muda Indonesia . [2] By 2010,he had moved to the main party,becoming deputy secretary general in 2010. [4]
He was first elected into the People's Representative Council to represent Jakarta's 2nd electoral district following the 2009 election,securing 37,067 votes. [2] Running for reelection in 2014,Eriko established a "Kampung Pemilu" (Election Village) camp in front of party chairman Megawati Sukarnoputri's home in South Jakarta,which provided free haircuts and motorbike repair for locals. [6] He ran similar setups in six subdistricts in Jakarta. [5] Additionally,Eriko also funded mosquito fogging activities. According to Eriko,this allowed him to meet some 1,000 people in his constituency during the three-hour period of the fogging,when residents would remain outdoors. [5] He was reelected for a second term in 2014, [7] and for a third term in 2019 with 104,468 votes. [8] Additionally,he was a spokesperson in Joko Widodo's 2019 campaign team. [9]
Within the legislature,he has been part of the fifth,sixth,and eleventh commissions. [4] [10] As part of the eleventh commission (covering finance and financial institutions),Eriko has proposed in 2020 that the Financial Services Authority be disbanded and its powers transferred to the central bank,citing a number of insurance and banking scandals. [11] In January 2023,he also proposed that the government-owned Bank Rakyat Indonesia acquire all regional development banks,citing the need to provide improved technology and strengthen the capital base of the regional banks. [12]
He is a Christian,and is married to Roslina T. Nainggolan. The couple has three children. [2]
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