Career
He worked as a civil servant in Sikka's municipal government,eventually heading the municipal fire service and police unit. He eventually resigned from his civil servant position to run in Sikka's 2018 regency election. [5] He had previously made unsuccessful runs as in the 2008 and 2013 regency elections,as a regent candidate in 2008 and vice-regent candidate in 2013. In 2013,as running mate of 2003–2008 regent Alexander Longginus,Diogo lost at the runoff with 47.5 percent of votes to Yoseph Ansar Rera despite winning the first round. [3]
Diogo ran as an independent candidate in 2018,although he received endorsements from PKB and Hanura. His running mate,Romanus Woga,is a local businessman active in Sikka's cooperatives. [3] His campaign centered around expanding electrical and municipal water coverage in Sikka. [6] In the 2018 election,Diogo won 63,039 votes (40.1 %) in a three-way race,defeating Rera and Longginus. [7] Diogo and Woga were sworn in on 20 September 2018. [8]
As regent,Diogo initiated a higher education scholarship program from the municipal government,allocating Rp 5.7 billion (~USD 400,000) in 2019. [9] He also pushed for a municipal investment into the municipal water company (PDAM),which faced some political opposition, [10] and in 2022 he faced a protest from the PDAM's workers when he appointed its new director. [11] He also promoted the cultivation of vanilla and the use of drip irrigation techniques adopted from Israel. [4] Diogo personally owns a vanilla plantation with around 30 thousand plants as of 2022. [4]
By 2019,Diogo had joined the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle and was elected chairman of its Sikka branch for the 2019–2024 term. [12] He ran for a second term in 2024 with Martinus Wadon as running mate,but they placed third out of four candidates with 35,454 votes (20.9%),with Juventus Prima Yoris Kago winning the election. [13]
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