Career
Arsani became an influential businessman in Bangka Belitung,with interests in shrimp farming,tin mining,hospitals,and schools. His companies are grouped under the Arsani Group. [2] [4] He also founded the daily newspaper Rakyat Pos in 2003. [5] In 2012,he received an award from governor Eko Maulana Ali for contributions to provincial development. [2] He had also served as chairman of the Indonesian Tin Association [6] and the provincial branch of the Indonesian Journalists Association. [2] In 2020,he began cultivating sugar palm plantations in the province. [7]
Politics
In 2013,sitting governor of Bangka Belitung Eko Maulana Ali died in the middle of his term,and when his vice governor Rustam Effendi succeeded him,Arsani was elected by the provincial legislature to become Effendi's vice governor. At the time,he was chairman of Golkar's provincial branch in Bangka Belitung. [8] He was sworn in as vice governor on 12 May 2014. [9] He ran for governor in the 2017 Bangka Belitung Islands gubernatorial election,winning 105,567 votes (19.26%) and placing third out of four candidates with Erzaldi Rosman Djohan being elected governor. [10] He ran for governor again in the 2024 gubernatorial election,defeating incumbent Djohan after winning 299,591 votes (50.77%). [11]
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