Himmatul Aliyah | |
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| Member of People's Representative Council | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2019 | |
| Constituency | Jakarta II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 June 1970 Tangerang,West Java,Indonesia |
| Political party | Gerindra |
Himmatul Aliyah (born 11 June 1970) is an Indonesian politician of the Gerindra Party who has served as a member of the People's Representative Council,representing Jakarta's 2nd electoral district,since 2019.
Himmatul was born in Tangerang,then part of West Java,on 11 June 1970. She was educated in state-funded schools there,graduating from high school in 1989. She enrolled at the Syekh Yusuf Islamic University Tangerang ,graduating with a bachelors in public administration in 1996. She later also studied at the University of Indonesia,receiving a masters in communication in 2007. [1]
She began working as a reporter and as a radio talk host after graduating from high school,before later becoming a civil servant at the Ministry of Education and Culture starting in 1997. [1] [2]
Himmatul unsuccessfully ran as a senatorial candidate to represent Banten in the 2014 Indonesian legislative election,receiving 208,296 votes and placing sixth out of 26 candidates. [2] [3] In 2015,she was chairman of the association of Gerindra legislators' spouses. [4] She ran again in the 2019 Indonesian legislative election,this time as a candidate for the People's Representative Council representing Jakarta's 2nd electoral district. She received 92,289 votes,and was elected as the sole Gerindra legislator from the district. [5] She was reelected for a second term in the 2024 election with 94,543 votes. [6]
She is part of the legislature's tenth commission, [7] which covers education,sports,and tourism. [8] She has proposed that contract teachers in Indonesian state schools be given permanent positions as government employees. [7] She has also spoke out against a proposed tax on the educational sector. [9] On curriculum,Himmatul has proposed that religious studies be given more lesson slots. [10]
She is married to Ahmad Muzani,a senior Gerindra politician who had served as the party's secretary-general and as deputy speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly. [11] [12] The couple have four children. [2]