Isyana Bagoes Oka

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Isyana Bagoes Oka
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Born (1980-09-13) September 13, 1980 (age 43)
Occupation(s)Journalist and politician
Political party Indonesian Solidarity Party

Ratu Ayu Isyana Bagoes Oka (born September 13, 1980) is an Indonesian news presenter and a founding leader of the Indonesian Solidarity Party.

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Early life and education

Isyana Bagoes Oka was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 1980. [1] [2] [3] She studied international relations at the University of Indonesia. [1] [2] While a student, she began working as a model, winning the Readers' Choice award in the 2000 edition of Femina magazine's annual modeling contest. [4]

Career

Journalism

Isyana began her career as a journalist in 2003, when she was hired as a reporter for Trans TV. [1] [5] About a year later, she moved to TV7, now known as Trans7, where she worked as both a reporter and a news presenter. [1] Then, in 2007, she was hired by RCTI as a presenter and producer of the Seputar Indonesia. [1] [2] In 2013, she left RCTI to freelance, contributing to Metro TV, Sindo TV (now iNews), Kompas TV, Fox Sports Asia, and others. [3] [5]

In her time as a reporter and presenter, she covered various events including the Aceh tsunami, the 2005 Bali bombings, and the 2008 United States presidential election. [1] [3] She was also assigned to cover the executive branch during the presidency of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. [3] Past interviewees include U.S. President George W. Bush, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and sports figures Pep Guardiola, Cesc Fàbregas, Robert Pires, and Javier Zanetti. [6]

Politics

In 2014, Isyana joined other young people, including Grace Natalie and Raja Juli Antoni, to found the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI). [7] [8] [9] The following year, she formally ended her journalism career and began pursuing politics as a chair of the PSI's Central Leadership Council. [5] [10] She cited as inspiration her grandmother Gedong Bagus Oka, a Hindu reformer who once served in the People's Consultative Assembly. [5]

In the 2019 Indonesian general election, Isyana joined the campaign team for the incumbent president, Joko Widodo. [11] As a PSI representative, she also ran for a seat in the House of Representatives for the Banten III district, receiving 48,819 personal votes. [3] [12] However, her party did not reach the 4 percent threshold necessary to enter parliament. [3] She ran again in the same district in 2024, earning 78,140 votes, but her party again was unable to enter parliament. [13]

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