Career
After graduating from Tadulako,Said entered business,particularly in cocoa bean production and in real estate. [1] He would also lecture at Tadulako's politics and social science faculty. [2]
In the 1980s,he joined Golkar,and in 1992 he was appointed as a regional representative for Central Sulawesi to the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR). He remained a member until 2004,when amendments to the Constitution of Indonesia removed regional representative seats in the MPR. Said instead ran for a Central Sulawesi seat in the House of Representatives (DPR;a constituent of MPR) in the legislative election that year,and was elected. [1] He was reelected for a second DPR term in 2009 with 87,412 votes, [3] a third term in 2014 with 131,508 votes, [4] a fourth in 2019 with 94,779 votes, [5] and a fifth with 154,301 votes in 2024. [6]
In his 2019–2024 and 2024–2029 terms,Said was appointed deputy chairman of DPR's budget commission. [7] [8] He has also been part of the DPR Fifth and Eleventh Commissions. [1] As of 2024,he was the longest-serving incumbent national legislator in Indonesia. [2] [9] [a] Kompas in 2024 compared the length of his tenure at MPR and DPR with the presidency of Suharto,which lasted 32 years. [10]
Said in his 2014–2019 term led the creation of a Construction Services law,which regulated a minimum standard of payment for construction workers, [11] and also pushed for a water resources law which regulated private water usage. [12] In 2021,he voiced his concern over the growth in cryptocurrency transactions in Indonesia,citing associated illegal activities. [13]
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