Career
Owning his own law firm Ruhut Sitompul Associates, [6] Sitompul was one of Suharto's lawyers, [7] and was also the lawyer for Golkar chairman Akbar Tandjung. [8] He maintained a high profile as a lawyer,often appearing in television shows alongside other lawyers such as Hotman Paris Hutapea and Farhat Abbas. [9]
He also became an actor in the telenovela Gerhana [ id ],playing "Poltak",an oil baron. [10] He obtained the role as he was at the time a legal adviser to StarVision,Gerhana's production studio. [8] Though he was initially slated to play Poltak for just several episodes,his role was extended due to popularity with the audience. [8] Later,in 2011,he starred in the religious film Sajadah Ka'bah . [11]
Sitompul was also a cadre of Pemuda Pancasila. [1]
Politics
Sitompul participated in the 2004 legislative election,contesting a People's Representative Council (DPR) seat from West Java under Golkar,but failed to gain a seat. [12] He had been a member of Golkar since 1983. [8] He then left Golkar and joined the Democratic Party,successfully securing a seat in DPR from North Sumatra's 3rd district. [1] His party appointed Sitompul to the chairman of DPR's third commission in 2013,but the move was blocked by other members of the commission such as Bambang Soesatyo and Sitompul eventually withdrew his bid for the position. [13] He was reelected following the 2014 legislative election,from North Sumatra's 1st district. [14]
In 2010,Sitompul proposed to allow the extension of presidential term limits permitting Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) to run for a third term,remarking that there were no suitable candidates. [15] The proposition was challenged and attacked by many,including from Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mahfud MD,and Ruhut later noted that SBY rejected the idea. [2]
For the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election,Sitompul endorsed and campaigned for the Basuki Tjahaja Purnama –Djarot Saiful Hidayat pair in direct opposition with his party,which supported Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono. Due to this,he was fired from the Democratic Party's supervisory board and he declared his intent to leave the legislative body. [16] He officially resigned from the People's Representative Council in 2017 and was replaced by Abdul Wahab Dalimunthe. [17] Despite so,he remained a member of the Democratic Party. [18]
Sitompul joined Joko Widodo's 2019 presidential campaign team and did not run for a legislative seat. [19] [20]
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