Sufmi Dasco Ahmad | |
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| Second Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2024 | |
| Speaker | Puan Maharani |
| Member of the Indonesia House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2014 | |
| Constituency | Banten III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 October 1967 Bandung,West Java,Indonesia |
| Spouse | Raden Euis Handayani |
| Children | 2 |
Sufmi Dasco Ahmad (born 7 October 1967) is an Indonesian politician and businessman. He currently serves as a Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Ahmad was born on 7 October 1967 in Bandung,West Java,as the son of Ahmad Dakyan Suud (died 2024). [1] He has a brother,Eko Harsa Prihatin Suud and Irwan Suwandi,and a sister,Syuastri Reda.[ citation needed ] Ahmad completed elementary school in Palembang,middle school in Jakarta,and high school in Manado. [1] After graduating from high school,he enrolled in the engineering department of Pancasila University,studying electrical engineering. [1] Ahmad obtained a bachelor's degree from there in 1993,and he later studied law in several other universities,namely Jakarta University,Jakarta Islamic University,and Bandung Islamic University,respectively. [2] [1]
Ahmad is married to Raden Euis Handayani and has had a son,Al Rafie Putra Rico Suud (born 2005) and a daughter,Dinda Ghania Althafunnisa (born 2009). [1]
After working for some time,Ahmad had done some business with Fadli Zon,and from this connection,he entered politics. Ahmad became a founding member of the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra),and in 2008 he was appointed as the chairman of its central committee. [3] Following the 2014 elections,Ahmad was elected into the People's Representative Council,representing the Banten III electoral district with 56,323 votes. [4] In his first term,he was part of the council's third commission on law,human rights,and security, [3] in addition to chairing the body's ethics council. [5] Within Gerindra,he later became a deputy chairman. [6]
In October 2017,Ahmad accused the Indonesian Police of bias against Gerindra. [7] He also stated that communism in Indonesia had the potential to "revive and spread overseas". [8]
Ahmad was reelected to the council from the same district with 99,002 votes following the 2019 elections, [4] and he was appointed one of the body's deputy speakers. [9] He was reelected in 2024 with 119,692 votes. [10]
He is a professor at Pakuan University. [11] In 2024,Tempo magazine reported that he "earned his professorship without fulfilling the 10-year teaching requirement,while his papers were published in journals that were either discontinued or not indexed by Scopus." [12]
Indonesia 
Star of Mahaputera (2nd Class) (Indonesian : Bintang Mahaputera Adipradana ) (14 august 2024) [13]