Military service
Starting his military service on 13 February 1993,Sunaryanta was part of Kostrad and for a time was a communications officer in Kodam III/Siliwangi. [1] In 2002,he was assigned as adjutant to Ryamizard Ryacudu,at that time Kostrad's commander. Ryacudu became the Indonesian Army's chief of staff that year,and Sunaryanta remained as his adjutant until 2005. Ryacudu would retain Sunaryanta during the former's time as defense minister in 2014–2019,with Sunaryanta being his adjutant in 2014 to 2015 and personal assistant from 2016 to 2019. [3]
In August 2020,Sunaryanta submitted his resignation from military service to run in the regency election for Gunung Kidul. At the time of his resignation,he held the rank of major,and was assigned to clerical duties within the Ministry of Defense. [3] [4]
Gunung Kidul
Sunaryanta ran in the 2020 election with the backing of Golkar and PKB,with Heri Susanto as his running mate. [5] During his registration to run in the regency election,Sunaryanta opted to run 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) from his house to the General Elections Commission office,claiming that it was "a reminder on the importance of sports during a pandemic". [2] The pair won the four-way election with 155,878 votes (33.1%), [6] and were sworn in on 26 February 2021. [7]
During his inaugural speech,Sunaryanta cited tourism development and investment attraction as the priorities of his tenure. [8] His tenure saw the development of community water services to supplement the regional water company,which reached just 25 percent of users. [9] Sunaryanta also required companies investing in Gunung Kidul to have at least 80 percent of workers be from the regency. A notable investment project was a beach club planned by actor-entrepreneur Raffi Ahmad,which was scrapped following popular opposition due to concerns over environmental damage. [10]
In 2024,Sunaryanta attempted to run for a second term,this time with National Mandate Party (PAN) politician Mahmud Ardi Widanto as running mate. The pair was supported by PAN and five other parties without seats in the municipal legislature. [11] In the election,Sunaryanta placed third in the three-way race with 129,716 votes (29.5%),with Endah Subekti Kuntariningsih being elected regent. [12] Kuntariningsih was sworn in to replace Sunaryanta on 20 February 2025. [13] After the ceremonial handover of his office in 3 March 2025,Sunaryanta made another run,measuring 8 kilometres (5.0 mi),from Gunung Kidul's cultural park to his house. [14]
In September 2025,Sunaryanta joined the Indonesian Solidarity Party,along with a number of his 2024 campaign team. At the time of Sunaryanta's joining,the party had no registered branches in Gunung Kidul. [15]
