Dedi Mulyadi

Background

His father, Sahlin Ahmad Suryana is a retired Army soldier young cadre who retired at 28 years old due to the effects by toxins while serving in the Dutch army. His mother, Karsiti was an Indonesian Red Cross activist.

Education

After he graduated from High school he moved to Purwakarta and continued his studies.

Career

At age 37 in 2008 he began serving as Purwakarta"s Regent. Mulyadi"s professional political career began when he was elected as Purwakarta Regional Parliament in 1999-2004 period and served as Chairman of the East Commission. But in 2003, he was elected as Vice Reagant of Purwakarta in 2003-2008 period.

He served as Purwakarta"s Vice Regent (2003-2008).

In 2008, he ran for Purwakarta Regent and became first Purwakarta Regent directly elected by the people. In 2013 he was re-elected.

In 2015 and 2016, Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), a radical-religious Islamist group, has launched several hate crimes, raids and attack against Dedi Mulyadi administration in Purwakarta. FPI accusing the Regent of Purwakarta as a musyrik (polytheist) after he put up statues of Sundanese puppet characters in a number of city parks throughout Purwakarta in West Java.

In December 2015 around a hundred FPI members has done sweeping against the Purwakarta Regent.

FPI members inspected cars passing through the front gate of Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) in Central Jakarta where the Indonesia Theater Federation Award was being held, and trying to stop Purwakarta regent Dedi Mulyadi from attending the event.

Achievements

• He continued his education at Sekolah Tinggi Hukum Purnawarman Purwakarta and achieve his law degree (1999).

Politics

Dedi Mulyadi was Chairman of Human machine interface Purwakarta, STH Purnawarman Purwakarta Student Senate (1994), Vice Chairman of DPC FSPSI (1997), Secretary of Partido Popular (Popular Party) SPTSK KSPSI (1998), Vice Chairman of General Motors FKPPI (2002), Chairman of Personal Computer Pemuda Muslimin Indonesia (2002), Secretary of KAHMI Purwakarta (2002), Chairman of Purwakarta Scout (2005-2015) and Chairman of Purwakarta Golkar Party (2004-2007).