Basuki Tjahaja Purnama

In this Chinese Indonesian name, the family name is Purnama (鐘).

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama
鐘萬學
Ahok in 2020
President Commissioner of Pertamina
In office
25 November 2019 – 2 February 2024
DeputyPahala Mansury
Preceded byTanri Abeng
Succeeded bySimon Aloysius Mantiri
12th Governor of Jakarta
In office
19 November 2014 – 9 May 2017[a]
Vice GovernorDjarot Saiful Hidayat
Preceded byJoko Widodo
Succeeded byDjarot Saiful Hidayat
12th Vice Governor of Jakarta
In office
15 October 2012 – 16 October 2014
GovernorJoko Widodo
Preceded byPrijanto
Succeeded byDjarot Saiful Hidayat
3rd Regent of East Belitung
In office
3 August 2005 – 22 December 2006
DeputyKhairul Efendi
Preceded byUsman Saleh
Succeeded byKhairul Efendi
Member of House of Representatives
In office
1 October 2009 – 26 April 2012
Succeeded byAzhar Romli[1]
Parliamentary groupGolkar
ConstituencyBangka Belitung
Personal details
Born
Tjoeng Wan Hok

(1966-06-29) 29 June 1966 (age 58)
Manggar, East Belitung, Indonesia
Political partyPDI-P
Other political
affiliations
Spouses
  • Veronica Tan
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1997; div. 2018)​
  • Puput Nastiti Devi
    ​
    (m. 2019)​
Children5
Parents
  • Indra Tjahaja Purnama (father)
  • Buniarti Ningsih (mother)
RelativesBasuri Tjahaja Purnama (brother)
Alma mater
Occupation
Signature
Websiteahok.org
Nicknames
  • Ahok
  • BTP

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Chinese: 鐘萬學; pinyin: Zhōng Wànxué, Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chûng Van-ho̍k; born 29 June 1966) is an Indonesian businessman, politician, and former governor of Jakarta. He is colloquially known by his Hakka Chinese name, Ahok (Chinese: 阿學). He was the second minority governor of Jakarta with ethnic Chinese ancestry and also of the Evangelical faith, following Henk Ngantung, who was the sole Catholic and ethnic Minahasan governor to hold office from 1964–65.[2][3]

Ahok was a legislator in the Indonesian People's Representative Council (DPR) and Regent of East Belitung.[4] He was elected to the House of Representatives for the 2009–2014 term but resigned in 2012 to run for the deputy governorship of Jakarta, to which he was elected. In November 2014, he became governor of Jakarta, as his predecessor Joko Widodo had become president.[5] Ahead of the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election, Ahok's political rivals aligned themselves with Islamic extremists to exploit religious and racial intolerance, resulting in Ahok being accused of blasphemy in October 2016.[6][7] He then lost the election to former Education Minister Anies Baswedan and was imprisoned for blasphemy.[8][9][10]


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  1. ^ "Azhar Romli Gantikan Ahok di DPR". Tribunnews.com (in Indonesian). 20 March 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  2. ^ Cochrane, Joe (22 November 2014). "An Ethnic Chinese Christian, Breaking Barriers in Indonesia". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Harfenist, Ethan (17 August 2014). "Jakarta Could Be Getting Its First Ethnically Chinese Governor". Vice News.
  4. ^ "Siapa Ahok?" (in Indonesian). 18 March 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Ahok becomes Jakarta governor today". The Jakarta Post. 19 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Can support for the jailed former Jakarta governor bring change in Indonesia's blasphemy law?". The Conversation. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  7. ^ Varagur, Krithika (16 April 2020). "How Saudi Arabia's religious project transformed Indonesia". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  8. ^ Lamb, Kate (12 December 2016). "Jakarta governor Ahok's blasphemy trial". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Ahok concedes defeat, calls on supporters to move on". The Jakarta Post.
  10. ^ Lamb, Kate (9 May 2017). "Jakarta governor Ahok sentenced to two years in prison for blasphemy". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 March 2018.