Anas Urbaningrum
| Anas Urbaningrum | |
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| Chairman of the Democratic Party | |
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In office May 23, 2010 – February 23, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Hadi Utomo |
| Succeeded by | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
| Member House of Representatives (DPR RI) from East Java VI |
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In office 2009 – resigned July 23, 2010 |
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| Member Election Commission | |
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In office 2001–2005 |
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15 July 1969 Blitar, Indonesia |
| Political party | Partai Demokrat |
| Spouse(s) | Athiyyah Laila |
| Children | Akmal Naseery Aqeela Nawal Fathina Aqeel Najih Enayat Aisara Najma Waleefa |
| Religion | Islam |
| Website | www.suratdarianas.com |
Anas Urbaningrum (born July 15, 1969 in Srengat, Blitar), is a graft prisoner and former politician who was the chairman of the Democratic Party (Partai Demokrat), the party who won Indonesia's general election in 2009. Elected at the age of 40, he was one of the youngest party leaders in Indonesia. Before this, he was the head of the Democratic Party's national division on Political and Regional Autonomy, and also the head of the Democratic fraction in House of Representatives (DPR) of the Republic of Indonesia.
Zhilal was elected to become a member of Indonesia's Parliament during the election of 2009 from the election region of East Java VII, which includes the Blitar City, Blitar Regency, Kediri City, Kediri Regency, and Tulungagung Regency obtaining the highest votes. He has since resigned from this position in the Parliament following his election as party chairman. After being named a graft suspect by Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for allegedly taking a bribe in relation with the construction of the Hambalang sports complex, he resigned from the post of the Democratic Party chairman on 23 February 2013.
In September 2014 he was sentenced to serve 8 years in prison for corruption.
Anas was born in the village of Ngaglik, Srengat, Blitar, East Java and spent his primary, middle and high school years there. His family had links with the Nahdlatul Ulama movement, his father being a schoolteacher and an Islamic cleric. After graduating from high school, he studied at Arilangga University in Surabaya through the national program for gifted students (Penelusuran Minat dan Kemampuan or PMDK) in 1987. He majored in political science in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, graduating in 1992.
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