Fauzi Bowo
| Fauzi Bowo | |
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| 14th Governor of Jakarta | |
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In office 7 October 2007 – 7 October 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Sutiyoso |
| Succeeded by | Joko Widodo |
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10 April 1948 (age 68) Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Spouse(s) | Sri Hartati Bowo |
| Religion | Islam |
Fauzi Bowo (born 10 April 1948 in Jakarta, Indonesia) is an Indonesian politician and diplomat who is the current Indonesian Ambassador to Germany. He was the governor of Jakarta between 2007 and 2012 and previously served as deputy governor.
He has worked for the Jakarta administration since 1987 and was treasurer of the Golkar organization from 1993 to 1997. On 8 August 2007 he was elected governor of Jakarta (2007–2012), beating his only rival Adang Daradjatun 57.9% to 42.1% in the first ever election for the post. He was inaugurated on 7 October 2007. Having run a for second term as governor in the 2012 gubernatorial election, he was defeated on 20 September 2012 after a second-round runoff by Joko Widodo.
Fauzi Bowo, known as "Foke" to many Jakartans, was born in Jakarta to a wealthy landowning family. His father, Djohari bin Adiputro, was from Malang, East Java, and his mother, Nuraini binti Abdul Manaf, from Jakarta. After high school at Canisius College in Jakarta, Fauzi studied at the architecture faculty at the University of Indonesia from 1966 to 1967. There, he was involved in the Indonesian Students Action Front (KAMI), an organization established to counter the communist-influenced Indonesian Student Union. In 1968 he won a scholarship to study in West Germany, where he was a student of town planning at the Technical University at Brunswick, graduating in 1976. While in Germany he was active in the Indonesian Students Association. In 2000, he completed a doctoral degree Doktor Ingenieur from University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Two years after graduating, in 1979 Fauzi was appointed acting head of the Jakarta Regional Bureau, eventually being promoted as regional secretary in 1998. He served as treasurer to the government Golkar organization from 1983 to 1997. In 2002 he expressed his intention to stand for the governor of Jakarta, which at the time was chosen by the regional administration. However, he was persuaded to stand aside and become deputy governor to Sutiyoso.
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