Ratu Atut Chosiyah
| Ratu Atut Chosiyah | |
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| 3rd Governor of Banten | |
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In office 11 January 2007 – 9 May 2014 |
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| President | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
| Deputy | Mohammad Masduki First period Rano Karno Second period |
| Preceded by | Herself (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Rano Karno (acting) |
| Governor of Banten Acting |
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In office 20 October 2005 – 10 January 2007 |
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| President | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
| Preceded by | Djoko Munandar |
| Succeeded by | Herself (acting) |
| 1st Deputy Governor of Banten | |
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In office 11 January 2002 – 11 October 2005 |
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| President | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
| Governor | Djoko Munandar |
| Preceded by | Established |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Masduki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 May 1962 Ciomas, Serang, Banten |
| Political party | Golongan Karya |
| Spouse(s) | Hikmat Tomet |
| Children | Andika Hazrumy Andiara Aprilia Hikmat Ananda Triana Salichan |
| Religion | Islam |
Ratu Atut Chosiyah (born Ciomas, Serang, Banten, 16 May 1962) is a former governor of the province of Banten, Indonesia. She was suspended from office in 2014 because of a corruption case. She held office for several terms. Before her election as governor in 2006, she was the deputy governor under Djoko Munandar started from January, 11st 2002. Djoko involved in a corruption case and was suspended from office in October 2005. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed Ratu Atut as the acting governor to take over Djoko's administrative duties and she later became governor. She thus became the first female governor in Indonesia. In May 2014, she was formally charged by the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission for alleged corruption. In early September 2014, she was sentenced to a four-year term of imprisonment on the charges brought by the Commission against her.
Atut firstly took office as deputy governor under governor Djoko Munandar in 2002 making her the first woman deputy governor in Indonesia. In 2005 Djoko Munandar was removed from office for corruption. Atut was sworn in as acting governor until Djoko's term ended in January 2007.
As caretaker governor, she was responsible for the preparations for the 2006 provincial election. She decided to nominate and select Mohammad Masduki as her running mate in the deputy governor (wakil gubernur) slot. She won the election held on November, 26th 2006 and became governor for the period of 2006–2011. She was sworn into office along with her deputy governor, Mohammad Masduki, by the minister of interior Muhammad Ma'ruf on January, 11st 2007.
As governor, Ratu Atut was active in building links between political and business circles in Banten. She supported plans for large investments to expand the Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport located within Banten province. She also involved the Banten government in active support for the proposed Sunda Strait Bridge mega project which would have been likely to cost over $US 20 billion if plans for the construction of the bridge had gone ahead.
Ratu Atut stood for election again in the 2011 provincial elections with Rano Karno as her running mate for deputy governor. She was supported by two of the largest political parties in Indonesia, Golkar and the PDI-P (Partai Demokrat Indonesia-Perjuangan), and won the election comfortably with 49.6% of the vote. Initially, the vote was challenged by the losing candidates. However, in November 2011 the Constitutional Court rejected the challenges clearing the way for Ratu Atut to become governor of Banten for a second time. She was sworn into office for a five-year term 2012–2017 by minister of the interior Gamawan Fauzi on 11 January 2012.
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