Helmi Hasan

Helmi Hasan (born 29 November 1979) is an Indonesian politician from the National Mandate Party who is the mayor of the city of Bengkulu. Early life Hasan was born in Lampung on 1979 as the youngest of six children, and he went to high school in East Jakarta. He studied economics at the University of Bengkulu, during which he was involved in the Muslim Students' Association, and he joined the National Mandate Party (PAN). Career By 2004, Hasan had been elected to Bengkulu's City Council. Within PAN, he became the secretary of the provincial office by 2005, and its chairman by 2010. He was further elected into Bengkulu's provincial DPRD following the 2009 legislative election. At the provincial body, he was a deputy speaker. In 2012, Hasan ran for Bengkulu's mayoral election with the support of PAN, Golkar, Gerindra, PNBK and Demokrat. He was elected mayor after defeating the incumbent mayor Ahmad Kanedi by winning 75,058 (51.46%) votes. He was sworn into office on 21 January the following year. He was made a suspect of graft, but his suspect status was dismissed by a court decision in 2015.