Durian. Indonesian President Joko Widodo on July 27 in Jakarta has inaugurated Isdianto as Riau Islands governor for the rest of period 2016-21.
The inauguration ceremony was held at State Palace in Central Jakarta and attended by Vice President Ma’ruf Amin and Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian, concerning health protocol on covid-19 pandemic.
Isdianto held the position as acting governor for one year after the previous governor Nurdin Basirun was arrested by investigators from Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in 2019 for receiving gratification in relation with reclamation permit in Piyu Cape in Batam Island.
Basirun is serving his 4 years imprisonment as was decided by an anti-graft court in April 2020.
He was replacing Isdianto’s elder brother H.M. Sani who passed away. After the death of H.M. Sani, coalition of political parties that support H.M. Sani-Nurdin Basirun appointed Isdianto as deputy governor of the province.
Isdianto and his late brother H.M. Sani mark Indonesian history as siblings who become a governor of a province in one period of gubernatorial which is from 2016-21.
