Kamrussamad

In this Indonesian name, there is no family name nor a patronymic.
Kamrussamad
Member of the People's Representative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2019
ConstituencyJakarta III
Personal details
Born (1974-07-20) 20 July 1974 (age 50)
Ma'rang, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Political partyGerindra

Kamrussamad (born 20 July 1974) is an Indonesian politician who has served as a member of the People's Representative Council since 2019. He is part of the Gerindra Party.

Early life

Kamrussamad was born in Ma'rang [id], a district located in South Sulawesi north of the provincial capital of Makassar, on 20 July 1974. He was the fifth of seven children. He moved to Makassar for middle school, and studied industrial engineering at the Indonesian Muslim University [id] in Makassar. He moved to Jakarta in 1999. He later obtained a master's degree in international business from the University of Indonesia.[1]

Career

In 2017, he was elected as the Coordinating President for the Alumni Corps of the Muslim Students' Association.[2] In 2022, he was elected as president of the Alumni Corps' entrepreneurs' association.[3]

Politics

In the 2004 Indonesian legislative election, he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the People's Representative Council (DPR) as a Golkar candidate. In the 2009 election, he ran for a seat at the Regional Representative Council and again did not win a seat. His third failed attempt was in the 2014 election, when he ran for a DPR seat under Gerindra in South Sulawesi's 2nd electoral district.[2] Additionally, he also ran in the 2010 and 2015 regency elections for Pangkajene and Islands Regency, as a regent candidate in 2010 and as a vice-regent candidate in 2015. He received 6.49% of votes in 2010 and 41.78% in 2015, losing in both elections.[4][5] During the 2014 election, Kamrussamad had become chairman of Gerindra's branch in Pangkejene and Islands.[6] He still holds the chairmanship as of 2023.[7]

Kamrussamad ran again as a DPR member in the 2019 election, this time from Jakarta's 3rd electoral district. He won 83,562 votes, the fourth highest in the district and the highest of Gerindra candidates, winning a seat in the legislature.[8] He was sworn in as a legislator on 1 October 2019.[9] Within the council, Kamrussamad is a member of its eleventh commission on finance and banking.[10] He was reelected for a second term in the 2024 election with 70,309 votes.[11]

He has promoted carbon emission trading in Indonesia, citing potential revenues from Indonesian rainforests.[12] He has also supported a ban by the Indonesian Trade Ministry on the import of secondhand clothes.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ "H. Kamrussamad" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Profil Kamrussamad: Koordinator Presidium KAHMI periode 2017-2023". Aktualita.co (in Indonesian). 20 November 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Tantangan Berat Menghadang Ketua Umum HIPKA Kamrussamad". Beritaind (in Indonesian). 17 December 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Lawan Kamrussamad, Ini Jumlah Suara Syamsuddin Hamid di Pilkada 2010". Tribun Timur (in Indonesian). 26 August 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  5. ^ Abidien, Zed (22 December 2015). "Penetapan Ditunda, Calon Bupati Pangkep Unjuk Rasa". Tempo (in Indonesian). Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Pemilu - Kamrussamad : Kalau Tidak Diproses Saya ke Prabowo". Antara News Makassar (in Indonesian). 13 April 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Prabowo Digugat Kader Gerindra Pangkep yang Dipecat ke Pengadilan". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). 6 June 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Ranking Perolehan Suara Caleg DPR Dapil DKI Jakarta III". SINDOnews.com (in Indonesian). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  9. ^ Maharani, Tsarina (1 October 2019). "Nama 575 Anggota DPR 2019-2024 yang Dilantik Hari Ini". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Daftar Anggota Komisi XI". dpr.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Daftar Para Caleg DPR 2024-2029 Terpilih yang Ditetapkan KPU". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). 26 August 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Komisi XI DPR: RI berpotensi raih Rp8.000 triliun dari ekonomi karbon". Antara News (in Indonesian). 11 May 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  13. ^ Rahmawati, Dwi (17 March 2023). "Legislator Bicara 4 Kerugian Impor Baju Bekas, Salah Satunya Gatal-gatal". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  14. ^ "No More Thrifting? Indonesia Slays The Imports of Secondhand Fashion". Liputan6. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.