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Setya Novanto

Setya Novanto

1955

Nationality
Indonesia
Occupation
politician

Setya Novanto (born 12 November 1955), colloquially referred to as Setnov, is an Indonesian former politician, presently serving a 15 year prison sentence for corruption.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Sukamiskin prison
    Dates unknown

Biography

Setya Novanto (born 12 November 1955), colloquially referred to as Setnov, is an Indonesian former politician, presently serving a 15 year prison sentence for corruption. He was chairman of Golkar Party and speaker of the People's Representative Council (Indonesian: Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, DPR) until his arrest in 2017 for corruption. Born in Bandung, he entered politics in 1998 after a business career and became a member of the People's Representative Council following the 1999 general election. After he was re-elected for a third time in the 2014 general election, won by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, he was appointed DPR (Parliament) Speaker by the majority opposition coalition. In 1998, Setya became vice-treasurer of Golkar's central organization, and the following year was elected to the People's Representative Council, beginning his political career. However, his political career was plagued by corruption scandals. He resigned as DPR speaker in late 2015 amid an ethics investigation, but the following year, he was appointed chairman of Golkar, switched the party's allegiance to the governing coalition, and was reappointed DPR speaker in November 2016. Despite facing multiple allegations of corruption, he did not face trial until his implication in the embezzlement of funds from a national electronic ID card program. Following his arrest by the Corruption Eradication Commission in November 2017, he resigned as DPR speaker for a second time and was later removed as Golkar chairman. He was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in April 2018. Since then, he has often left jail, purportedly for medical examinations, although he was once spotted at a shopping center.

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