Supian Suri
Indonesian politician (born 1975)
Supian Suri (born 27 February 1975) is an Indonesian politician of the Gerindra Party and bureaucrat who is the mayor of Depok, West Java, serving since February 2025. He was previously regional secretary of the city in 2021–2024.
Early life
Supian Suri was born on 27 February 1975 at the village of Kalimulya, today part of Depok but then within Bogor Regency, to Mohammad Ali and Lani Nihayati. Ali was the village head of Kalimulya from 1977 and 1995. After completing elementary school at Kalimulya in 1989, Supian completed middle school in Cibinong and high school in Bogor. He then studied at the Institute of Domestic Governance in Sumedang, receiving a diploma in 1999 and a bachelor's in local government finances in 2002.
Career
Supian began to work for the municipal government of Bekasi in 1999. In 2000, due to a request from his father, Supian moved to Depok's municipal government, and he became an adjutant to the city's vice-mayor. Within Depok's city government, he would become head of several urban villages (kelurahan), and by 2017 he was head of the municipal government's human resources department. He headed other departments within the city before he was appointed as city secretary on 22 July 2021 by mayor Mohammad Idris.
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