Basuki Cahaya Purnama
| Basuki Tjahaja Purnama | |
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| 17th Governor of Jakarta | |
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In office 19 November 2014 – 15 June 2017 |
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| Deputy | Djarot Saiful Hidayat |
| Preceded by | Joko Widodo |
| Succeeded by | Djarot Saiful Hidayat |
| Deputy Governor of Jakarta | |
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In office 15 October 2012 – 19 November 2014 |
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| Governor | Joko Widodo |
| Preceded by | Prijanto |
| Succeeded by | Djarot Saiful Hidayat |
| 3rd Regent of East Belitung | |
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In office 3 August 2005 – 22 December 2006 |
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| Deputy | Khairul Efendi |
| Preceded by | Usman Saleh |
| Succeeded by | Khairul Efendi |
| Member of the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat | |
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In office 1 October 2009 – 26 April 2012 |
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| Constituency | Bangka Belitung |
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Tjung Ban Hok 鍾萬學 29 June 1966 Manggar, Belitung, Indonesia |
| Nationality | Indonesian |
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| Spouse(s) | Veronica Tan |
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| Occupation | Politician |
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| Website | ahok.org |
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (EYD: Basuki Cahaya Purnama; Chinese: 鍾萬學; Tjung Ban Hok; pinyin: Zhōng Wànxué; Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chûng Van-ho̍k; born 29 June 1966) is an Indonesian politician and former governor of Jakarta. He is also known by his Hakka Chinese nickname Ahok (Chinese: 阿學).
Basuki was a legislator in the Indonesian People's Representative Council and Regent of East Belitung. He was elected to the Komisi II House of Representatives for the 2009–2014 term but resigned in 2012 to run in the Jakarta governor election. He was inaugurated as the governor of Jakarta by the president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, on 19 November 2014. However in the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election he was defeated by Anies Baswedan.
During his tenure as the governor of Jakarta, he made a controversial speech while introducing a government project at Thousand Islands in which he referenced a verse from the Quran to not vote for a non-Muslim as a leader. Some Muslim communities were offended and seen this speech as blasphemous, thus reported him to the police. He was later convicted of blasphemy against Islam by the North Jakarta District Court and sentenced to two years imprisonment. He was replaced by his deputy, Djarot Saiful Hidayat.
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