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Adi Harjo
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Harjo in 2019
First Minister of Kingsport
Assumed office
11 June 2017
DeputySinta Sinta
John Tirto
Preceded byTim Saputra
Leader of the Kingsport Socialist Co-operative Party
Assumed office
9 October 2015
Preceded byJoko Ediputra
Member of the Kingsport Assembly
Assumed office
10 May 2013
Personal details
Born
Adityo David Harjo

(1992-09-10) 10 September 1992 (age 32)
Kawali, Kingsport, Estmere
Political partyKingsport Socialist Co-operative Party
Other political
affiliations
Progressive Social Democrats
Spouse
Holly Dwiputri (m. 2019)
Parent(s)Daniel Harjo
Candra Paidiputri
Alma materSt Vincent's College, University of Harbrough
Websiteadi-harjo.kp.es

Adityo David Harjo (born 10 September 1992) is a Kingsportian politician who has served as the First Minister of Kingsport since 11 June 2017 and as the Leader of the Kingsport Socialist Co-operative Party (KSCP) since 9 October 2015.[1] He is the youngest recorded First Minister in Estmere, beginning his first term at the age of 25. He identifies as a democratic socialist and an Estmerish unionist.[2]

Harjo was born to Daniel Harjo and Candra Paidiputri in Kawali and studied law at the University of Harbrough.[2] He entered politics at a young age, and was elected to the Kingsport Assembly in 2013. Harjo supported Joko Ediputra's campaign for leader, but following Ediputra's death in 2015 Harjo was unexpectedly elected leader of the KSCP in his own right. He was elected First Minister in 2017, defeating the more experienced Tim Saputra after a dynamic campaign.[1] He formed a left-leaning, softly-unionist coalition with the Kingsport Alliance for Change and The Kingsport Alternative. Statehood was a major policy of Harjo's first government, and he successfully called for and won a 2018 referendum which allowed Kingsport to be admitted as a state of Estmere in 2022.[3][4] He was re-elected for a further four-year term in 2021.

His government's achievements include the ascension of Kingsport as a state of Estmere, the expansion of the Kingsport Health Authority and the rapid growth of the tourism sector, while it has been criticised for overspending and gesture politics, rising house prices due to lax regulation of rental companies such as Houseshare and failing to reverse the decline of other economic sectors.[3]

Due to his age and electoral success, Harjo has been routinely described as a political wunderkind and a potential successor to Zoe Halivar on the national level.[2]

Early life and education

Harjo was born on 10 September 1992 to Daniel Harjo and Candra Paidiputri. He was born and grew up in the North Bay neighbourhood of Kawali. His father Daniel worked as a shopkeeper, while his mother Candra was a Badist temple assistant. Harjo excelled in school, particularly in debate, which spurred him to study law. He also became involved in politics, joining the KSCP's youth wing in 2006. He secured the prestigious Haberlin scholarship and went on to study law at the University of Harbrough. He boarded at St Vincent's College. He served as president of the Harbrough Students' Union from 2010 to 2011. He remained in close contact with friends, family and party members in Kingsport during this period, and campaigned for KSCP candidates outside of term time. Harjo graduated from the University of Harbrough in 2012 with a first class law degree.[2]

Political career

Harjo was elected to the Kingsport Assembly in the 2013 election.

First Minister of Kingsport

Political positions

Harjo has described himself as a democratic socialist and an Estmerish unionist.[2]

Personal life

Harjo married Holly Dwiputri in 2019. Sinta Sinta took the role of acting first minister for the three week period from their wedding until the end of their honeymoon. The couple have no children.

Harjo has said he was raised in a Badist household, but that he now identified primarily as agnostic.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Shock win for socialists in Kingsport, as young Harjo unseats experienced Saputra". The Standard. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Who is Adi Harjo, the "wonder child" of the Kingsport left?". The Chartist. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Statehood act passes through Parliament; Kingsport, St Roberts and Fleming set to become new states". EBS News. 16 July 2022.
  4. @EBS_News (20 September 2022). "STATEHOOD DAY". Chirper.
Political offices
Preceded by
Tim Saputra
First Minister of Kingsport
2017–present
Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Joko Ediputra
Leader of the Kingsport Socialist Co-operative Party
2015–present
Incumbent

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