Adi Harjo

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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.[3] Harjo supported Joko Ediputra as KSCP leader, but following Ediputra's death in 2015 Harjo was unexpectedly elected leader of the party in his own right.[4][5][6] He was elected First Minister in 2017, defeating the more experienced Tim Saputra after a dynamic campaign. He formed a left-leaning, softly-unionist coalition with the Kingsport Alliance for Change and The Kingsport Alternative.[1] 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.[7][8] He was re-elected for a further four-year term in 2021.[9]

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.[7][10][11][12]

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][13]

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.[2] He also became involved in politics, joining the KSCP's youth wing in 2006.[3] 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 remained a member of the Kingsport Socialist Co-operative Party after joining in 2006 and was elected to the Kingsport Assembly in the 2013 election. The election saw a second consecutive defeat for the KSCP, but he was one of a number of new assembly members replacing the first and second generation of Kingsportian politicians from the self-governance era who were now retiring.[3]

As leader of the KSCP at the time, Kusno Kilat was considered responsible for the party's defeat in 2013 and Harjo supported Kilat's long-term rival Joko Ediputra in his successful leadership challenge after the election.[4] Ediputra made Harjo his spokesperson for education and he quickly was widely considered to be his protégé.[2] Harjo was appointed as a youth ambassador by the assembly in 2014 with a responsibility for increasing political engagement among young Kingsportians.[14] Ediputra suffered a stroke on 10 August 2015 and unexpectedly died, with Harjo elected two months later to lead the party with a promise to continue his programme.[5][6]

Harjo's leadership of the party was initially seen as a failure, as after an initial wave of unity he struggled to unite the party due to legacy of the personal disputes between Ediputra and Kilat. He removed two assembly members from the party after they voted with the government on approving the expansion of ENB Kingsport.[15]

First Minister Tim Saputra called the 2017 election and focused on Harjo's inexperience in the campaign, hoping to win a third term. In response Harjo ran an energetic and dynamic campaign, visiting twice as many locations as Saputra and outlining a programme of reform heavily reliant on Kingsport becoming a state of Estmere. In a shock result, the KSCP emerged from the election as the largest party. Harjo negotiated a left-leaning, softly-unionist coalition deal with the Kingsport Alliance for Change and The Kingsport Alternative, and was confirmed as first minister.[1]

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.[ref] The couple have no children.[ref]

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 1.2 "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 2.6 2.7 "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 3.2 "Saputra re-elected in territorial election and fresh faces elected to assembly". Kingsport Chronicle. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "KSCP in civil war as bitter rivals Kusno Kilat and Joko Ediputra fight for leadership". Kingsport Chronicle. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Tributes pour in for "dedicated" opposition leader Joko Ediputra after shock death". Kingsport Chronicle. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Ediputra protégé Adi Harjo elected to lead KSCP". Kingsport Chronicle. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Statehood act passes through Parliament; Kingsport, St Roberts and Fleming set to become new states". EBS News. 16 July 2022.
  8. ↑ @EBS_News (20 September 2022). "STATEHOOD DAY". Chirper.
  9. ↑ "Local parties ride anti-SDU wave to win in state and territory elections". EBS News. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Medicare expansion known as "Harjocare" implemented, giving Kingsportians mental health support". Kingsport Chronicle. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Kingsport's sky-high rent shows that a tourism boom is no silver bullet for struggling communities". The Standard. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Opposition attack Harjo for reckless spending and virtue signalling". Kingsport Chronicle. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "After brutal reshuffle, who is in line to succeed Halivar?". The Chartist. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "Youngest ever Assembly member made "youth ambassador", visits local schools". Kingsport Chronicle. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "New KSCP leader Adi Harjo struggles to resolve party civil war, resorts to firing assembly members". Kingsport Chronicle. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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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