page_title: Djarot Saiful Hidayat
section_title: Move to the capital
hierarchical_section_title: Djarot Saiful Hidayat / Political career / Move to the capital
caption_attribution_description: English: Indonesian president Joko Widodo and Governor of Jakarta Djarot Saiful Hidayat during the latter's swearing in following removal of the previous governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama from office. Bahasa Indonesia: Presiden Joko Widodo dan Gubernur Jakarta Djarot Saiful Hidayat saat pelantikan Djarot.
context_page_description: Djarot Saiful Hidayat is an Indonesian politician who is currently a member of the People's Representative Council. He was the governor of Jakarta, in office between 15 June and 15 October 2017 after being acting governor since 9 May. He replaced his predecessor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama when the latter was found guilty of blasphemy against Islam. He was appointed by Basuki as Deputy Governor in 2014 to fill the gap left by the election of Joko Widodo as president.
  Member of PDI-P, his political career began as a member of East Java's Regional Parliament between 1999 and 2000, before he was elected as Mayor of Blitar where he served a 10-year tenure. He was later elected into the People's Representative Council before his move into the capital's governance.
context_section_description: In the 2012 Jakarta elections which pitted later-president Joko Widodo (Jokowi) against then-governor Fauzi Bowo, Djarot was the chief adviser of Jokowi's campaign team. He ran for a position in the People's Representative Council in 2014, through the East Java 6 election district which included Blitar and Kediri (city and regency) in addition to Tulungagung Regency. He secured 69,053 votes - the fourth highest in the district out of a quota of nine - and won a seat.
  Months after his election into the legislative body, Jokowi defeated Prabowo Subianto to become the 7th President of Indonesia. Consequentially, Basuki was elevated to the rank of governor and left his former position of vice governor vacant. As PDI-P sought for a replacement, his name was brought up along with that of Boy Sadikin (eldest son of late former governor Ali Sadikin). In the end, Ahok selected Djarot as his deputy and he was put into office on December 17. According to Basuki, he had set his eyes on the former mayor since before he officially became Vice Governor. Upon his appointment, Djarot immediately started conducting highly publicized visits known popularly as blusukan often done by Jokowi during his term but somewhat less commonly for Basuki.
  In 2017, the pair ran for Jakartan governorship until 2022 against both former Minister of Education Anies Baswedan and Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, son of former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. After failing to secure a majority in the first elections while placing first, the pair was defeated by Baswedan who won 57.96 percent of the vote in the run-off elections.
  Around the same time, Ahok had been accused of blasphemy against Islam during an initially obscure visit to Kepulauan Seribu Regency. The case gained widespread national and international attention, with a series of mass protests calling for the governor's prosecution. During the court proceedings, he was non-activated, with Djarot serving as acting governor in his place. Despite accusations of political motivation behind the case and international clemency requests, Basuki was found guilty and sentenced to 2 years in jail after a highly publicized trial. Djarot later offered to become a guarantor for his running mate's conditional release.
  After Basuki withdrew his appeal to the Supreme Court and resigned from governorship, Djarot was officially inaugurated by Joko Widodo in the State Palace as the governor of Jakarta on June 15 after serving as acting Governor for about a month. He became the third governor to serve in the five-year period between 2012 and 2017, after Joko Widodo and Basuki Tjahaja Purnama.
caption: President and former Jakartan Governor Joko Widodo with Djarot during the latter's swearing in following Basuki's removal from office.
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