Mayor of Batam is the head of the second-level region who holds the government in Batam together with the Vice Mayor and 50 members of the Batam City Regional House of Representatives. The mayor and vice mayor of Batam are elected through general elections held every 5 years. The first mayor of Batam was Raja Usman Draman, who governed the city period from 1983 to 1989.
Before becoming an autonomous city, Batam was an administrative city and was part of Riau Island Regency.
List The following is a list of the names of the Mayors of Batam from time to time. Administrative Mayor of Batam Portrait Mayor Beginning of office End of Term Political Party / Faction Period Note. Vice mayor 1 Raja Usman Draman 1983 1989Independent 1 N/A 2 Raja Abdul Aziz 1989 1999Independent 2 Mayor of Batam Portrait Mayor Beginning of office End of Term Political Party / Faction Period Note. Vice mayor 1 Nyat Kadir 2001 2005Independent 3 Asman Abnur 2 Ahmad Dahlan 1 March 2006 1 March 2011PKS 4(2006) Ria Saptarika 1 March 2011 1 March 2016 5(2011) Muhammad Rudi Harahap 3 Muhammad Rudi Harahap 14 March 2016 14 March 2021 Demokrat 6(2015) Amsakar Achmad 15 March 2021 20 February 2025 NasDem 7(2020) 4 Amsakar Achmad 20 February 2025 IncumbentNasDem 8(2024) Li Claudia Chandra
Temporary replacement In the government stack, a regional head who submits himself to leave or temporarily resigns from his position to the central government, then the Minister of Home Affairs prepares a replacement who is a bureaucrat in the regional government or even a vice mayor, including when the mayor's position is in a transition period. Portrait MayorParty Beginning End Duration PeriodDefinitive Ref. Nazief Soesila Dharma(Acting)Independent 1999 2001 years – Transition(1999–2001) Manan Sasmita(Acting)Independent 2005 1 March 2006 years – Transition(2005–2006) Agussahiman(Daily executive)Independent 1 March 2016 14 March 2016 – Transition (2016) Syamsul Bahrum(Temporary acting)Independent 26 September 2020 5 December 2020 6(2015) Muhammad Rudi Jefridin Hamid(Daily executive)Independent 14 March 2021 15 March 2021 – Transition (2021)
See also Batam List of incumbent regional heads and deputy regional heads in Riau Islands
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