BeritakanID.com - With the idea of establishing Indonesia Mengajar, Anies wants the Indonesian nation to be filled with people who have superior personalities and cultures to advance and prosper Indonesia. That is the reason why Anies entered practical politics by becoming a minister and governor of DKI Jakarta.
Anies Baswedan was born in Kuningan, West Java, May 7, 1969 to Rasyid Baswedan and Aliyah. Both of his parents are educators. Anies was born into an educated family. His father, Rasyid Baswedan, was the Vice Chancellor of the Islamic University of Indonesia and his mother, Aliyah, was a professor at Yogyakarta State University.
Anies Rasyid Baswedan, S.e., M. P. P., Ph. D. is the Governor of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta who has served since October 16, 2017. Then how was the childhood of Mr. Anies Baswedan to be able to serve as Governor of DKI Jakarta? Here's the explanation.
Small Anies Baswedan Profile
Anies Baswedan was born on May 7, 1969 in Kuningan, West Java. His father is Rasyid Baswedan who works as a lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at the Islamic University of Indonesia. Anies is the grandson of H. Abdurrahman Baswedan or known as A. R. Baswedan. His grandfather Anies was a national hero and was known as a nationalist, journalist, Indonesian independence fighter, diplomat, missionary, and Indonesian writer.
His grandfather had also been a member of the Indonesian Independence Preparatory and Business Investigation Agency (BPUPKI), as Deputy Minister of Information for the Republic of Indonesia in the Sjahrir Cabinet, Member of the Working Body of the Central Indonesian National Committee (BP-KNIP), member of parliament, and was a member of the Constituent Council.
In addition, Anies is a cousin of Kompol. (Purn.) Novel Baswedan who has been an investigator for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) since 2007. Novel Baswedan was also a member of the Indonesian National Police (Polri) from 1999 to 2014. Anies Baswedan's mother named Prof. Dr. Hj. Aliyah Rasyid Baswedan, M. Pd. who is a lecturer and professor emeritus at Yogyakarta State University.
Hj. Aliyah Rasyid besides being active in various social, religious and community activities in Yogyakarta, she has also served as Chairperson of the DIY Islamic Women's DPP for three terms, and has been actively leading the distribution of scholarships for students and students who come from underprivileged families for more than 3 decades.
Anies is the eldest child and has two younger siblings, namely Ridwan Baswedan and Abdillah Baswedan. Anies grew up in Yogyakarta. When he was 5 years old, Anies attended the Syuhada Mosque Kindergarten. Anies continued his primary school in Laboratories, Yogyakarta City when he was 6 years old.
Little Anies is known as a sociable child and also has many friends. Anies continued his junior high school at SMP Negeri 5 Yogyakarta. Anies is also known to be active in Intra-School Organizations (OSIS) and has a management position in the field of Public Relations.
After graduating, Anies continued his studies at SMA Negeri 2 Yogyakarta. At SMA Anies was elected as OSIS vice chairman and participated in leadership training with three hundred student OSIS Chairmen throughout Indonesia. From there, Anies was elected as the Chair of OSIS throughout Indonesia in 1985.
In 1987 Anies was selected to join the AFS student exchange program and lived for a year in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Because of this program, Anies had to go through high school for four years. When he returned to Yogyakarta, Anies had the opportunity to play a role in the field of journalism. Anies joined the Tanah Merdeka program on the Yogyakarta branch of the Republic of Indonesia television and got a role as an interviewer of national figures.
Young Anies Baswedan Profile
In 1989 Anies entered college and was accepted at the Faculty of Economics, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. Anies remains active in organizing by joining the Islamic Student Association and becoming one of the Salvation Councils of the Islamic Student Association Organization of Gadjah Mada University. Anies served as Chair of the Student Senate at the Faculty of Economics in 1992 and helped to revive the Student Senate after it was suspended by the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Anies formed the Student Executive Board or BEM as an executive body and promoted the senate as a legislative body which was passed by congress in 1993. Anies' leadership period saw the start of a research-based movement, a response to the exposure of the Clove Support and Marketing Agency case involving President Soeharto's son, Hutomo Mandala. Son. Anies also took part in initiating a demonstration against the implementation of the Social Fund System with prizes in November 1993 in the city of Yogyakarta.
Anies Baswedan received a scholarship from the Japan Airlines Foundation to take part in a summer study program at Sophia University, Tokyo in the field of Asian studies in 1993. The scholarship was obtainedanies after Anies won the environmental-themed writing competition. Until finally Anies graduated from Gadjah Mada University in 1995. After graduating, Anies worked at the Inter-University Center for Economic Studies, Gadjah Mada University.
On May 11, 1996 Anies married Hj. Fery Farhati Ganis, S. Psi, M. Sc. His wife is an academic who has served as Chair of DKI Jakarta Family Welfare Empowerment since October 16, 2017. Anies and Fery Farhati have four children, namely Mutiara Annisa Baswedan, Mikail Azizi Baswedan, Emperor Hakam Baswedan, and Ismail Hakim Baswedan.
In 1997, Anies received a Fulbright scholarship from the American Indonesian Exchange Foundation to continue his master's degree in International Security and Economic Policy at the School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland. Anies was also awarded a William P. Cole III Fellow at his University and graduated in December 1998.
In 1999 shortly after graduating from Maryland, Anies received another scholarship to continue his studies in Political Science at Northern Illinois University. Anies works as a research assistant in the Office of Research, Evaluation, and Policy Studies on campus and won the Gerald S. Maryanov Fellow scholarship, an award given only to NIU students who excel in Political Science in 2004. His dissertation is entitled “Regional Autonomy. and Patterns of Democracy in Indonesia”, investigates the effects of decentralization policies on local government responsiveness and transparency and public participation, using survey data from 177 districts or cities in Indonesia. Anies got his title in 2005.
Anies Baswedan's Career
Anies Baswedan had a brilliant career from a young age. Following are the careers of Anies Baswedan:
1. Researcher Center for Inter-University Economics, Gadjah Mada University
When he finished his undergraduate program, Anies had a career as a researcher and project coordinator at the UGM Inter-University Center for Economic Studies.
2. IPC Research Manager, Inc. Chicago
After completing his doctoral studies in 2004, Anies worked as a riser manager at IPC, Inc. Chicago which is an association of world electronics companies. The job was taken by Anies because he did not have the money to return to Indonesia.
3. Partnership for Governance Reform
Anies joined the Partnership for Governance Reform, a non-profit organization that focuses on bureaucratic reform in various regions in Indonesia by pressing cooperation between the government and the civil sector.
4. Research Director of the Indonesian Institute Center
Anies became research director of The Indonesian Institute, a public policy research institute founded in October 2004 by dynamic young intellectuals and activists.
5. Chancellor of Paramadina University
Anies was inaugurated as Chancellor of Paramadina University on May 15, 2007. Anies was 38 years old at that time, and Anies became the youngest rector in Indonesia. As the chancellor, Anies made a strategy, namely to win the Paramadina Fellowship or Paramadina scholarship. The scholarship covers tuition fees, books as well as living expenses.
Paramadina Fellowship is the embodiment of idealism with business language. To make this happen, Anies took the concept of naming students who have graduated as is commonly used in many universities in North America and Europe. Anies has also made a breakthrough with anti-corruption teaching since he was in college. Anies considers that corruption is one of the nation's problems. Anti-corruption is taught in this course from theoretical frameworks to investigative reports on corrupt practices.
6. Chairman of the Indonesian Teaching Movement Foundation
Anies is known as the originator of Indonesia Mengajar. This movement is a young generation who are recruited as young teachers in elementary schools and the community for one year. This idea arose when Anies was still a UGM student. In 1950, Pak Koes initiated a program called Recruitment of Student Workers (PTM), this program was to fill the shortage of high school teachers in the regions, especially outside Java. This PTM actually established a new and first high school in a district city.
After graduating from UGM, Anies received a scholarship to continue his studies in the United States. By studying and working abroad, Anies realizes that Indonesian children need world-class competencies to compete in the global sphere. Indonesian children must also have sufficient understanding. All the processes he did slowly form a big idea, namely the Indonesian Teaching Movement.
7. Participants of the Democratic Party's Presidential Candidate Convention
On 27 August 2013, Anies was called to enter politics by running the country and following the Democratic convention. The invitation contained an effort to participate in fulfilling the promise of Independence. Anies Baswedan accepts together as aother people.
His enthusiasm to pay off the independence kanji is Anies' mission for the country. For Anies, what is stated in the Preamble to the 1945 Constitution is not just an ideal but a promise that must be kept. Anies assessed that the promise must be paid off by all Indonesian citizens, including himself.
His stance was officially stated in the declaration of the Democratic Party Convention on September 15, 2013. The idea he conveyed invites everyone to be involved in managing the country and to intervene. The idea was proven by creating the Hand-Off Movement which within one year managed to gather more than 300,000 volunteers without pay.
8. Convention Debate
The following are some of the Democratic Party Convention State debates that Anies Baswedan participated in:
- Convention Debate in Medan
Anies' inaugural debate revealed several initiatives, such as his idea to relocate BUMN offices to regions. For Anies, first, the economic material in Indonesia must be evenly distributed. Anies also made a clean political history, supported by volunteers without paying and not littering the banners.
- Convention Debate in Palembang
The second convention debate was held at the Palembang Sport Convention Center. Anies emphasized development and economic equality to the village, in addition Anies also emphasized that economic equality can be achieved if infrastructure development in villages such as electricity, roads and irrigation can be built properly.
- Convention Debate in Bandung
The third debate was held at the Harris Hotel, Bandung. Anies revealed that the leadership concept that will be carried out is like playing angklung, the meaning of this concept is that everyone involved intervenes, while the leader moves and creates harmony.
9. The initiator stepped down
Anies Baswedan founded the Down Hand Movement in August 2013. This movement is to invite everyone to be involved in fulfilling the promise of independence and to invite everyone to be involved in managing this country by encouraging managing the government. This movement succeeded in gathering more than 35,000 volunteers.
The down-hand movement is engaged in political activities, in which this movement encourages young people throughout Indonesia to actively participate in political movements. This movement is supported by the first online platform based on the volunteer movement.
This platform functions to help volunteers find, collect and mobilize volunteers in locations throughout Indonesia based on their respective expertise. This system is supported by e-mail, and SMS to invite volunteers from various regions.
This movement is also an impetus for the campaign to be carried out in a healthy manner without any black campaign. For example, it was carried out by the Bandung Region which invited the presidential and vice presidential candidates to conduct a healthy campaign in the 2014 presidential election.
10. Spokesperson for the Jokowi-Jusuf Kalla presidential election pair
11. Deputy Jokowi-JK Transition Office
12. Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia
Anies Baswedan was mandated by President Jokowi to become Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia in his cabinet on 27 October 2014. Anies considers that education is the key to improving human quality. Therefore, Anies feels that improving the quality of education will occur by improving the quality of teachers.
During his time as Minister of Education and Culture, Anies made several breakthroughs, such as:
- Postponing the implementation of the 2013 curriculum, but returning to the 2006 curriculum and implementing the 2013 curriculum in a limited number of schools
- Changing the National Examination is not only a measure of graduation, but also as a mapping of the distribution of the quality of regional education
- Teacher Competency Test and Teacher Certification Program to improve the competence of a teacher
- Establish the directorate of motherhood to strengthen the role of parents in educating children
- Erase the school orientation period to become an Introduction to the School Environment from the school
- Appointing the director general of culture from non-civil servants openly
- Appointed Former KPK Prosecutor and KPK Legal Bureau as Expert Staff for Education and Culture Regulation.
Anies Baswedan's Profile When He Was Governor of DKI Jakarta
In the election for governor, Anies took Sandiaga Uno, a businessman and Gerindra Party politician, as his representative. Anies and Sandiaga received number three during the draw. “Jakarta Maju Bersama” is the second campaign jargon. In the last round of regional elections, Anies and Sandi won with 57.96% of the votes. Anies Sandiaga was inaugurated on October 16, 2017 at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta.
After officially becoming the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies made several policies including:
1. Zero down payment
This program is a program for the people of Jakarta to own a house with a low down payment or even no down payment at all. The program has been heavily criticized and has been inconsistent. Anies wants "DP Zero Percent", but thisThis is considered a violation of Bank Indonesia regulations.
Anies is also considered inconsistent whether the house he offers is a landed house or an apartment. Sandi emphasized that this program is similar to the flats program in Singapore. The program is in the form of the government building houses, not as a financing facilitator.
2. Reclamation Project
Anies canceled the reclamation permit for thirteen islands in the North Bay on September 26, 2018. There are four islands that have been built beforehand and continued construction in 2018.
3. Jakarta International Stadium
This development has actually been planned since Jokowi took office as Governor, but the construction was only realized in 2019.
4. Floods in Jakarta
In the Regional Medium-Term development plan, Anies implemented water resources programs for flood control, such as revitalizing water resource infrastructure with the concept of naturalization, building infiltration wells, increasing canal revitalization, revitalizing the polder system, building coastal safety dikes, and also improving water management. .
5. Handling Covid-19 in Jakarta
When the Covid-19 virus entered Indonesia with two positive patients, Anies announced the formation of the Covid-19 Response Team. Motor vehicle-free days are abolished to avoid crowds. The absence of learning activities in schools, the cessation of office operations, entertainment venues and tourist destinations were closed. Large-scale social restrictions or PSBB were first implemented by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government and also the first PSBB implemented in Indonesia.