Airin Rachmi Diany
Airin Rachmi Diany (born 1976) is an Indonesian politician who served as the mayor of South Tangerang from 2011 to 2021. She is also the aunt of Banten lieutenant governor Andika Hazrumy. She has led several initiatives to combat recruitment of people in her city by radical fundamentalist groups, including interfaith forums, with the support of Indonesia's central government. She also commissioned a canal project in order to prevent flooding on the Jakarta–Serpong Toll Road in February 2017.
Airin Rachmi Diany | |
|---|---|
| 1st Mayor of South Tangerang | |
| In office 20 April 2011 – 20 April 2021 | |
| President | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Joko Widodo |
| Preceded by | Hidayat Djohari (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Benyamin Davnie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 August 1976 Banjar, West Java, Indonesia |
| Citizenship | Indonesian |
| Alma mater | Padjadjaran University |
Diany won the People's Choice Award as well as the Miss Indonesia Tourism award at the 1996 Miss Universe Indonesia contest. Actress-turned-representative in the People's Representative Council, Nurul Arifin, pointed to Diany and Surabaya mayor Tri Rismaharini as her inspiration for running for mayor of Bandung.
After the end of her tenure in South Tangerang, Diany ran in 2024 as a candidate for the national House of Representatives from Banten's 3rd electoral district as a Golkar candidate and was elected, winning 302,878 votes.