Dian Istiqomah | |
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Member of People's Representative Council | |
Assumed office 11 January 2022 | |
Preceded by | Abraham Lunggana |
Constituency | Jakarta III |
Personal details | |
Born | Banyumas, Central Java, Indonesia | 27 February 1978
Political party | National Mandate Party |
Dian Istiqomah (born 27 February 1978) is an Indonesian politician of the National Mandate Party. She has been a member of the People's Representative Council since 2022.
Istiqomah was born in Banyumas Regency on 27 February 1978. She was educated in state-funded schools in Banyumas, graduating from high school in 1996. She then obtained a diploma in nursing in 1999. Later, she would study medical science at the Muhammadiyah University Purwokerto , graduating with a bachelors in 2014. She later also obtained a master's degree in hospital management.[1]
She worked as a nurse and joined the National Mandate Party (PAN), running for a legislative seat from Jakarta's 3rd electoral district in the 2019 Indonesian legislative election. Istiqomah campaigned on improving the BPJS Kesehatan health insurance system.[2] She won under 4,000 votes, and was not elected.[3] She was appointed as a member of the People's Representative Council on 11 January 2022, to replace Abraham Lunggana who had resigned from PAN and also died the previous month.[4] In October 2022, she filed a defamation lawsuit against a number of individuals who accused her of falsifying documents.[5]