Yudas Sabaggalet

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Yudas Sabaggalet
Official portrait, 2012
Regent of Mentawai Islands Regency
In office
5 December 2011 – 5 December 2016
PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Joko Widodo
Preceded byEdison Saleleubaja
Succeeded bySyafrizal (acting)
In office
22 May 2017 – 22 May 2022
PresidentJoko Widodo
Preceded bySyafrizal (acting)
Succeeded byMartinus Dahlan (acting)
Personal details
Born (1964-02-24) 24 February 1964 (age 60)
Madubak Ugai, South Siberut, Mentawai Islands Regency
Political partyIndonesian Democratic Party of Struggle
Alma materBung Hatta University
Andalas University
OccupationPolitician

Yudas Sabaggalet (born 24 February 1964)[1] is an Indonesian lecturer and politician from Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle who served two terms as regent of Mentawai Islands Regency between 2011–2016 and 2017–2022, and previously as the regency's vice-regent from 2006–2011. He also served as member of the regency's parliament when it was first created in 1999.[1]

Biography[edit]

Early life[edit]

Yudas was born in Madubak Ugai, a village in South Siberut, Mentawai Islands as the youngest child with three siblings from a family of a farmer native of the village. His father died when he was five years old. He spent his childhood and early education on local elementary school while helping his family work on the field until the 3rd year. He then moved to a private school in Muara Siberut, living in the school dormitory and finished in 1977.[1]

Yudas then moved to Padang to pursue junior and then senior highschool, which he finished in 1985. A year later, he studied management at faculty of economy in Bung Hatta University, a private university in West Sumatra while also working at a Coca-Cola factory and gained bachelor's degree in 1994.[1] He was an active member of the Indonesian Union of Catholic University Students. He continued his study at Gadjah Mada University in 1995 but never finished the study and instead choose to work in Bogor. He then returned to West Sumatra after the Asian financial crisis in 1998 and decided to enter politics, as well as continuing his study at Andalas University, getting master's degree at management in 2005. He worked as a lecturer at Taman Siswa University's faculty of economy in Padang since 2001, teaching both undergraduate and graduate students.[1] He later also received doctorate in development study at Andalas University in 2023.[2]

Political career[edit]

He initially started his political career at Nation's Love Peace Party (Indonesian: Partai Damai Kasih Bangsa), a Christian-based party in Indonesia.[1][3] He gained a seat in the newly-formed Mentawai Islands Regency's parliament until 2004 when he decided to join Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP). However, he lost his seat next election in 2004 and decided to be running mate of Edison Saleleubaja who was running for regent of Mentawai Islands candidacy in 2006. He then ran for regent himself and won election in 2011, and then for second term in 2017.[1]

As Mentawai Islands was the poorest and the most isolated regency in the West Sumatra province,[4] he initiated several infrastructure projects such as Trans-Mentawai road, Rokot Airport,[5] and establishing Mentawai Fast ferry route services connecting the islands within the regency.[6][7] Other projects also included Peipei Airport and several port constructions proposed in 2017.[8] To speed up construction of Trans-Mentawai road which was started in 2012[9] and to circumvent budget constraints, Yudas proposed to Ministry of Public Works and Housing to use Indonesian Army personnels to work on the road construction.[10] By the end of his tenure in 2022 due to limited budget, only 37% of the road segments was finished.[11] During the construction of Rokot Airport, he also proposed several names for the new airport, arguing that name of an airport should reflect the regional characteristics.[12][13] Other than that, he also supported central government plan for a special economic zone in West Siberut in 2018.[14]

In 2017, he sided with indigenous communities against industrial forest permit in Siberut Island, arguing that it will harm the environment. He argued that tourism should be the main sector of the regency instead as it preserves native culture and traditions instead of the industrial forest.[15] In 2022, he argued against newly passed law regarding status of West Sumatra province, which he said was not accommodating enough towards native Mentawai culture and only mentioned Minangkabau culture.[16][17] After his tenure ended, he was subject to controversy of which he was accused of owning total of twenty land plots and house assets, of which he denied calling it "nonsense".[18][19]

Personal life[edit]

Yudas is married to Rosmaida Sagurung and they have three children.[20] He is a Catholic.[21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Profil Yudas Sabaggalet: Anggota DPRD Pertama dan Bupati 2 Periode Kepulauan Mentawai". Tribunpadang.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Yudas Sabaggalet Resmi Menyandang Gelar Doktor". www.mentawaikita.com. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  3. ^ "10 Partai Kristen Resmi Melebur ke PDS". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. ^ Darmawan, Zahrul (3 August 2023). "11 Tahun Berkuasa di Kabupaten Termiskin Sumbar, Ternyata Ini Target Yudas Sabaggalet Berikutnya". HarianHaluan.com.
  5. ^ developer, mediaindonesia com. "Bupati Mentawai Targetkan Pembangunan Bandara Terwujud Tahun Ini". mediaindonesia.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Dr.Yudas Sabaggalet,SE,MM Tokoh Yang Dicintai Masyarakat Kab.Mentawai". Siber 8. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  7. ^ Selvia, Novitri. "Pemkab Mentawai Kebut Pembangunan Jalan Trans Mentawai - Padek Jawapos". Pemkab Mentawai Kebut Pembangunan Jalan Trans Mentawai - Padek Jawapos (in Indonesian). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Program Besar Bupati dan Wakilnya Lima Tahun Kedepan". www.mentawaikita.com. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  9. ^ https://www.harianhaluan.com/news/109459710/sudah-mangkrak-10-tahun-ini-penyebab-jalan-trans-mentawai-masih-belum-selesai-sampai-sekarang. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ Agency, ANTARA News (26 April 2018). "TNI akan dilibatkan dalam pembangunan trans Mentawai". Antara News Sumbar. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  11. ^ SASTRA, YOLA (31 October 2022). "Progres Trans-Mentawai Baru 37 Persen, Warga Pedalaman Kesulitan Jual Hasil Kebun". kompas.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  12. ^ Redaksi (16 March 2022). "Bupati Mentawai Yudas Sabaggalet usulkan 4 Nama Baru Bandara Rokot". Minangkabaunews.com. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Pembahasan Nama Bandara Udara Rokot, Pemkab Mentawai Undang Tokoh Masyarakat". INFONUSANTARA.NET. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Yudas Minta Masyarakat Mentawai tidak Ributkan KEK". GoSumbar.com (in Indonesian). 14 May 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  15. ^ Saturi, Sapariah (2 December 2017). "Masyarakat Mentawai Tolak Perkebunan Kayu, Bupati: Izin HTI Bakal Sulitkan Akses Warga". Mongabay.co.id. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  16. ^ "Tidak Mengakomodir Mentawai, UU Sumatera Barat Kembali Mencuat". www.mentawaikita.com. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  17. ^ Okezone (2 August 2022). "Belum Akomodasi Budaya Mentawai, Mantan Bupati: Ada Kemunduran Soal UU Provinsi Sumbar : Okezone News". news.okezone.com/ (in Indonesian). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  18. ^ https://www.harianhaluan.com/news/109559533/mantan-bupati-mentawai-terdata-punya-20-aset-tanah-dan-bangunan-yudas-sabaggalet-tidak-masuk-akal. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ^ https://www.harianhaluan.com/news/109551380/eks-bupati-kepulauan-mentawai-yudas-sabaggalet-bantah-punya-20-rumah-ini-detailnya. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. ^ Newbie (22 December 2019). "Yudas Sabaggalet : Membawa Mentawai Semakin di Depan". HIDUPKATOLIK.com. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  21. ^ "Profil YUDAS SABAGGALET, S.E., M.M." Info Pemilu (in Indonesian). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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