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Anom Widiyantoro
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Anom Widiyantoro (born 20 March 1970) is an Indonesian politician and business executive who has served as the regent of Pemalang, Central Java since February 2025. Before becoming a politician, Widiyantoro had been an executive at the state-owned firm Wijaya Karya.
Early life
Anom Widiyantoro was born in Cimahi, West Java on 20 March 1970. After completing middle school there and high school at a public school in nearby Bandung in 1989, he studied economics at Diponegoro University in Semarang, receiving his bachelors in 1996.[1] He later received a master's in economics and business from Padjadjaran University in Bandung (2005).[2]
Career
After graduating from Diponegoro, Widiyantoro began to work at the state-owned construction company Wijaya Karya, starting as an expert staffer. He was promoted several times throughout his career, until he was a general manager in 2021. Widiyantoro then joined PT Hotel Indonesia Properti, a subsidiary of Wijaya Karya, as a director for finance, risk management, and human capital.[2][3]
In 2024, he resigned as a state-owned company employee in order to run in Pemalang Regency's 2024 regency election.[4] Widiyantoro and Nurkholes won 278,043 votes (44.51%) in the three-way race, winning the election.[5] They were sworn in on 20 February 2025.[6]
As regent, Widiyantoro launched an anti-tuberculosis campaign, announcing a target of discovering and handling 23 thousand cases in the municipal health service within 2025.[7] On 29 July 2026, he was arrested in a sting operation by the Corruption Eradication Commission, with Rp 2 billion (USD 110,000) in cash confiscated during the arrest.[8] The following day, he was designated as a suspect for extortion of civil servants and private businessmen.[9]