Himmatul Aliyah

Himmatul was born in Tangerang, then part of West Java, on 11 June 1970. She was educated in state-funded schools there, graduating from high school in 1989. She enrolled at the Syekh Yusuf Islamic University Tangerang [id], graduating with a bachelors in public administration in 1996. She later also studied at the University of Indonesia, receiving a masters in communication in 2007.^[1]

She began working as a reporter and as a radio talk host after graduating from high school, before later becoming a civil servant at the Ministry of Education and Culture starting in 1997.^[1][2]

Himmatul unsuccessfully ran as a senatorial candidate to represent Banten in the 2014 Indonesian legislative election, receiving 208,296 votes and placing sixth out of 26 candidates.^[2][3] In 2015, she was chairman of the association of Gerindra legislators' spouses.^[4] She ran again in the 2019 Indonesian legislative election, this time as a candidate for the People's Representative Council representing Jakarta's 2nd electoral district. She received 92,289 votes, and was elected as the sole Gerindra legislator from the district.^[5] She was reelected for a second term in the 2024 election with 94,543 votes.^[6]

She is part of the legislature's tenth commission,^[7] which covers education, sports, and tourism.^[8] She has proposed that contract teachers in Indonesian state schools be given permanent positions as government employees.^[7] She has also spoke out against a proposed tax on the educational sector.^[9] On curriculum, Himmatul has proposed that religious studies be given more lesson slots.^[10]

She is married to Ahmad Muzani, a senior Gerindra politician who had served as the party's secretary-general and as deputy speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly.^[11][12] The couple have four children.^[2]