I Gusti Ngurah Jaya Negara

I Gusti Ngurah Jaya Negara was born on 4 July 1966 in Puri Penatih district of Denpasar to I Gusti Ngurah Gde Sutedja and Ni Jero Samiata.^[2][3] His father was a teacher, and his mother was a housewife. He stated that during his childhood, he helped his parents earn money by selling ice pops after school and helping during harvests. His father lost his job as a teacher in 1971 due to his affiliation to the Indonesian National Party, and became an auto rickshaw driver. Jaya Negara graduated from Denpasar's State High School No. 1 in 1985, and in 1991 he graduated with a bachelors in economics from the National Education University in Denpasar. During his studies, his father involved him in the party activities of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI).^[3]

After receiving his degree, Jaya Negara began to work at the private Utama Bank [id] in 1991. The bank failed due to the Asian financial crisis and Jaya Negara was laid off in 1998.^[2] Afterwards, he became more active in politics.^[2] In the 1999 legislative election shortly after, he was elected as a member of the Denpasar City Regional House of Representatives as a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P; a continuation of PDI).^[3] He was reelected for a second term in 2004, and became chairman of one of the House's commissions.^[4] In 2010, he ran as the vice-mayoral candidate of Ida Bagus Rai Mantra in Denpasar's mayoral election, and the pair won with 72.5% of the votes.^[5] They were sworn into office on 11 August 2010.^[6] They were reelected in 2015, and were sworn in to their second term on 17 February 2016.^[7]

In the 2020 mayoral election, Jaya Negara ran to become the mayor of Denpasar and was elected with 184,655 votes (81.2%) with I Kadek Agus Arya Wibawa as his vice-mayoral candidate.^[8] They were sworn in on 26 February 2021.^[9] His early tenure as mayor focused on vaccination and economic aid programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to renovations to facilities at Sanur Beach.^[10]

Two of his younger siblings are active in politics and government: his sister I Gusti Ayu Bintang Darmawati in 2019 was appointed as Minister of Women Empowerment and Child Protection in Joko Widodo's cabinet,^[11] and his brother I Gusti Ngurah Gede Marhaendra Jaya was elected into the Bali Regional House of Representatives as a PDI-P legislator in the 2024 Indonesian legislative election.^[12] Through Darmawati, Jaya Negara is brother-in-law of former minister, Bali vice governor, and Denpasar mayor Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Puspayoga.^[11]

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