Nur Mahmudi Ismail

Nur Mahmudi Ismail (born November 11, 1961, in Kediri) was the Mayor of Depok City, a satellite city of West Java located in the southern part of Jakarta.^[1]

Nur Mahmudi Ismail
Mayor of Depok
In office 26 January 2006 – 26 January 2016
President	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Joko Widodo
Governor	Danny Setiawan Ahmad Heryawan
Lieutenant	Yuyun Wirasaputra Mohammad Idris
Preceded by	Badrul Kamal
Succeeded by	Mohammad Idris
2th President of Prosperous Justice Party
In office 9 Agust 1999 – 16 April 2000
Preceded by	Didin Hafidhuddin
Succeeded by	Hidayat Nur Wahid
Personal details
Born	(1961-11-11) November 11, 1961 (age 63) Kediri, East Java
Political party	Prosperous Justice Party

Political career

Ismail was the first chairman of Prosperous Justice Party (formerly Justice Party), when the party was created in 1998. Later, after the 1999 general election, Ismail resigned from his position as the chairman of the party after being chosen by President Abdurrahman Wahid to serve as the minister of forestry in the National Unity Cabinet. He held this position from 1999 to 2000, when President Wahid replaced him with Marzuki Usman.

Mayor

In 2005, together with his running mate, Yuyun Wirasaputra, Ismail narrowly won the mayoral election, beating the incumbent Badrul Kamal.