->Simeon: Adding local short description: "Indonesian politician", overriding Wikidata description "politician" (Shortdesc helper)

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Adding local short description: "Indonesian politician", overriding Wikidata description "politician" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{Short description|Indonesian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Fahri Hamzah
|image = Fahri Hamzah official.jpg
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|office1 = Member of [[People's Representative Council]]
|order1 =
|constituency1 = [[West Nusa Tenggara]]
|term_start1 = 1 October 2004
|term_end1 = 1 October 2019
|office = Deputy Speaker of [[People's Representative Council]] on People's Welfare
|order =
|term_start = 2 October 2014
|term_end = 1 October 2019
|1blankname = Speaker
|1namedata = [[Setya Novanto]]{{br}}Ade Komaruddin [[Bambang Soesatyo]]
|predecessor = Priyo Budi Santoso
|successor = [[Muhaimin Iskandar]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|11|10|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Sumbawa Regency|Sumbawa]], [[Indonesia]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|nationality = Indonesian
|party = [[Prosperous Justice Party]] until March 2016 [[Indonesian People's Wave Party]] from 2019
|spouse = Farida Briani
|relations =
|children = 5
|alma_mater = [[University of Indonesia]]
|occupation =
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}}
'''Fahri Hamzah''' (born 10 November 1971) is an Indonesian politician and former deputy speaker of the Indonesia House of Representatives. He first became a member of the legislative body in 2004 and has been re-elected twice in the same election district since.

==Career==
After graduating from [[University of Indonesia]], Hamzah founded the KAMMI (''Kesatuan Aksi Mahasiswa Muslim Indonesia''/Indonesian Muslim University Students' Action Union) and became its first president in the political situation after the [[fall of Suharto]]. Later, he joined the [[Prosperous Justice Party]] after briefly working as an expert staff for the [[People's Consultative Assembly]]. He ran in the [[2004 Indonesian legislative election|2004 elections]] as a nominee for his home district of [[West Nusa Tenggara]], and won a seat.<ref name="profilmdk">{{cite news|title=Fahri Hamzah|url=https://profil.merdeka.com/indonesia/f/fahri-hamzah/|language=Indonesian|accessdate=31 August 2017|agency=Merdeka}}</ref> In his first period, he admitted to receiving non-budgetary benefits from then-Minister of Fishery [[Rokhmin Dahuri]], which resulted in him being reprimanded by the body's ethical council (''Dewan Kehormatan'') and was barred from holding a position until 2009.<ref name="wikidpr">{{cite web|title=Fahri Hamzah|url=http://wikidpr.org/anggota/5403631742b53eac2f8ef6ff|website=WikiDPR|accessdate=31 August 2017|language=Indonesian}}</ref>

[[2009 Indonesian legislative election|In 2009]], however, he successfully ran for a re-election after winning 105,412 votes - the second highest in the district out of 10 elected representatives.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hasil Perolehan Suara Peserta Pemilu 2009 NTB|url=http://www.rumahpemilu.com/public/doc/2012_11_14_02_08_29_18.%20NTB.pdf|website=Rumah Pemilu|accessdate=31 August 2017|language=Indonesian}}</ref> During his second term, he caused a controversy by calling for the disbanding of the [[Corruption Eradication Commission]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Alasan Fahri Hamzah ingin bubarkan KPK|url=http://www.viva.co.id/berita/politik/252458-alasan-fahri-hamzah-ingin-bubarkan-kpk|accessdate=31 August 2017|date=4 October 2011|language=id}}</ref> Also in the same term, he served as a member of the body's ethical council briefly during the 2011-2012 period.<ref name="wikidpr" />

After placing first in the district for his second reelection [[2014 Indonesian legislative election|in 2014]] with 125,083 votes,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Probel|first1=Amston|title=Dari NTB Fahri Hamzah Melenggang ke Senayan|url=https://pemilu.tempo.co/read/news/2014/04/25/269573263/Dari-NTB-Fahri-Hamzah-Melenggang-ke-Senayan|accessdate=31 August 2017|agency=Tempo|date=25 April 2014|language=id}}</ref> he was elected as Deputy Speaker of the parliament on 2 October, during which the minority ruling coalition walked out from the parliament building due to a perceived unfairness of the majority opposition placing only their members on the body's speaker positions.<ref>{{cite news|title=KMP Kompak Usung Setya Novanto Ketua DPR|url=http://sp.beritasatu.com/home/kmp-kompak-usung-setya-novanto-ketua-dpr/66101|accessdate=31 August 2017|agency=BeritaSatu|date=2 October 2014|language=id}}</ref>

On 11 March 2016, he was dismissed from [[Prosperous Justice Party]] for making several seemingly controversial, counter-productive and improper statements (a little bit stupid{{sic}}).<ref>{{cite news|title=PKS Provides Explanation on Fahri Hamzah's Dismissal|url=https://en.tempo.co/read/news/2016/04/04/055759615/PKS-Provides-Explanation-on-Fahri-Hamzahs-Dismissal|accessdate=31 August 2017|agency=Tempo|date=4 April 2016}}</ref> In accordance, his former party proposed for another member of the parliament [[Ledia Hanifa Amaliah]] to replace him as Deputy Speaker.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tashandra|first1=Nabilla|title=PKS Harap Pimpinan DPR Arif dalam Memproses Status Fahri Hamzah|url=http://nasional.kompas.com/read/2016/12/01/23200531/pks.harap.pimpinan.dpr.arif.dalam.memproses.status.fahri.hamzah|accessdate=31 August 2017|agency=Kompas|date=1 December 2016|language=id}}</ref> However, Hamzah is still active as Deputy Speaker as of December 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=DPR Deputy Speaker Suggests KPK Replace Its Spokesperson|url=https://en.tempo.co/read/news/2017/08/14/055899806/DPR-Deputy-Speaker-Suggests-KPK-Replace-Its-Spokesperson|accessdate=31 August 2017|agency=Tempo|date=14 August 2017}}</ref> Following the dismissal, he sued his former party, winning up to the level of the [[Supreme Court of Indonesia|Supreme Court]] which awarded him [[Indonesian Rupiah|Rp]] 30 billion in damages (US$2.1 million).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rivki|title=Fahri Hamzah Kembali Menang, PKS Tetap Dihukum Rp 30 Miliar|url=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-3770134/fahri-hamzah-kembali-menang-pks-tetap-dihukum-rp-30-miliar|accessdate=14 December 2017|work=detiknews|date=14 December 2017|language=id}}</ref>

During the voting of the [[Indonesian electoral law of 2017|2017 electoral law]], opposition parties all walked out from the parliament's chamber. However, Hamzah decided to remain, despite his sole opposition to a section of the electoral law regulating a 20 percent presidential candidacy threshold with all other members remaining voting in favor of it.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Prasetia |first1=Andhika |title=Novanto Sahkan UU Pemilu dengan Presidential Threshold 20% |url=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-3568003/novanto-sahkan-uu-pemilu-dengan-presidential-threshold-20 |accessdate=23 September 2018 |work=detiknews |date=21 July 2017 |language=id}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:University of Indonesia alumni]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indonesian Muslims]]
[[Category:Prosperous Justice Party politicians]]
[[Category:People from West Nusa Tenggara]]
[[Category:Members of the People's Representative Council, 2004]]
[[Category:Members of the People's Representative Council, 2009]]
[[Category:Members of the People's Representative Council, 2014]]

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