Banten is the westernmost province on the island of Java,Indonesia. Its provincial capital city is Serang. The province borders West Java and the Special Capital Region of Jakarta to the east,the Java Sea to the north,the Indian Ocean to the south,and the Sunda Strait to the west,which separates Java from the neighbouring island of Sumatra. The province covers an area of 9,662.82 km2 (3,730.84 sq mi) and has a total population of over 11.9 million according to the 2020 Census,up from around 10.6 million during the 2010 census,with the official estimate for mid-2021 being 12.06 million. Formerly part of the province of West Java,Banten was declared a separate province in 2000. The Banten region is the homeland of the Sundanese Banten people and has historically had a slightly different culture from the Sundanese people in the West Java region. In recent years,the northern half,particularly the areas near Jakarta and the Java Sea coast,have experienced rapid rises in population and urbanization,while the southern half,particularly that facing the Indian Ocean,maintains a more traditional character.
Old Banten is an archaeological site in the northern coast of Serang Regency,Banten,Indonesia. Located 11 km north of Serang city,the site of Old Banten contains the ruin of the walled port city of Banten,the 16th-century capital of the Sultanate of Banten.
Corruption Eradication Commission,abbreviated as KPK,is an Indonesian government agency established to prevent and fight corruption in the country. Firli Bahuri,an active police general,is the current chairman of KPK. In 2013,the agency won the Ramon Magsaysay Award.
Hotman Paris Hutapea is an Indonesian lawyer,famous for his flamboyant style,high-profile clients,luxurious lifestyle and his mistresses.
The Bantenese people or Sundanese-Bantenese are an indigenous Sundanese people ethnic group native to Banten in the westernmost hemiphere of Java island,Indonesia. The area of Banten province corresponds more or less with the area of the former Banten Sultanate,a Banten nation state that precedes Indonesia. In his book "The Sultanate of Banten",Guillot Claude writes on page 35:“These estates,owned by the Bantenese of Chinese descent,were concentrated around the village of Kelapadua.”Most of Bantenese are Sunni Muslim. The Bantenese speak the Bantenese language is a dialect of the Sundanese language which does not have a general linguistic register,this language is called Basa Sunda Banten.
Rano Karno is an Indonesian actor and politician. From his acting career he is known for starring in the 1979 film Gita Cinta dari SMA. On 30 October 2011 he was elected Deputy Governor of Banten. He has served as acting Governor of Banten since 14 May 2014.
Fatimah Syahrini Zaelani,known professionally as Syahrini,is an Indonesian singer and actress. She spent her childhood in Sukabumi,and later earned a bachelor's degree in law from Pakuan University in Bogor. Her first album was My Lovely,released in 2008. Also in her discography is the song "Tatapan Cinta," which appeared on the compilation soundtrack album of the film Coklat Stroberi.
Akil Mochtar is a convicted former-Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia that was indicted for his acceptance of bribery for an election dispute case,prompting President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,who'd appointed him,to sign legislation creating a permanent ethics body to supervise the Constitutional Court of Indonesia.
Setya Novanto is a former Indonesian politician,presently serving a 15 year jail sentence for corruption. He was chairman of Golkar Party and speaker of the People's Representative Council until his arrest in 2017 for corruption. Born in Bandung,he entered politics in 1998 after a business career and became a member of the People's Representative Council following the 1999 general election. After he was re-elected for a third time in the 2014 general election,won by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle,he was appointed DPR (Parliament) Speaker by the majority opposition coalition.
Airin Rachmi Diany is an Indonesian politician who served as the mayor of South Tangerang from 2011 to 2021. She is also the aunt of Banten lieutenant governor Andika Hazrumy. She has led several initiatives to combat recruitment of people in her city by radical fundamentalist groups,including interfaith forums,with the support of Indonesia's federal government. She also commissioned a canal project in order to prevent flooding on the Jakarta–Serpong Toll Road in February 2017.
Arief Rachadiono Wismansyah is the mayor of Tangerang since he was elected in 2013. Supported by the Democratic Party,he is also the owner of a hospital network.
Ratu Bagus Hendra Bambang Wisanggeni Soerjaatmadja,M.B.A. is the 18th sultan of Banten who was crowned on December 11,2016 with the title of Sultan Syarif Muhammad as-Shafiuddin Azmatkhan al-Husaini.
Drs. Kyai Hajji Habib Ali Alwi bin Thohir Al Husainy is an Indonesian politician,da'i,Islamic scholar and founder of the Pondok Pesantren Modern Al-Husainy,Serpong,South Tangerang,Banten. At the election of regional head and deputy regional head of Tangerang Regency in 2008,Alwi was nominated by the Democrat Party and the National Awakening Party as a candidate for vice regent along with Usamah Hisyam as a candidate for regent,but this pair was defeated by incumbent candidate Ismet Iskandar with Rano Karno as his deputy. Currently,Alwi serves as a senator representing the province of Banten in the seat of the Regional Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia period 2014–2019.
A gubernatorial election was held on 15 February 2017 to elect the governor of Banten province for the five-year term between 2017 and 2022. The election was held simultaneously with other provincial and local elections across the country as part of the 2017 local elections. It pitted incumbent Rano Karno against People's Representative Council member and former mayor of Tangerang Wahidin Halim.
Eni Maulani Saragih is an Indonesian politician who was a member of the People's Representative Council. She was first elected in the 2014 legislative election as a member of Golkar.
Neneng Hassanah Yasin is an Indonesian politician who was the regent of Bekasi Regency,holding that position between 2012 and 2018.
Wahidin Halim is an Indonesian politician who is the formerly Governor of Banten,having held that position since 2017 to 2022. Before being elected to the office,Halim had spent two years as a legislator and ten years as the mayor of Tangerang.
Ahmed Zaki Iskandar is an Indonesian politician who is currently regent of Tangerang Regency and formerly a member of the People's Representative Council.
Eka Supria Atmaja was an Indonesian politician. He was Regent of Bekasi from 2019 to 2021. He died of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia.
