Aceh House of Representatives
The Aceh House of Representatives is the devolved unicameral legislature of the Indonesian province of Aceh. It has 81 members who are elected through general elections every five years, simultaneously with the national legislative election. Unlike other regional legislatures in Indonesia in general, it has unique characteristics according to the 2005 Aceh Provincial Government Act c. 11; such as the authority to name itself, the ability to determine the number of members, and the inclusion of Aceh's local parties.
The current members of the DPRA are the result of the [2024 Indonesia|Indonesian legislative election|2024 general election] who were inaugurated on September 30 2024 by the Banda Aceh High Court, Dr. H. Suharjono, S.H., M.Hum., at the Aceh DPR Main Building. The composition of the DPRA members for the 2024–2029 period consists of 13 political parties where Aceh Party has the most seats, namely 20 seats.
The DPRA meets in Aceh's capital city of Banda Aceh.
History
The DPRA was established in 1945, at that time it was called 'Regional National Committee'. This was in accordance with the Transitional Regulations of the 1945 Constitution and followed by the Vice President's Decree dated October 16, 1945. The KND, which was first chaired by Tuanku Mahmud, continued by Mr. S. M. Amin, then changed its name to DPR in 1947.The Aceh Residency was made a Province by the Deputy Prime Minister in accordance with PP No. 8 of 1948 on December 17, 1948 and the Aceh DPRD was established in accordance with PP No. 22 of 1948 from 1949–1950 with Tgk as Speaker. Abdul Wahab. However, the dissolution of Aceh Province in 1950 caused the DPRD to be dissolved.
Then Aceh Province was reborn in accordance with Law No. 24 of 1956. So the Transitional Regional House of Representatives DPRD was formed in 1957 with the first speaker Tgk. M. Abdul Syam who led until 1959. In and 1959–1961 it was chaired by Tgk. M. Ali Balwy.
Furthermore, in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 5 of 1960, the Mutual Cooperation People's Representative Council was formed in 1961–1964 chaired by the Governor of Aceh A. Hasjmy.
In accordance with Law No. 181 of 1965, the DPRDGR in 1965–1966 was chaired by Governor Nyak Adam Kamil, PD. The Speaker of the DPRD for the 1966–1968 period was Drs. Marzuki Nyak Man. The Speaker of the DPRD for the 1968–1971 period was H. M. Yasin.
With the Decree of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Indonesia No. 1/MISSI/1959, then since May 26, 1959, Aceh was given the status of "Special Region" with the full name of the Special Region of Aceh Province. Since then, Aceh has had broad autonomy rights in the fields of Religion, Customs and Education. Furthermore, the DPRD in Aceh is determined according to the results of the Election.
Function, duties and authorities
Functions of DPRA :- Legislation Function
- Budget Function
- Supervisory Function.
- To form Aceh Qanun which is discussed with the Governor to obtain joint approval
- To supervise the implementation of Aceh Qanun and other laws and regulations
- To supervise the policies of the Aceh Government in implementing the Aceh development program, management of natural resources and other economic resources, as well as investment and international cooperation
- To propose the appointment and dismissal of the Governor/Vice Governor to the President through the Minister of Home Affairs
- To notify the Governor and Independent Election Commission of the end of the term of office of the Governor/Vice Governor
- To elect the Deputy Governor in the event of a vacancy in the position of Deputy Governor
- To approve international cooperation plans carried out by the Aceh Government
- To provide consideration for international cooperation plans made by the Government that are directly related to Aceh
- To provide consideration for legislative plans of the People's Representative Council that are directly related to the Aceh Government
- To approve cooperation plans between regions and/or with third parties that burden the community and the region
- To request a report on the Governor's accountability in the implementation government for government performance assessment * Propose the establishment of the Aceh KIP and the Election Supervisory Committee
- Conduct supervision and request reports on activities and budget use to the Aceh KIP in organizing the election of Governor/Vice Governor.
General election results
[2024 Indonesian legislative election]
The valid votes acquisition of political parties participating in the 2024 legislative election from each [|electoral district] for members of the DPRA is as follows.Composition
The following is the composition of DPRA members in the last four periods.Parliamentary groups
Factions
A faction is a forum for DPRA members to gather in order to optimize the implementation of the functions, duties, and authorities as well as the rights and obligations of the DPRA. Each faction has at least the same number of members as the number of commissions in the DPRA. Since 2009, the number of factions in the DPRA has tended to increase, namely 4 factions and 7 factions. In the 2019–2024 period, the number of DPRA factions also increased to 9 factions as follows.| Faction | Member Parties | Chairman | Deputy Chairman | Secretary | Treasurer | Number of Members |
| Aceh Faction | PA Hanura SIRA | TarmiziAceh 10 | Yahdi HasanAceh 8 | IrfansyahAceh 7 | AsmidarAceh 9 | 20 |
| Democratic Faction | Democratic | Nurdiansyah AlastaAceh 8 | none | TantawiAceh 5 | Edi KamalAceh 8 | 10 |
| Golkar Faction | Golkar | Ali BasrahAceh 8 | Anshari MuhammadAceh 1Muhammad RizkyAceh 7SartinaAceh 9 | Teuku Raja KeumanganAceh 10 | Nuraini MaidaAceh 5 | 9 |
| Gerindra-PKPI Faction | Gerindra PKPI | Abdurrahman AhmadAceh 1 | Khairil SyahrialAceh 2 | TaufikAceh 4 | Kartini IbrahimAceh 2 | 9 |
| PPP-NasDem Faction | PPP NasDem | Ihsanuddin M.Z.Aceh 2 | Teuku Irwan DjohanAceh 1 | Amiruddin IdrisAceh 3 | Teungku Attarmizi HamidAceh 9 | 8 |
| PKB-PDA-PDI-P Faction | PKB PDA PDI-P | Azhar M.J. RomentAceh 9 | Teungku SyarifuddinAceh 9 | SalihinAceh 4 | none | 7 |
| PAN Faction | PAN | FuadriAceh 10 | Asrizal H. AsnawiAceh 7 | Tezar AzwarAceh 1 | Sofyan PutehAceh 5 | 6 |
| PNA Faction | PNA | Safrijal Aceh 9 | Mukhtar DaudAceh 5 | Teungku HaidarAceh 3 | Darwati A. GaniAceh 1 | 6 |
| PKS Faction | PKS | Zaenal AbidinAceh 10 | Teungku Irawan AbdullahAceh 1 | Purnama Setia BudiAceh 3 | none | 6 |
Structure
Based on Article 110 Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government, the Provincial DPRD equipment consists of:- Leaders
- Deliberation Agency
- Commission
- Legislation Agency
- Budget Agency
- Honorary Agency
- Other equipment
DPRA Leadership
In accordance with statutory regulations, the Provincial DPRD consisting of: 35–44 people led by 1 speaker and 2 deputy speakers; 45–84 people were led by 1 speaker and 3 deputy speakers; and 85–100 people led by 1 speaker and 4 deputy speakers. Article 111 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government The leadership of the DPRA consists of 1 speaker and 3 deputy speakers from Political Parties winners of seats and most votes sequentially.Commissions
According to the provisions of the laws and regulations, the Provincial DPRD with 35–55 members can form 4 commissions and the Provincial DPRD with more than 55 members can form 5 commissions. Because the status of Aceh Province has special autonomy, the number of DPRA commissions can be formed more than the provisions of Law Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government. DPRA has 6 commissions.AKD Leadership
The following is a list of DPRA equipment for the 2019–2024 period.| AKD Name | Chairman | Deputy Chairman | Secretary | Members | References |
| DPRA Leadership | Zulfadhli, A.Md Aceh 5 | Dalimi Aceh 2Teuku Raja Keumangan Aceh 10Safaruddin Aceh 9 | Secretary of DPRD | 77 | |
| BAMUSDeliberative Body | 37 | - | - | - | |
| BANGGARBudget Body | 37 | - | - | - | |
| BKHonorary Council | Sulaiman Aceh 1 | Asib Amin Aceh 10 | Nurdiansyah Alasta Aceh 8 Ali Basrah Aceh 8 Teungku Attarmizi Hamid Aceh 9 | - | |
| BANLEGLegislation Body | Mawardi M Aceh 5 | Ridwan Yunus Aceh 5 | 12 | - | |
| Commission 1 | Iskandar Usman Al-Farlaky Aceh 6 | Samsul Bahri Aceh 3 | Yahdi Hasan, S.I.Kom. Aceh 8 | 11 | |
| Commission 2 | Khairil Syahrial Aceh 2 | Fakhrurrazi H. Cut Aceh 5 | Irfansyah Aceh 7 | 9 | |
| Commission 3 | Ansari Muhammad Aceh 1 | Zaenal Abidin Aceh 10 | Azhar Abdurrahman Aceh 10 | 9 | |
| Commission 4 | Zulfadhli Aceh 3 | Abdurrahman Ahmad Aceh 1 | Tarmizi Panyang Aceh 5 | 13 | |
| Commission 5 | M. Rizal Falevi Kirani Aceh 2 | Irpannusir Aceh 9 | Asmidar Aceh 9 | 8 | |
| Commission 6 | Anwar Aceh 2 | Tantawi Aceh 5 | Teungku Muhammad Yunus M. Yusuf Aceh 6 | 9 |