Vice Governor of Bali
The Vice Governor of Bali is the deputy head of the first-level in the Bali Provincial Government who holds the government in Bali together with the governor and 55 members of the Bali Regional House of Representatives. The governor and vice governor of Bali can be elected through general elections which are held every 5 years.
History
On August 14, 1958, the Province of Bali was formed, which was originally a residential area of the Province of Lesser Sunda Islands or Nusa Tenggara into an autonomous province in Indonesia. The Province of Bali has been under the auspices of various leaders who have changed the socio-economic and cultural conditions of the Balinese people. There have been at least nine governors and two acting governors who have led the Province of Bali with various backgrounds such as bureaucrats/non-party civil servants, the military and political parties.Elections
Since 2005 as the enactment of Law Number 32 of 2004 in Indonesia, heads of local government have been directly elected by popular election.The election is held every five years, elections for governor and vice governor are held for a fixed five-year term.
The first gubernatorial election in Bali by a popular vote of the people was held on 2008, where previously the governor and vice governor was determined by the Bali Regional House of Representatives seat in Denpasar, with a most of votes of a total of 55 members in the DPRD.