Ahmad Muhdlor Ali

Ahmad Muhdlor Ali (born 11 February 1991), popularly known as Gus Muhdlor,

Career Muhdlor became a member of the Nahdlatul Ulama-affiliated GP Ansor organization, by 2020 becoming vice chairman of the organization in East Java. He ran as the National Awakening Party (PKB)'s regent candidate of Sidoarjo in the 2020 regency election, and narrowly won the three-candidate race with 387,766 votes (38.8%) to the second place's 373,516 votes (37.8%). Ali was sworn in as regent on 26 February 2021.

As regent, Muhdlor announced a 17-point program for Sidoarjo, which included a job creation program as part of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and grants to female owned businesses. The program also included incentives for religious teachers. In 2024, Muhdlor was expelled from the National Awakening Party due to his support of Prabowo Subianto in the 2024 Indonesian presidential election. Corruption case On 7 May 2024, he was officially arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission under suspicion of siphoning regency taxes. He was the third consecutive regent of Sidoarjo to be arrested by KPK on corruption charges.