Aziz Syamsuddin

Azis Syamsuddin (born 31 July 1970) is an Indonesian politician who served as First Deputy Speaker of the People's Representative Council from 2019 to 2021.

Education Syamsuddin initially studied in but he completed high school in Padang, West Sumatra. He obtained a bachelor's in economics from and a bachelor's in law from Trisakti University. He later received a master's in finance from the University of Western Sydney in 1999, and a master's and a doctorate in law from Padjadjaran University.

Career In 1992, he began to work for AIA Group, but after less than a year he moved to the banking industry, joining . He only stayed in the bank for around 1.5 years, before moving to practice law, joining the law firm Gani Djemat & Partners. He would eventually become a managing partner there. until he returned to chair the third commission in June 2019. Following the resignation of Setya Novanto as speaker, Syamsuddin was initially to take up his position, but following a rejection by a majority of Golkar legislators, Syamsuddin was not made speaker.

Following the 2019 election, Syamsuddin was appointed as Deputy Speaker of DPR.

Corruption charges

On 25 September 2021, he was arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission.