Gatot Sudjito

Gatot Sudjito (28 October 1960 – 18 January 2021) was an Indonesian politician from the Golkar party who served as a member of the Surabaya Regional People's Representative Council from 1999 until 2004, Member of the East Java Regional People's Representative Council from 1997 until 1999 and 2004 until 2014, and Member of the People's Representative Council from 2014 until his death.

Early life and education Gatot Sudjito was born on 28 October 1960 in Sidoarjo, East Java. Gatot began his education at the Ketegan Taman Elementary School in 1966 and finished in 1972. He continued his studies at the Taman Sidoarjo Junior High School Number 1 from 1972 until 1975 and at the State Mechanical High School No. 3 in Blitar from 1975 until 1979.

Gatot enrolled at the Jember State University in 1981 and graduated from the university in 1987 with a doctorandus degree. In 2002, while still serving at the Surabaya Regional People's Representative Council, Gatot attended the Wijaya Putra University to pursue master of science degree, and graduated in 2004. Ten years after that, he graduated with a doctor title from the 17 August University in Surabaya.

Parliamentary career Gatot held his first office as a member of a council when he was elected to the East Java Regional People's Representative Council in the 1997 Indonesian legislative election. His term was supposed to end in 2002, but political reformations in Indonesia shortened it into a two-year term which ended in 1999. He won the elections and was subsequently elected for a second term. Gatot then ran for a national office as a member of the People's Representative Council in the 2014 Indonesian legislative election. He secured a seat in the council and was re-elected in 2019.