Hasto Wardoyo

Hasto Wardoyo (born 30 July 1964) is an Indonesian politician of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle and obstetrician who has been mayor of the city of Yogyakarta since February 2025. He was previously head of the National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN) between 2019 and 2024, and was also the regent of Kulon Progo Regency in 2011–2016 and 2017–2019.

Originating in Kulon Progo, Hasto worked as an obstetrician after graduating from Gadjah Mada University, initially in East Kalimantan before joining a hospital in Yogyakarta and establishing his own clinic. He was elected regent of his home regency in 2011, and during his tenure promoted local purchasing, being reelected in 2017. He resigned from his post in 2019 due to his BKKBN appointment. He also resigned from BKKBN in 2024 to run as mayor of Yogyakarta.

Early life Hasto Wardoyo was born in Kulon Progo Regency on 30 July 1964. According to Hasto in an interview, he herded goats in his childhood. He studied at public schools in Kulon Progo, and after completing high school, he enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine at Gadjah Mada University, specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology and graduating in 1989. He would receive specialist degrees from Gadjah Mada in 2000 and 2006. In 2010, he became head of the obstetrics and gynaecology program at Sardjito. He also became a lecturer at Gadjah Mada in 2000. Kulon Progo In 2011, Hasto ran in the regency election of Kulon Progo with the backing of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the National Mandate Party, and the United Development Party. With Sutedjo as running mate, he defeated three other candidates and secured 46.3% of votes. Their first term was from 24 August 2011 to 24 August 2016. They would be reelected in the 2017 regency election with 86% (220,643) votes, and were sworn in for a second term on 22 May 2017. Other promoted products included locally grown tea and coffee, packaged under the "Suroloyo" brand.

Hasto directed the municipal water company to create its own brand of bottled water, required local students to wear locally-produced Batik once a week, and initially prohibited national convenience store chains (such as Indomaret and Alfamart) from operating in Kulon Progo outside of joint ventures with local entrepreneurs. Hasto also issued bylaws which prohibited cigarette advertising and restricted public smoking in Kulon Progo. He cited the local spending on cigarettes – Rp 93 billion (USD 7 million) in 2018 – exceeding the government spending on infrastructure.

BKKBN In June 2019, Hasto announced his resignation as regent due to President Joko Widodo appointing him head of the National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN). He was sworn in on 1 July 2019, and his resignation as regent was officially announced on 8 July. During his time at BKKBN, Hasto changed the organisation's logo and motto for outreach reasons, simplified contraceptive products distributed by the organisation to make it more accessible, and widened their distribution to include privately-run clinics.

Yogyakarta On 8 September 2024, Hasto resigned from his BKKBN office to run in Yogyakarta's mayoral election with the backing of PDI-P. With Wawan Harmawan as running mate, they won a three-way race with 87,485 votes (44.4%). They were sworn in, along with other regional leaders elected in 2024, on 20 February 2025.

As mayor of Yogyakarta, Hasto also promoted local purchasing. He announced that an initial priority would be trash handling, and that he would reallocate a Rp 3 billion (~USD 180,000) budget for his official car to trash handling.

Personal life He is married to Dwikisworo Setyowireni, and the couple has four children. In 2024, one of his sons, Rizal Aldyatama, was elected into Kulon Progo's municipal legislature as a PDI-P member in the 2024 legislative election. Rizal was the legislature's youngest member in 2024.