Hetifah Sjaifudian

Hetifah Sjaifudian (born 30 October 1964) is an Indonesian campus activist and politician who became a member of the House of Representatives (DPR) from 2009 to 2014 and 2019–present. Additionally, she was designated as Vice Chairman of Commission X in 2019-2024. She is in favor of developing hinterlands and border areas.

Education Hetifah went to study at SMAN 3 Jakarta from 1979 to 1982; City and Regional Planning at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) from 1982 to 1988; obtained a Master of Public Policy (MPP) at the National University of Singapore from 1993 to 1995; obtained a PhD from the School of Politics and International Relations, Flinders University from 2002 to 2006.

Career Early career Hetifah began her career as a lecturer at the Graduate School Of State Administration from 1977 to 1978; researcher at ITB from 1988 to 1991 and 1997 to 1999; founder and researcher of AKATIGA Center For Social Analysis from 1991 to 2009; lecturer for the Development Studies Program from 1995 to 2000; and executive director of B-Trust Advisory Group Bandung from 2005 to 2009 and 2014 to 2015.

Political career Hetifah became a politician for the Golkar Party in 2008. She participated in Commission X's work on education, culture, youth, sports, and tourism when she first started working for the DPR RI in 2009–2011. then joined Commission V, which deals with housing, transportation, infrastructure, and developing neglected areas. With 9,111 votes repeated from 10 sub-districts, Hetifah, the candidate for Legislative Member (Caleg) of the DPR RI from Golkar in East Kalimantan, received the most votes in Paser Regency. She received 407 votes from Batu Sopang, 216 from Tanjung Harapan, 1,545 from Pasir Balengkong, 2.264 from Tanah Grogot, 851 from Kuaro, 1,248 from Long Ikis, 422 from Muara Komam, 1,017 from Long Kali, 1,013 from Batu Engau, and 128 from Muara Samu. Through Golkar, Hetifah was re-elected as a member of the DPR RI after receiving 66,487 votes from the East Kalimantan electoral district.

She has been instrumental in making government initiatives a reality, starting with more generously awarded scholarships, the appointment of honorary teachers to State Civil Apparatus (ASN), initiatives to boost the human resource capacity of educators, the growth of events and destinations, the fortification of tourism human resources, the construction of libraries and other infrastructure in different areas, and finally seminars and other educational offerings. "This seminar is an important forum for young people, especially the East Kalimantan Z gene to explore and maximize its potential in the current technology era," Hetifah concluded.

She was reelected for a third term in the 2024 election with 146,062 votes.

Political positions Female equity Hetifah giving a speech on the Ministry of Youth and Sports in 2022Hetifahis is for a greater female equity in DPR leadership in order to advance the cause of Gender Lens Investing (GLI). This entails intentionally focusing on women and providing them with opportunities to lead across all industries, not only those that are typically associated with femininity, such as science and technology. Secondly, putting GLI into practice entails developing policies based on data that takes gender into account. For this reason, funding research institutions—both independent and government-owned—becomes essential.

Bullying Hetifah underlined that bullying in schools is harmful and ought to be stopped. She made this statement in reference to the school bullying issue that involved pupils in Cilacap and Balikpapan and went popular on social media. On 2 October 2023, she stated, "Bullying is not something ordinary; don't let there be acts of violence from fellow friends in the school environment." According to her, bullying can also take the form of non-physical acts like insults or cyberbullying.

Personal life On 30 October 1964, Hetifah was born in Bandung.

Awards and recognitions Throughout her career, she has earned the following awards and honours; KWP Award's Informative Legislator in Social Media (2023)

Electoral history Election Legislative institution ConstituencyPolitical party Votes Results 2019People's Representative Council of the Republic of IndonesiaEast KalimantanGolkar Party 66,487