Isyana Bagoes Oka

Ratu Ayu Isyana Bagoes Oka (born September 13, 1980) is an Indonesian news presenter and a founding leader of the Indonesian Solidarity Party. Since October 2024, she has served as the country's deputy minister of population and family development.

Early life and education Isyana Bagoes Oka was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 1980. She studied international relations at the University of Indonesia.

Career

Journalism Isyana began her career as a journalist in 2003, when she was hired as a reporter for Trans TV. About a year later, she moved to TV7, now known as Trans7, where she worked as both a reporter and a news presenter.

Politics In 2014, Isyana joined other young people, including Grace Natalie and Raja Juli Antoni, to found the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI). The following year, she formally ended her journalism career and began pursuing politics as a chair of the PSI's Central Leadership Council. She cited as inspiration her grandmother Gedong Bagus Oka, a Hindu reformer who once served in the People's Consultative Assembly. As a PSI representative, she also ran for a seat in the House of Representatives for the Banten III district, receiving 48,819 personal votes. However, her party did not reach the 4 percent threshold necessary to enter parliament.

In October 2024, Isyana was named deputy minister of population and family development in new president Prabowo Subianto's Red White Cabinet. In this role, she also serves as deputy head of the National Population and Family Planning Board.