Muhammad Fathul Fauzi Nurdin Abdullah

Muhammad Fathul Fauzy Nurdin (born 30 October 1995), popularly known as Uji Nurdin, is an Indonesian politician currently of the Golkar party who has served as regent of Bantaeng, South Sulawesi since February 2025. He is a son of Bantaeng's two-term regent and former South Sulawesi governor Nurdin Abdullah.

Early life Muhammad Fathul Fauzy Nurdin was born on 30 October 1995 in Makassar (then named Ujungpandang). He is the third and youngest child of Nurdin Abdullah and Liestiaty Fachrudin. Political career Fathul initially joined the Indonesian Solidarity Party, and became head of the party's campaign team for the 2019 Indonesian legislative election in South Sulawesi while also running as a candidate for the provincial Regional House of Representatives. He was not elected, and the following year he opted to move to the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). That year, he was part of the campaign team for Syamsu Rizal, PDI-P's candidate in the 2020 Makassar mayoral election. In 2021, following his father's arrest by the Corruption Eradication Commission, Fathul was examined as a witness. In the election, Fathul and Sahabuddin defeated 2018–2023 regent Ilham Azikin, winning 69.036 votes (57.74%). They were sworn in on 20 February 2025, with Fathul becoming the youngest active regional leader in South Sulawesi at age 29.

Under Fathul, the municipal government of Bantaeng discontinued a free school uniforms program started by his predecessor Azikin, and Fathul instead directed schools against monopolizing the sale of uniforms. He stated that the municipal government during his term would prioritize increasing farmer access to fertilizer and road improvements.

Personal life He married Gunya Paramasukhaputri, his classmate at Binus, on 12 January 2019 in Jakarta. The wedding witnesses for the couple were cabinet minister Syafruddin Kambo and Governor of Central Java Ganjar Pranowo.