Nurhayati Ali Assegaf

Who is Nurhayati Ali Assegaf?

Nurhayati Ali Assegaf, M.Si., M.P. is the Chairperson of Democratic Party Faction in the People's Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia and Deputy Chairperson of Democratic Party for 2013 - 2015. She used to be the Vice-Chairperson of the Committee for Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation of People's Representative Council. A member of the People's Representative Council since 2004, she was re-elected in 2009. During her first term Dr. Assegaf was appointed Special Staff to the First Lady of the Republic of Indonesia. Alongside these duties, as a strong proponent of women’s empowerment and gender issues, she also hosted and directed the television programme “Women’s Perspective” on the Republic of Indonesia TV Channel. Dr. Assegaf had been Managing Director of the Business and Financial Consultant and, before that, an Associate of Winarto Soemarto & Associates.

Her early activism in her university years and her strong engagement with political and social issues as well as international affairs moved Dr. Assegaf to become a patron and founder of a number of institutions and think-tanks dealing with issues pertaining to youth, women and children’s rights, democracy, and education. In 2003, she joined the Democratic Party, becoming active in the party’s organizational structure, including as Deputy Secretary-General and Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Department.